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i. Pay by EFT, click HERE for the BSB and account details. ii. Phone Pioneers SA (08 8231 5055) during our opening hours and pay by credit card over the phone. iii. Personally bring the cash into Pioneers SA during open hours, click HERE for the address details. |
February 2024
Monday 12 Feb 2024 12 noon for 12.30 pm E24-01 Lunch Meeting – Dr John Woodforde
Maximum: 100 people | Wednesday 28 February 2024 10.30 am SM24-01 SameShips - Somersetshire |
March 2024
Monday 4 March 2024 10am – 12pm E24–02 State Records Tour and Talk 115 Cavan Road, Gepps Cross
Due to the popularity of the recent tour, we have arranged another visit to this fantastic facility. Members will tour the repository spaces at the Gepps Cross facility, view a display of historic records and take the opportunity to learn how to best use the SRSA research facilities. (You will not be able to use the Research Centre on the day. The Research centre is only open for private research from Tuesday to Thursday and bookings must be made with State Records in advance.) Free car parking is available outside the Centre.
Maximum: 26 people Cost: $5 per person | Sunday 17 March 2024 2pm – 4pm E24-03 Cummins House Tour & Devonshire Tea 23 Sheoak Road, Novar Gardens
Situated on the Sturt River, Cummins House was designed by architect George Kingston and is one of the earliest surviving houses in South Australia. It was the residence of South Australian pioneer and politician John Morphett, who was granted title to the land in 1840. Named ‘Cummins Estate’ after his mother’s Devonshire farm, the house was purpose-built and lived in by five generations of the Morphett family until it was sold to the State Government in the 1970s. Maximum: 35 people Cost: $17.50 |
Wednesday 27 March 2024 10.30 am SameShips – Winchester SM–02 Pioneers SA, 25 Leigh St, Adelaide Maximum: 15 people. Cost: $2.00 Please email bookings to sameships@pioneerssa.org.au |
April 2024
Wednesday 10 April 12 pm - 2 pm
Bring your lunch and join Ian Sellick as he takes us on a journey through the general working conditions and issues facing actors, the insolvency problems the promoters and actors faced, and some of the tricks used to avoid these debts. Ian will also give a short account of the history of each theatre, particularly those set up by Samson Cameron, Henry Deering and Mr Coppin, as well as some background information about the promoters themselves.
Maximum: 100 people | Wednesday 24 April 2024 10.30am
Maximum: 15 people. |
May 2024
History Festival E24-06 Launch of Posters Exhibition - “They Came in Ships” Our poster exhibition for the May History Festival features the pioneers who arrived in 1836 and the ships that brought them to South Australia. The exhibition will be opened by former Pioneers SA President Bob Stace (2012-2016). Bob will speak about William Light who was the captain of the "Rapid" (the fourth of the nine ships which came to South Australia in 1836). Bob will also say a few words about the beginning of the Pioneers Poster Project which is now in its eleventh year. After the opening you will be free to view the posters at your leisure. Refreshments will be served. Maximum: 50 people Cost: $5.00 | Poster Exhibition Pioneers SA Office, L2, 25 Leigh Street Tue 7, 14 & 21 and Thu 2, 9, 16 & 23 May, 10am - 2pm Open to members and public. Admission free.
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June 2024
Wednesday 26 June 10.30am SM-04 Same Ships - Ariadne Pioneers SA, 25 Leigh Street, Adelaide Maximum: 15 people Cost: $2 Please email bookings to sameships@pioneerssa.org.au .
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Friday 28 June 6.00pm E24-07 Annual Dinner Royal Coach Motor Inn 24 Dequetteville Terrace, Kent Town. Guest Speaker: Dawn Jennifer “Refuge of Last Resort”: the women who gave birth in the Destitute Asylum, Adelaide. From the late 1850s until 1918, the Destitute Asylum, Adelaide provided lying-in relief for pregnant, destitute women with nowhere else to turn. Until the early twentieth century, this was the only public place in South Australia that provided for the confinement of destitute women who could not afford the alternative - a home birth at a private address with an independent nurse or midwife. This talk will explore the events that led up to the construction of the Lying-in Department in the late 1870s, the circumstances that influenced a woman’s admission and length of stay, and the outcomes for the mothers and their infants upon discharge. Maximum: 100 people Cost: $75 members, $80 guests (includes drink on arrival, 3 course dinner, tea/coffee) |
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Please note that bookings are required for all events and will close seven days prior to the scheduled date. Payment in advance is essential for all events, unless the event cost is $5 or a gold coin donation. Online bookings can be made by email to events@pioneerssa.org.au. Please include the names of all attendees and a contact phone number, as well as the name of the event and code (e.g. E23-24 Proclamation Day Lunch) in your email. | Payments can be made via EFT (preferred) to: Pioneers SA - BankSA BSB : 105 900 Account Number: 9500 67040 Please include your name and the event code in the description. We also take phone (08 8231 5055) and personal bookings during office hours (Tuesday & Thursday 10am – 2pm). EFT, credit card or cash payments can be made by phone or in person. |