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.

The apron was worn by Joan Mallen when she worked at the Cheer Up Hut on the banks of the Torrens, near the present Festival Theatre, during the Second World War. 

In January 1931, during the Great Depression, more than 1000 unemployed men clashed with police in protest at the replacement of beef with mutton on their ration tickets

Bottle of herbal lotion sold by Mahomet Allum. 

From sporting events to flower festivals and patriotic displays presented by thousands of children, South Australia's Centenary Celebrations emphasised the positive.

Hand-drawn Christmas card with the message 'Buon Natale'.

One of the largest pageants in the world, come one, come all to Adelaide’s famous Christmas Pageant!

George Ian Ogilvie Duncan, a lecturer in law at the University of Adelaide, drowned on 10 May after being thrown into the River Torrens. Rumours spread that officers from the vice squad engaged in ‘poofter bashing’ had killed Duncan.

Packaging and remnats from firecrackers stocked at Gordon Sym Choon's Union Street shop. 

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

Every year between 1938 and 1975 Adelaidians showed pride in their city by beautifying it with mass displays of flowers on National Flower Day.

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

Honorary medal awarded to Antonio Giordano by the World Federation of Italian Press Abroad.

Adelaide’s very first Gay Pride March took place on Saturday 15 September 1973. 

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'.