Passengers in History brings together two wonderful resources:

A passengers data base developed by the SA Maritime Museum,

A list of ships’ logs and diaries, titled Log of Logs.

The passengers data base was produced by staff and volunteers at the South Australian Maritime Museum over 20 years. It includes entries for 328,000 passengers and 20,000 voyages to South Australia between 1836 and 1964.

South Australia’s War is a digital re-enactment of the events of the First World War told from the perspective of South Australians.The accounts of various South Australians will be told in a blog format with monthly updates taken from the diaries and letters of South Australians who were directly impacted by the war.

A World Away documents the experiences of South Australians in their own words – through diaries, letters and newspapers – and in real time, 100 years after the events. Come on a journey with us, month by month, as we delve into the lives of  South Australians on the front lines and the home front during the First World War.

Visit A World Away here – southaustraliaswar.com.au

This three-year project commenced in mid-2024 and is a collaboration with distinguished academics: Jane Lydon, Zoe Laidlaw, Catherine Hall, Alan Lester, Keith McClelland, Edmond Smith as well as partner investigators History Trust of South Australia and National Trust of Australia (Victoria).

The project brings Australia into the global history of slavery by exploring the legacies of British slavery in South Australia and Victoria. Through developing methods for biographical research and digital mapping, it will trace the movement of capital, people and culture from slave-owning Britain to the new settler colonies, and produce a new history of the continuing impact of slavery wealth in shaping colonial immigration, investment, and law.  Outcomes of this project include enhanced capacity to build international disciplinary collaborations, new research methods, and research capacity building. Benefits include a radically new perspective on Australian history and the role of the abolition of slavery in its development.