African and Asian Algerians have immigrated to Australia since 1973.

Although originating with scientists and untrained laymen, archaeology has a distinguished record in South Australia. 

Argentinian immigration to South Australia began in the 1970s, and may be attributed to the decline of Argentina’s economy and standard of living. 

Independent auditing of Government is established in the position of the colonies first auditor general

The first Bengali immigrants came to South Australia to escape the 1971 civil war between West and East Pakistan.

With their carnivals and regattas, bathing-beauty competitions, amusements, sea and sand, beaches were one of the key gathering places for South Australians from the 1870s to the 1950s. 

Bottle of herbal lotion sold by Mahomet Allum. 

Climate was and still is an important factor in how and where South Australia first settled. 

This cup was presented to the Art Gallery of South Australia by Queen Mary as part of Empire-wide celebrations for the Silver Jubilee of George V in 1935.

In October 1896, within one year of the Lumière brothers’ first public screening of film in Paris, the first public film screening in South Australia occurred at the Theatre Royal in Hindley Street

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

Paradoxically, the only parts of South Australia to experience occasional serious disruption of by flooding are the far distant sparsely populated deserts around Lake Eyre

The first South Australian Freemasons lodge formed in England, before the colony of South Australia was settled. 

There is evidence that hawkers were active in Australia as early as the 1820s. 

Over 400 South Australians served in the Korean War (1950–53) alongside other Commonwealth and United States forces

Most Korean South Australians are from the Republic of Korea (known as South Korea). They first began arriving in South Australia in the early 1970s. 

The first large scale arrival of Laotians in Australia was in 1976. Only a few made their way to South Australia. The numbers increased steadily until the 1980s, and are only in the hundreds even in the twenty-first century.

The evolving profession in South Australia retained some centuries-old practices.

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

This paint box is believed to have belonged to soldier, public servant and explorer, Captain Charles Sturt.

Radicalism has been inherent in South Australian history from its founding as a free settlement.  Based upon the English radical liberal thought of its founders, the State's reputation grew as a progressive colony and the first to entirely separate church from state.

In general refugees have enriched and diversified South Australia’s religions, universities and schools, food, the arts, newspapers, clubs and sports.

Serbians migrated to South Australia from the 1940s - 1990s to escape various forms of prosecution and have since established a wide community. 

The Stanhope press brought to Holdfast Bay in 1836 was used to print the Proclamation of South Australia. 

Survey chain used by Isaac Guley in surveying the City of Adelaide with Colonel Light.

South Australia’s first vice-regal proclamation was read at Holdfast Bay on 28 December 1836

The Torrens title system for land ownership was inaugurated in South Australia  has led the world in the computerisation of real property title information.

The South Australian Tourism Commission, established in 1993, focuses on marketing South Australia as a tourist destination to interstate and overseas markets.

Tricycle, painted red and white.