Welcome to Pioneers SA 

 

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

 

July 2025

 

Wednesday 2 July 10.30am – 12.30pm

SameShips  - HR Patel - 1845 & 1846 voyages

Pioneers SA, Level 2, 25 Leigh Street, Adelaide

More information

 

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

More information

 

 

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

More information

 

 

September 2025

 

Wednesday 2 July 10.30am – 12.30pm

SameShips  - Irish Ships to South Australia

Pioneers SA, Level 2, 25 Leigh Street, Adelaide

 

Monday 22 September  6.30 – 9.30pm
Annual General Meeting

Guest Speaker - Maggi Boult - "Being Economical with the Truth: Early Settlers,

Health and the South Australian Environment"

Parish Hall of Christ Church

Jeffcott Street, North Adelaide

 

 

October 2025

 

Wednesday 1 October 10.30am – 12.30pm

SameShips - Scottish Ships to South Australia

 Pioneers SA, Level 2, 25 Leigh Street, Adelaide

 

Wednesday 15 - Friday 17 October

South Coast Tour

 

 

November 2025

 

Wednesday 5 November 10.30am – 12.30pm

SameShips - Open House

Pioneers SA, Level 2, 25 Leigh Street, Adelaide

 

Monday 10 November  12.00 – 2.00pm
Lunch Meeting

Two Lives in Adelaide in the 1840s

Guest Speaker - John Mayo

Westbourne Park Uniting Church Hall

 

 

December 2025

 

Wednesday 3 December  12.00 – 2.00pm
Lunch Meeting

1845 Retrospective

 Walkerville Uniting Church Hall, Walkerville

 

 

Sunday 28 December  12.00 – 4.00pm
Proclamation Day Lunch

Glenelg Golf Club

James Melrose Drive, Novar Gardens

 

Guests are very welcome to join us at all Pioneers SA events

 

Frances Adamson SA Governor General 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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