1800 - 1899
Plan for a Colony
"The object is not to place a scattered and half-barbarous colony on the coast of New Holland, but to establish…a wealthy, civilised society." Edward more..
Settlement
On a hot summer's day, the 28th December 1836, at Holdfast Bay, Governor John Hindmarsh proclaimed the Province of South Australia. What the Governor and more..
Destitute Asylum
In April 1851 the government granted the Destitute Board access to part of the barracks complex next to Government House on North Terrace. The destitute more..
Lunatic Asylum
South Australia was a planned colony with an emigration policy that depended on populating the colony with young, fit and healthy men and women. The selection more..
Charity
It was through the efforts of the clergy, philanthropists, politicians and middle-class men and women engaged in good works that charitable organizations more..
Townsend House
In 1865 William Townsend, politician and lay preacher discovered that there were thirty four destitute blind people living in the State. He established more..
Home for Incurables
In 1878 Mrs Julia Farr, the wife of the headmaster of St. Peter’s College, became concerned about the fate of people with incurable diseases who were more..
Estcourt House
Estcourt House was built in 1883 near the beach at Grange, by Adelaide businessman Frederick Estcourt Bucknall. He lost the property in 1886 due to financial more..
Royal Society for the Blind
The Royal Society for the Blind of South Australia (RSB) has a long and proud history, with its origins dating back to 1884. It all started with the more..
