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.

Huge crowds gathered on the streets of Adelaide on 11 November 1918 to celebrate the armistice of the First 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

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

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

This compass is believed to have been used by John William Billiatt on the successful 1861-1862 expedition with John McDouall Stuart across Australia, from Adelaide to Chambers Bay, east of the present site of Darwin.

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

This sample of jerky came from the successful expedition made by John McDouall Stuart across Australia from south to north in 1861 - 1862. 

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

Pannikin used by William Keckwick on expedition with John McDouall Stuart.

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

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. 

'A red letter day in the calendar of South Australia': welcoming home heroes

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

The publication 'Violet Verses' was released on 29 June in 1917 as part of the third Adelaide Violet Day, organised by the Cheer-Up society as a fundraiser for the war effort. 

1 September in Australia is Wattle Day, though not widely known, some have argued it should replace Australia Day.