Journal


   
The Pioneers SA Journal is issued quarterly and is our way of keeping in touch with members all over the world. The Association was inaugurated in 1935 and there has always been a continuing membership of several hundred, not all of whom live in metropolitan Adelaide. We now boast approximately 700 subscribers, some of whom are interstate and some that are overseas. A good proportion live in rural and remote areas throughout the country.   
   
For the most part articles concentrate on the time span between the late 1820's up until the middle 1840's. This provides our readership with some understanding as to why their forebears came to Australia and how the process of systematic colonization, as proposed by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, led to their emigration. Equally interesting are the trials and tribulations of settling a new country that many endured, sometimes with limited resources. Sometimes we are treated to anecdotal information of a personal nature that is both comforting and edifying. We are continually surprised by the new material which surfaces from time to time and members are indebted to those families who have kept such good records and who are now prepared to share them with others.    
   
The Journal is for all members and we invite contributions that are consistent with the Association's aims and objectives. If you wish to submit items for publication, either post to Pioneers SA, Level 2, Stafford House, 25 Leigh Street, Adelaide, or email to publications@pioneerssa.org.au 
The Journal is available to libraries and to the public at a modest cost of $5.00 plus postage.

 

All issues of 'The Pioneer' are available in pdf format from the Members Resource Area on the Journal & Newsletters page.

Summer 2023          No 268

  • The Dauntless: A High Seas Drama
  • Whyalla Family History Group Celebrates 35 Years
  • Jacob and Caroline Grigg – a prolific Cornish couple
  • Freyer’s Cutting at Hummock Hill and the Kemp Connection
  • Port Adelaide Walking Tour
  • Junior Pioneers at the PSA Museum
  • AGM and the New History Advocate
  • SameShips Meetings September-November
  • Visit to State Records
  • President’s Report
  • Your New Council
  • From the Library: New Books on the Shelf

Autumn 2024          No 269

  • Henry & Ann Shearing of Marion Village
  • Dr John Woodforde: Surgeon on the Colonial Survey
  • Commemorating the Colonel
  • The Mystery Ruin in the Sturt Gorge
  • 1843 Retrospective
  • The Old Colonists Mosaics
  • The Edinburgh Castle Hotel
  • President’s Report
  • From the Library: the Congregational Church in South Australia

Winter 2024          No 270

  • Early Theatre Life in Adelaide
  • The Challenges of Pioneer Sheep Pastoralism
  • The Tea Tree Gully Heritage Museum
  • A Visit to Cummins House
  • Constitution Review
  • From the Library: John & Frances Skipper
  • History Festival Exhibitions
  • President’s Report
  • SameShips Meetings February-April 2024

Spring 2024          No 271

  • The Trials of Billy Freeman
  • John Benedict Lomas: an Unusual SA Pioneer
  • A Foundation Stone is Laid
  • The Annual Dinner and Lying-in at the Adelaide Destitute Asylum
  • The Adelaide GPO (historical pictorial)
  • Colonel Light at Sea
  • President’s Report
  • Special General Meeting to Consider Constitutional Change
  • SameShips Meetings June-July 2024
  • From the Library: Graham & Jan Smith