Dec 18, 2020
What do you think of when you hear of a First Nations history
collection?
This presentation by Jacinta Koolmatrie, Curator of First Nations
History at the Migration Museum, looks at what First Nations
histories are represented in the History Trust’s collection. Using
her experience and knowledge of working with the...
Dec 18, 2020
Hysteria is both a memoir of author Katerina Bryant’s experience of illness and a historical account of four women whose lives have intersected with the idea of ‘hysteria’. The book looks at the strength of women who were not seen as themselves but as patients alone. Katerina examined the lives of these women,...
Dec 18, 2020
This presentation is a brief introduction to the local environment of the Adelaide Plains from a contemporary Indigenous Kaurna perspective. The presentation will cover indigenous plants, animals and climate and how it is informed by the history of Kaurna language, and culture in the...
Sep 18, 2020
Join Migration Museum Curator Birgit Heilmann as she discovers individual stories of British migrants who came to South Australia post Second World War. Oral histories which were undertaken for the ‘Hostel Stories Project’ by the History Trust of South Australia and The University of Adelaide between 2012 and 2014...
Sep 14, 2020
*Warning* viewers may find some of this content distressing.
When Phillip Hughes died after being struck by a cricket ball at the Sydney Cricket Ground in November 2014, his death was described as a ‘freak accident’ and a ‘million to one’ chance. However, research on Trove shows that nearly 200 Australians have...