The jacket was given to Mr Frederick Budge of Farina, South Australia, by a Muslim (‘Afghan’) trader he knew who went on a pilgrimage to Mecca, at some time in the 1890s. 

This festival is widely recognised as one of the great international arts festivals, while its accompanying Writers’ Week is the largest literary event of its kind.

American aeronaut Thomas Gale made South Australia’s first successful aerial ascent in June 1871

The tragedy of war was compounded by disturbance on the homefront in wartime and post-war reconstruction activities.

In 1910 thousands of people lined the Torrens to see the carnival of lavishly decorated boats in the first Henley-on-Torrens Regatta

The Adelaide Mosque, the oldest in Australia, has been the centre of Islamic festivals since the 1890s

Wooden post used to mark the point where the boundaries of South Australia the Northern Territory and Queensland meet.

A well-worn teddy who's not afraid to show the stuff he's made of. 

Model - Speed Boat with Motor.

Before the poppy became the recognised flower for war memorials the violet, in South Australia, was the 'symbol of perpetual remembrance'.