Together we celebrate our shared heritage and honour the achievements of
South Australian pioneers
Our real worth as an Association will not be evident in our lifetime
but will be recognised by scholars and researchers who are not yet born.
Geo C. Morphett
Upcoming Events
April 2025
Wednesday 9 April 12.00 – 3.00pm Pub Lunch - 'A Pub Crawl' with Patricia Sumerling 7 High Street, Mitcham
Tuesday 15 April 10.30am – 1.00pm Junior Pioneers Event – A Scavenger Hunt Adelaide Botanic Gardens
Wednesday 30 April 10.30am – 12.30pm SameShips - Dorset Pioneers SA, Level 2, 25 Leigh Street, Adelaide
May 2025
Thursday 1 May 7.00pm - 8.30pm Pioneers SA History Festival Opening - Dr Heidi Ing Burnside Library - 401 Greenhill Road, Tusmore
Every Tue & Thu in May, 10am - 2pm Poster Exhibition 'Decisions' Pioneers SA, Level 2, 25 Leigh Street, Adelaide
June 2025 Monday 16 June 12.00 – 2.00pm Lunch Meeting Guest Speaker - Erin Reardon - "185 Years of the RA&HS Archives" Westbourne Park Uniting Church Hall, 27 Sussex Terrace, Hawthorn
Wednesday 4 June 10.30am – 12.30pm SameShips - Palmyra Pioneers SA, Level 2, 25 Leigh Street, Adelaide
July 2025 Sunday 27 July 12.00 – 4.00pm Winter Gathering Guest Speaker - Dr Rick Hosking - "Kangaroo Island before Colonisation" Adelaide Royal Coach Motor Inn - Kent Town
Wednesday 2 July 10.30am – 12.30pm SameShips - HR Patel - 1845 & 1846 voyages Pioneers SA, Level 2, 25 Leigh Street, Adelaide
August 2025 Wednesday 20 August 12.00 – 2.00pm Lunch Meeting Guest Speaker - Elizabeth Bor - "Responses to Bushfires in SA from the 1820s" Walkerville Uniting Church Hall, Walkerville |
Guests are very welcome to join us at all Pioneers SA events |
![]() | Pioneers SA is proud to have the patronage of Her Excellency the Honourable Frances Adamson AC, Governor of South Australia. |
Pioneers SA membership is open to any person with an ancestor who arrived in South Australia up to and including 28 December 1846.
Associate Membership is open to the partner of any Pioneer member, and our Friends membership is open to anyone with an interest in, and commitment to, the objects of the Association. The Association currently has approximately 700 members.
The Pioneers Association of South Australia Inc.
Suite 4, Level 2 Stafford House 25 Leigh Street, Adelaide
Phone: (08) 8231 5055 Email: info@pioneerssa.org.au
Opening Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays 10 am to 2 pm
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
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