History Trust of South Australia

Music and dance serve not only as entertainment but as powerful tools for storytelling to share cultural heritage, promote mental strength, and social cohesion. This website shares unique and diverse stories from participants in the Arabic Arts Alive 2025 project, illustrating how Arabic music and dance have influenced their lives.

The History Trust of South Australia holds over 2,000 glass plate negatives from Port Adelaide photographer Albert Ernest Bond. We delve into some of the stories behind the glass, and explore how historic photography can help us make connections with people, places, and the past.

Through archival materials, historic objects, and personal interviews, Holden and Me reminds us how our automotive heritage has the power to shape our identity - whether as employees, communities, or consumers – often for the duration of our lives.

The Power of Protest features placards and photographs of the school strike for climate that took place in Adelaide on 15 October 2021. Through images and the words of students themselves explore some protest movements that have been driven by young people.

On the Move weaves together accounts of LGBTQ people who moved to Adelaide between 1950 and 2000. Using stories and objects, the online exhibition explores the many reasons – political and personal – that drew LGBTQ people to Adelaide.

This online exhibition delves into the meaning of Arabic hospitality through personal objects and creates a tapestry of stories full of nostalgia, love and pride. The Arabic Language and Culture Association of South Australia (ALCASA) partnered with the History Trust of South Australia to gather these stories from the Arabic speaking communities in South Australia to showcase diversity and enhance belonging. 

The Yuki (bark canoe): Sharing Ngarrindjeri culture is a new multimedia, immersive display at the South Australian Maritime Museum which helps the Museum tell important stories of South Australia’s waterways and embed First Nations culture in the Museum’s narrative. You can also learn more about the Yuki and the process at home on the website here.

Known as the ‘Galloping Major’ because of his energy, he led by example, often in the line of fire.  For his extraordinary feats, Badcoe was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.

Remembering the 1983 Ash Wednesday fires and their legacy.

When the Overland Telegraph Line was completed on 22 August 1872, it activated a communication wire across the Australian continent, from Adelaide to Port Darwin, that connected the Australian colonies to each other, to the rest of the British Empire and to the world.