Aug 30, 2017
The Event, the Building, the Legacy The Jubilee Exhibition took place at a time when South Australia was experiencing the effects of the economic depression that would take hold internationally from about 1890. The Exhibition was 'a brave attempt' to pull the colony out of a depression by harnessing the power of...
Aug 30, 2017
Professor Philip Payton presented on 21 March 2017 'John Verran: How a Cornish copper miner from Moonta, became Premier of South Australia and thus leader of the State’s first majority Labor government.' In 1910 John Verran, a Cornish copper miner from Moonta, became Premier of South Australia and thus leader of...
Aug 30, 2017
Dr Kristy Kokegei presented June's Talking History Lecture in 2016 'The Good Neighbour Council and Australia’s postwar immigration program: a nuanced social experiment'. Between 1947 and 1950 Australia received and settled over 180,000 displaced persons from across Europe. Five years later Australia welcomed its...
Aug 22, 2017
Dr Jeff Nicholas KJSJ presented November's Talking History lecture: 'Behind The Streets of Adelaide: A Catalogue of Reform'. Jeff will outlined how a committee of 12 sat to deliberate on the first set of names for the streets and squares in Adelaide on May 23rd 1837. Who are these people whose names we pass on a daily...
Aug 22, 2017
Historians Dr Nick Brodie and Dr Kiera Lindsey found popular success with their publications. Discover their secrets in a special Talking History recording. Nick’s publication '1787: the lost chapters of Australia's beginnings' challenging our national understanding of the ‘discovery’ of the continent. His...