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  • A Brief History Of Holy Trinity Church Adelaide

    a-brief-history3-with-pics.doc This essay is a revised version of one prepared for the church, intended for use in a pamphlet about the church.

  • A Heritage History Of The South East Of South Aust

    a-heritage-history-of-the-south-east-of-south-australia.doc This essay first appeared as ‘The thematic and chronological history’ section of the report Heritage of the South East prepared by Danvers Architects for the Department of Environment and Planning and published in 1984. This was a report on the heritage survey of the South East of South Australia,…

  • A History Of Sunnybrae Farm

    sunnybrae.doc

  • A History Of The Dover Gardens Kennel Obedience Cl 2

    dover-dob-club-history-rev.doc This brief history written by Beth M Robertson was first published in 1999 to mark the 30 th anniversary of the Dover Gardens Kennel & Obedience Dog Club, of which the author is a member. The author acknowledges and thanks Dogs SA (the South Australian Canine Association) for permission…

  • A Worthy Sisterhood The Founding Mothers Of 1836

    Originally presented as a lecture to the Historical Society of SA Nov 1999. As a result there are no references. Very much an introduction.

  • Adelaide Hotels And Temperance 1860 1930

    painter-hotels-and-drinking2.doc The original volume aimed to examine a variety of aspects of the life of the City of Adelaide during the years when William Shakespeare was an inspector on the staff of the City Corporation. This essay was first published in Brian Dickey (ed), William Shakespeare’s Adelaide 1860-1930, Adelaide, Association…

  • Arthur Hardy Of Mount Lofty House 2

    arthur-hardy-of-mount-lofty-house-2.doc Originally a public lecture

  • Assessing The Architectural Merits Of The Former B

    This essay first appeared in the Newsletter of the Historical Society of SA 1992.

  • Brian Dickey Marginalising Evangelicals Thomas Bin

    dickey-marginalising-evangelicals-text.doc This essay explores a major colonial debate about church cooperation and church union, with Bishop Short and Thomas Binney as principal protagonists. It also suggests some interesting social coalitions especially among Anglicans. This essay originally appeared in the Journal of the United Reformed Church Historical Society , vol. 4,…

  • Bridget Jolly Sketch Notes On South Australias Onk

    threshing-roller-part-1.pdf From the early 1850s, or the late 1840s, large, solid tree trunks were fashioned in South Australia as grooved rollers pulled by animal power to thresh hard-won wheat and barley crops. Rollers were used in most of the cereal-growing areas of the State, including Kangaroo Island, and almost certainly…

  • Building The Central Market

    building-the-central-market-3.doc

  • Care For Dependent Children In South Australia 188

    children-1888.pdf This essay first appeared in the Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia, no. 10, 1982, pp.84-91. It is based on access to the Admission Registers of the State Children’s Council, the principal government agency responsible for the care of children brought under the control of various acts…

  • Collections And Curators South Australian Museum A

    collections-and-curators.doc This article first appeared in the Journal of the Historical Society of SA, no.16 1988, pp,87-103 and is republished here with minor corrections.

  • Doing It Hard The Port Adelaide Central Mission Du

    doing-it-hard-jhssa-6.pdf Text from Journal of the Historical Society of SA , vol 27, 1999pp.5-27, and based on research originally undertaken for Brian Dickey and Elaine Martin, Building Community: a history of the Port Adelaide Central Mission , 1999. This essay explores the complex activities of the Port Adelaide Central Mission…

  • Endangered Species And National Football 1986 1990

    endangered-species-2a.doc This paper was delivered on 13 July 2005 to the biennial conference of the Australian Society for Sports History, Sporting Traditions XV held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The main sources used were the Football Times Yearbooks and SANFL Annual Reports for the relevant years. Most of the material…

  • Entertainment In The Playford Era The Changing Sce

    This essay originally appeared as ch. 15 in Bernard O'Neil, Judith Raftery & Kerrie Round (eds), Playford's South Australia: essays on the history of South Australia, 1933-1968, Adelaide, Association of Professional Historians, 1996, pp.295-318, and is republished here with minor corrections.

  • Evelyn Wallace Carter The Adelaide Fish Market 187

    wallace-carter-the-adelaide-fish-market-rev.doc The original volume aimed to examine a variety of aspects of the life of the City of Adelaide during the years when William Shakespeare was an inspector on the staff of the City Corporation. This essay was first published in Brian Dickey (ed), William Shakespeare’s Adelaide 1860-1930, Adelaide, Association…

  • Explorer In Light

    ostoja_bibliofile09.pdf This essay first appeared in bibliofile August 2009 and is reproduced here with the permission of the State Library of South Australia

  • First Flights In South Australias Systematic Beeke 2

    first-flights-in-south-australias-systematic-beekeeping-and-honey-harvesting-part-1.pdf The author's interest in beekeeping arose from a research project commissioned in 2002 by the Apiary Industry Consultative Committee of PIRSA and the Kangaroo Island Beekeepers’ Association. This was to establish when and how the Ligurian bee was introduced to South Australia, thence to Kangaroo Island, and something of…

  • First Flights In South Australias Systematic Beeke 3

    first-flights-in-south-australia-part-2.pdf The author's interest in beekeeping arose from a research project commissioned in 2002 by the Apiary Industry Consultative Committee of PIRSA and the Kangaroo Island Beekeepers’ Association. This was to establish when and how the Ligurian bee was introduced to South Australia, thence to Kangaroo Island, and something of…

  • Fraud Walter Watson Hughes The Moonta And Wallar

    This essay was first presented at the 18 th State History Conference in Kadina, 31 July -2 Aug 2009. It is an extract from ‘Walter Watson Hughes and the Moonta and Wallaroo Mines’ by Patricia June Sumerling. MA Thesis, Department of History, Flinders University, March 2001.

  • Fraud Walter Watson Hughes The Moonta And Wallar

    This essay was first presented at the 18 th State History Conference in Kadina, 31 July -2 Aug 2009. It is an extract from ‘Walter Watson Hughes and the Moonta and Wallaroo Mines’ by Patricia June Sumerling. MA Thesis, Department of History, Flinders University, March 2001.

  • Geese And Golden Eggs South Australias Sandalwood

  • Geese And Golden Eggs South Australias Sandalwood

    geese-and-golden-eggs-south-australias-sandalwood-industry-1925-1940.doc

  • George Fife Angas On Mining Operations

    This essay first appeared in the Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia vol 6, 1979, pp.55-66, and is reprinted here with minor amendments.

  • George Fife Angas On Mining Operations

    george-fife-angas-on-mining-operations-rev-2.doc This essay first appeared in the Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia vol 6, 1979, pp.55-66, and is reprinted here with minor amendments.

  • Gods Gift Or Demon Drink Churches And Alcohol In S

    This essay first appeared in the Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia, vol. 15, 1987, pp.16-41, and is reproduced here with minor corrections.

  • Gods Gift Or Demon Drink Churches And Alcohol In S

    gods-gift-or-demon-drink-.doc This essay first appeared in the Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia, vol. 15, 1987, pp.16-41, and is reproduced here with minor corrections.

  • Goolwa Post Office A History

    This history of Goolwa Post Office was written by Caroline Cosgrove. It was commissioned by Australia Post through the Victorian architectural practice, Lovell Chen, as part of a conservation and management plan for the post office. The author acknowledges and thanks Australia Post and Lovell Chen for permission to reproduce…

  • Goolwa Post Office A History

    This history of Goolwa Post Office was written by Caroline Cosgrove. It was commissioned by Australia Post through the Victorian architectural practice, Lovell Chen, as part of a conservation and management plan for the post office. The author acknowledges and thanks Australia Post and Lovell Chen for permission to reproduce…

  • Grace Montgomery Howardfarrell Founding Wife Mothe

    This essay was first published in Trinity Times, a magazine of Holy Trinity Anglican Church Adelaide, in December 1999, and appears here with minor amendments.

  • Grace Montgomery Howardfarrell Founding Wife Mothe

    grace-montgomery-howard.doc This essay was first published in Trinity Times, a magazine of Holy Trinity Anglican Church Adelaide, in December 1999, and appears here with minor amendments.

  • Hbhawke Of Kapunda A Biographical Essay

    This unpublished essay is part of original family history research into Henry Binney Hawke through Cornish Parish Records, both in Cornwall and online, the Kapunda Herald , the Adelaide and Kapunda Rate Assessment records and his rather convoluted land titles.

  • Hbhawke Of Kapunda A Biographical Essay

    hb-hawke-of-kapunda.doc This unpublished essay is part of original family history research into Henry Binney Hawke through Cornish Parish Records, both in Cornwall and online, the Kapunda Herald , the Adelaide and Kapunda Rate Assessment records and his rather convoluted land titles.

  • Heritage Of Eyre Peninsula A Short History

    This essay first appeared as the historical section of the Heritage of the Eyre Peninsula , a report prepared as part of the SA State Historic Preservation Plan Regional Heritage Survey Series by and was published in 1987 by the Department of Environment and Planning. It is republished here with…

  • Heritage Of Eyre Peninsula A Short History

    heritage-of-eyre-peninsula-ps.doc This essay first appeared as the historical section of the Heritage of the Eyre Peninsula , a report prepared as part of the SA State Historic Preservation Plan Regional Heritage Survey Series by and was published in 1987 by the Department of Environment and Planning. It is republished here…

  • Heritage Of The Upper North Region Background Hist

    The Upper North of South Australia is the name given to the region centred roughly on Jamestown, about 200km north of Adelaide. It is an irregular rectangle about 170km from east to west and 140km from north to south, bounded by the shore of Spencer Gulf on the west, and…

  • Heritage Of The Upper North Region Background Hist

    heritage-of-the-upper-north-region-background-history-2.doc The Upper North of South Australia is the name given to the region centred roughly on Jamestown, about 200km north of Adelaide. It is an irregular rectangle about 170km from east to west and 140km from north to south, bounded by the shore of Spencer Gulf on the west,…

  • High And Dry By The Mangroves South Australias Dry

    Originally presented at the Fifth Australian Urban History Planning History Conference, University of South Australia, 13-15 April 2000, and published in the Conference Proceedings , edited by Christine Garnaut and Stephen Hamnett, University of South Australia, Adelaide 2000, pp.222–232.

  • High And Dry By The Mangroves South Australias Dry

    high-and-dry-by-the-mangroves-.pdf Originally presented at the Fifth Australian Urban History Planning History Conference, University of South Australia, 13-15 April 2000, and published in the Conference Proceedings , edited by Christine Garnaut and Stephen Hamnett, University of South Australia, Adelaide 2000, pp.222–232.

  • Hindmarsh A Short History

    Susan Marsden wrote this essay originally as the introductory paragraph and Part one, ‘The physical and historical context’, of the report Hindmarsh Heritage Survey prepared by John Dallwitz and Susan Marsden (Heritage Investigations), assisted by Rima D’Arcy and Margaret Mary Vervoon, for the Corporation of the Town of Hindmarsh and…

  • Hindmarsh A Short History

    a-heritage-history-of-hindmarsh.doc Susan Marsden wrote this essay originally as the introductory paragraph and Part one, ‘The physical and historical context’, of the report Hindmarsh Heritage Survey prepared by John Dallwitz and Susan Marsden (Heritage Investigations), assisted by Rima D’Arcy and Margaret Mary Vervoon, for the Corporation of the Town of Hindmarsh…

  • Hotels In The Adelaide Hills Patterns Of Developme

    this essay was first presented to the Historical Society of SA in 2006

  • Hotels In The Adelaide Hills Patterns Of Developme

    pubs-of-the-adelaide-hills.doc this essay was first presented to the Historical Society of SA in 2006

  • Housing The Workers In South Australia During Worl

    This essay was presented at a conference on the Homefront during World War Two arranged by Old Parliament House (History Trust of South Australia) and was first published in the Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia in 1988. Susan Marsden, ‘Housing the workers’, Journal of the Historical Society…

  • Housing The Workers In South Australia During Worl

    housing-the-workers-in-south-australia-during-world-war-two.doc This essay was presented at a conference on the Homefront during World War Two arranged by Old Parliament House (History Trust of South Australia) and was first published in the Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia in 1988. Susan Marsden, ‘Housing the workers’, Journal of the Historical…

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  • Is Heritage History History And The Built Environm

    Susan Marsden was State Historian, Community History Unit, History Trust of South Australia, when this essay was published in Community History (June 1992, pp. 6-9). An earlier version of this paper was given in 1990 at a seminar on ‘The Planning Review and Heritage Act Review - implications for the…

  • Is Heritage History History And The Built Environm

    is-heritage-history.doc Susan Marsden was State Historian, Community History Unit, History Trust of South Australia, when this essay was published in Community History (June 1992, pp. 6-9). An earlier version of this paper was given in 1990 at a seminar on ‘The Planning Review and Heritage Act Review - implications for…

  • Johannes Menge More Than The Father Of South Austr

    Bernard O’Neil (O’Neil Historical & Editorial Services, PO Box 2, Klemzig SA 5087) is preparing a biography of Johannes Menge. Information provided will be added to the ‘Menge Archive’ that is being developed in South Australia and Germany.

  • Johannes Menge More Than The Father Of South Austr

    Bernard O’Neil (O’Neil Historical & Editorial Services, PO Box 2, Klemzig SA 5087) is preparing a biography of Johannes Menge. Information provided will be added to the ‘Menge Archive’ that is being developed in South Australia and Germany.

  • Keswick Barracks

  • Keswick Barracks

    keswick.doc

  • Kingston Se An Overview History

    This entry was written by Peter Bell and Susan Marsden as the ‘Overview History’, ‘Chronology of Events’ and Bibliography in their Kingston Heritage Survey report (2008). Bell and Marsden carried out the survey in 2005-2007for the District Council of Kingston in the South-East region of South Australia. The main aims…

  • Kingston Se An Overview History

    This entry was written by Peter Bell and Susan Marsden as the ‘Overview History’, ‘Chronology of Events’ and Bibliography in their Kingston Heritage Survey report (2008). Bell and Marsden carried out the survey in 2005-2007for the District Council of Kingston in the South-East region of South Australia. The main aims…

  • Living In Prospect In The Playford Era

    Originally published as ch.9 in Bernard O'Neil, Judith raftery & Kerrie Round (eds), Playford's South Australia, Association of Professional Historians, Adelaide, 1996, pp.177- 200.

  • Living In Prospect In The Playford Era

    living-in-prospect-in-the-playford-era.doc Originally published as ch.9 in Bernard O'Neil, Judith raftery & Kerrie Round (eds), Playford's South Australia, Association of Professional Historians, Adelaide, 1996, pp.177- 200.

  • Madam Harpur The Trials And Tribulations Of An Ade

    Winner of the Catherine Mary Gilbert Prize organised by the History SA 2006

  • Madam Harpur The Trials And Tribulations Of An Ade

    Winner of the Catherine Mary Gilbert Prize organised by the History SA 2006

  • Making A Difference Oral History And Community Hea

    This work was presented at the State History Conference, Adelaide, in 2006, the International Oral History Association Conference, Sydney, in 2007, and appeared in the Oral History Association of Australia (South Australia/Northern Territory) newsletter, Word of Mouth , Spring 2006.

  • Making A Difference Oral History And Community Hea

    making-a-difference_kg-and-amcd.pdf This work was presented at the State History Conference, Adelaide, in 2006, the International Oral History Association Conference, Sydney, in 2007, and appeared in the Oral History Association of Australia (South Australia/Northern Territory) newsletter, Word of Mouth , Spring 2006.

  • Metropolitan Adelaide A Short History

    This essay first appeared as chapter 7 of Jenny Walker (ed.), South Australia’s Heritage, Department of Environment & Planning, Adelaide, 1986, pp. 87-100. It is republished here with permission, but without the illustrations or the inserted boxes prepared by Iris Iwanicki that are in the original.

  • Metropolitan Adelaide A Short History

    adelaide-metro-area-heritage.doc This essay first appeared as chapter 7 of Jenny Walker (ed.), South Australia’s Heritage, Department of Environment & Planning, Adelaide, 1986, pp. 87-100. It is republished here with permission, but without the illustrations or the inserted boxes prepared by Iris Iwanicki that are in the original.

  • Motor Cars And Freeways Measures Of A South Austra

    This essay first appeared as chapter 10 , pp.201-21, in Bernard O’Neil, Judith Raftery & Kerrie Round eds, Playford’s South Australia: essays on the history of South Australia, 1933-1968 Association of Professional Historians, Adelaide 1996,

  • Motor Cars And Freeways Measures Of A South Austra

    This essay first appeared as chapter 10 , pp.201-21, in Bernard O’Neil, Judith Raftery & Kerrie Round eds, Playford’s South Australia: essays on the history of South Australia, 1933-1968 Association of Professional Historians, Adelaide 1996,

  • Murrabinna Blackford Reserve Near Kingston Se

    This brief history of the Aboriginal place Murrabinna (also called Blackford Reserve) was written by Peter Bell and Susan Marsden as an assessment of the reserve’s heritage value in the Kingston Heritage Survey (report 2008). Bell and Marsden recommended that Blackford Reserve be provisionally entered in the South Australian Heritage…

  • Murrabinna Blackford Reserve Near Kingston Se

    murrabinna-blackford-reserve-near-kingston-se.doc This brief history of the Aboriginal place Murrabinna (also called Blackford Reserve) was written by Peter Bell and Susan Marsden as an assessment of the reserve’s heritage value in the Kingston Heritage Survey (report 2008). Bell and Marsden recommended that Blackford Reserve be provisionally entered in the South Australian…

  • National Heroes Not National Villains South Austra

    This essay was first published as ch 8 in Bernard O'Neil, Judith raftery & Kerrie Round (eds), Playford's South Australia, Adelaide. APH, 1996, pp.155-176.

  • National Heroes Not National Villains South Austra

    This essay was first published as ch 8 in Bernard O'Neil, Judith raftery & Kerrie Round (eds), Playford's South Australia, Adelaide. APH, 1996, pp.155-176.

  • National Trust Of South Australia 50Th Year Histor

    Carol Cosgrove and Susan Marsden wrote this entry as the second chapter in their book Challenging Times , the 50th anniversary history of the National Trust of South Australia. The idea for a South Australian National Trust drew on the formation of the ‘National Trust for Places of Historical or…

  • National Trust Of South Australia 50Th Year Histor

    Carol Cosgrove and Susan Marsden wrote this entry as the second chapter in their book Challenging Times , the 50th anniversary history of the National Trust of South Australia. The idea for a South Australian National Trust drew on the formation of the ‘National Trust for Places of Historical or…

  • Never Had Time An Oral History Of A Working Childh 2

    This article was published originally by the Constitutional Museum (History Trust of South Australia) in Come out (Adelaide, 1983), and the author thanks History SA for permission to reproduce it.

  • Never Had Time An Oral History Of A Working Childh 2

    never-had-time-an-oral-history-of-a-working-childhood-2.doc This article was published originally by the Constitutional Museum (History Trust of South Australia) in Come out (Adelaide, 1983), and the author thanks History SA for permission to reproduce it.

  • Oral History Interview With Gordon Kramm

    Gordon Kramm has lived all his life in Church Street, in Hahndorf. He was born on 8 September 1928. His father, Lawrence William Edger Kramm, born 1904, married Elizabeth Mary Gallasch, who was born in Verdun. Gordon’s great grandparents are the Herbig family -Johann Friedrich and Caroline- who lived in…

  • Oral History Interview With Gordon Kramm

    oral-history-interview-with-gordon-kramm.doc Gordon Kramm has lived all his life in Church Street, in Hahndorf. He was born on 8 September 1928. His father, Lawrence William Edger Kramm, born 1904, married Elizabeth Mary Gallasch, who was born in Verdun. Gordon’s great grandparents are the Herbig family -Johann Friedrich and Caroline- who lived…

  • Oral History Interview With Grant And Carol Paech

    Grant Paech was born on 5 December 1940 in Mount Barker. His father was Hermann Christian, born in Paechtown and he died in 1969. His mother was Leslie Alexandra Paech. The first Hahndorf generation of the Paechs – Johann Georg Paech with family – came on The Zebra to South…

  • Oral History Interview With Grant And Carol Paech

    oral-history-interview-with-grant-and-carol-paech.doc Grant Paech was born on 5 December 1940 in Mount Barker. His father was Hermann Christian, born in Paechtown and he died in 1969. His mother was Leslie Alexandra Paech. The first Hahndorf generation of the Paechs – Johann Georg Paech with family – came on The Zebra to…

  • Oral History Interview With Harold Gallasch

    Harold Gallasch was born on 21 May 1943 in Adelaide and grew up in Glen Osmond. His mother was Ida Martha Menzel. She was born in Hahndorf on 21 September 1914. Harold’s father Ernest Leonard Gallasch was born 26 February 1905 in Grunthal. The married couple moved to Glen Osmond.…

  • Oral History Interview With Harold Gallasch

    oral-history-interview-with-harold-gallasch.doc Harold Gallasch was born on 21 May 1943 in Adelaide and grew up in Glen Osmond. His mother was Ida Martha Menzel. She was born in Hahndorf on 21 September 1914. Harold’s father Ernest Leonard Gallasch was born 26 February 1905 in Grunthal. The married couple moved to Glen…

  • Orphaned In South Australia Oral Histories About G

    This article originated as an address to the Historical Society of South Australia in October 1994, when the author was Oral History Officer at the State Library of South Australia. The author acknowledges and thanks Advertiser Newspapers Ltd and the State Library of South Australia for permission to reproduce the…

  • Orphaned In South Australia Oral Histories About G

    orphaned-in-south-australia.doc This article originated as an address to the Historical Society of South Australia in October 1994, when the author was Oral History Officer at the State Library of South Australia. The author acknowledges and thanks Advertiser Newspapers Ltd and the State Library of South Australia for permission to reproduce…

  • Patricia Sumerling The West End Of Adelaide

    This essay was first published in Brian Dickey (ed), William Shakespeare’s Adelaide 1860-1930, Adelaide, Association of Professional Historians, 1992, pp.27-41, and is reprinted here with minor changes.

  • Patricia Sumerling The West End Of Adelaide

    sumerling-west-end-4.doc This essay was first published in Brian Dickey (ed), William Shakespeare’s Adelaide 1860-1930, Adelaide, Association of Professional Historians, 1992, pp.27-41, and is reprinted here with minor changes.

  • Peter Donovan Storekeepers Or Health Professionals

    The original volume aimed to examine a variety of aspects of the life of the City of Adelaide during the years when William Shakespeare was an inspector on the staff of the City Corporation. This essay was based on a history of Faulding commissioned to mark the 150 th anniversary…

  • Peter Donovan Storekeepers Or Health Professionals

    donovan-pharmacists-3.doc The original volume aimed to examine a variety of aspects of the life of the City of Adelaide during the years when William Shakespeare was an inspector on the staff of the City Corporation. This essay was based on a history of Faulding commissioned to mark the 150 th…

  • Picturesque Scientific Gardening Developing Adelai

    The original volume aimed to examine a variety of aspects of the life of the City of Adelaide during the years when William Shakespeare was an inspector on the staff of the City Corporation. This essay was first published in Brian Dickey (ed), William Shakespeare’s Adelaide 1860-1930, Adelaide, Association of…

  • Picturesque Scientific Gardening Developing Adelai

    payne-botanic-garden.doc The original volume aimed to examine a variety of aspects of the life of the City of Adelaide during the years when William Shakespeare was an inspector on the staff of the City Corporation. This essay was first published in Brian Dickey (ed), William Shakespeare’s Adelaide 1860-1930, Adelaide, Association…

  • Playfords Metropolis 2

    This essay written by Susan Marsden was first published in 1996 as chapter 6 in the book Playford’s South Australia . Marsden’s chapter was based on her PhD thesis, ‘Constructing Playford’s city: the South Australian Housing Trust and the transformation of Adelaide, 1936-1966’, PhD, Flinders University of SA, 1995. Playford’s…

  • Playfords Metropolis 2

    playfords-metroplis-2.doc This essay written by Susan Marsden was first published in 1996 as chapter 6 in the book Playford’s South Australia . Marsden’s chapter was based on her PhD thesis, ‘Constructing Playford’s city: the South Australian Housing Trust and the transformation of Adelaide, 1936-1966’, PhD, Flinders University of SA, 1995.…

  • Playfords South Australia Introduction

    This essay first appeared in the volume, Playford's South Australia: Essays on the history of South Australia, 1933-1968, edited by Bernard O'Neil, Judith Raftery and Kerrie Round, and published by the Association of Professional Historians SA [now the PHA SA], Adelaide, 1996, pp.1-6.

  • Playfords South Australia Introduction

    playfords-south-australia-introductio-2.doc This essay first appeared in the volume, Playford's South Australia: Essays on the history of South Australia, 1933-1968, edited by Bernard O'Neil, Judith Raftery and Kerrie Round, and published by the Association of Professional Historians SA [now the PHA SA], Adelaide, 1996, pp.1-6.

  • Port Elliot And Goolwa A Short History

    The study was carried out in 1980-81 for the District Council of Port Elliot and Goolwa and the South Australian Heritage Branch. The report identified sites, buildings and structures of heritage significance within the District Council Part 1 ‘Summary of history’, in Edwin Noack, Susan Marsden and John Dallwitz, Port…

  • Port Elliot And Goolwa A Short History

    port-elliot-and-goolwa-a-short-history-2.doc The study was carried out in 1980-81 for the District Council of Port Elliot and Goolwa and the South Australian Heritage Branch. The report identified sites, buildings and structures of heritage significance within the District Council Part 1 ‘Summary of history’, in Edwin Noack, Susan Marsden and John Dallwitz,…

  • Post War Church Dynamics Holy Trinity Adelaide 194

    Raises historical questions about how to explain the growth of church congregations. Another essay by the author on this subject, ' "We wanbted to make the first one a winner": urban church planting and the origins of Holy Trinity Adelaide: Hills' can be found on the Holy Trinity Church website…

  • Post War Church Dynamics Holy Trinity Adelaide 194

    post-war-church-dynamics.doc Raises historical questions about how to explain the growth of church congregations. Another essay by the author on this subject, ' "We wanbted to make the first one a winner": urban church planting and the origins of Holy Trinity Adelaide: Hills' can be found on the Holy Trinity Church…

  • Reflections Of The Time South Australian Nurses Bo

    An earlier version of this paper was originally presented under the title, Close Your Eyes and Think of England: Australian Nurses in the Boer War , at the Post Graduate Conference, School of Historical Studies (Monash University), North Melbourne, 2003. Additional material was taken from PhD Thesis, “… So Give…

  • Reflections Of The Time South Australian Nurses Bo

    adelaide-boer-war-nurses-wp.doc An earlier version of this paper was originally presented under the title, Close Your Eyes and Think of England: Australian Nurses in the Boer War , at the Post Graduate Conference, School of Historical Studies (Monash University), North Melbourne, 2003. Additional material was taken from PhD Thesis, “… So…

  • Saving South Australias Babies The Mothers And Bab

    This essay first appeared in the volume, Playford's South Australia: Essays on the history of South Australia, 1933-1968, edited by Bernard O'Neil, Judith Raftery and Kerrie Round, and published by the Association of Professional Historians SA [now the PHA SA], Adelaide, 1996, pp.275-294, and is republished here with minor variations…

  • Saving South Australias Babies The Mothers And Bab

    saving-south-australias-babies-the-mothers-and-babies-health-association-2.doc This essay first appeared in the volume, Playford's South Australia: Essays on the history of South Australia, 1933-1968, edited by Bernard O'Neil, Judith Raftery and Kerrie Round, and published by the Association of Professional Historians SA [now the PHA SA], Adelaide, 1996, pp.275-294, and is republished here with minor…

  • Scenes Of Early South Australia The Letters Of Jos

    This essay first appeared in the Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia, vol 10, 1982, and is reprinted here with minor amendments.

  • Scenes Of Early South Australia The Letters Of Jos

    scenes-of-early-south-australia-the-letters-of-joseph-keynes-of-keyneton-.doc This essay first appeared in the Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia, vol 10, 1982, and is reprinted here with minor amendments.

  • Sister Frieda Selma Klotzbcher 1899 1944 Lutheran

    Frieda Klotzbücher was one of 333 church missionaries were died during the Japanese occupation of Papua New Guinea in World War 2. The largest number were Roman Catholic (197) but all major denominations suffered losses. Some names are relatively well-known, such as the twelve Anglican ‘New Guinea Martyrs’ whom the…

  • Sister Frieda Selma Klotzbcher 1899 1944 Lutheran

    frieda-selma-klotzbucher-revised.doc Frieda Klotzbücher was one of 333 church missionaries were died during the Japanese occupation of Papua New Guinea in World War 2. The largest number were Roman Catholic (197) but all major denominations suffered losses. Some names are relatively well-known, such as the twelve Anglican ‘New Guinea Martyrs’ whom…

  • Sketch Notes On South Australias Onkaparinga Thres

    From the early 1850s, or the late 1840s, large, solid tree trunks were fashioned in South Australia as grooved rollers pulled by animal power to thresh hard-won wheat and barley crops. Rollers were used in most of the cereal-growing areas of the State, including Kangaroo Island, and almost certainly originated…

  • Sketch Notes On South Australias Onkaparinga Thres

    threshing-roller-part-2.pdf From the early 1850s, or the late 1840s, large, solid tree trunks were fashioned in South Australia as grooved rollers pulled by animal power to thresh hard-won wheat and barley crops. Rollers were used in most of the cereal-growing areas of the State, including Kangaroo Island, and almost certainly…

  • South Australian State Historic Preservation Plan

    The report South Australian State Historic Preservation Plan: Historical guidelines were prepared in 1979 by Susan Marsden in consultation with Dr John Tregenza. This was a foundation work of South Australia’s Heritage Unit, and was funded under the National Estate Programme. Since publication in 1980 the thematic framework (part 1,…

  • South Australian State Historic Preservation Plan

    The report South Australian State Historic Preservation Plan: Historical guidelines were prepared in 1979 by Susan Marsden in consultation with Dr John Tregenza. This was a foundation work of South Australia’s Heritage Unit, and was funded under the National Estate Programme. Since publication in 1980 the thematic framework (part 1,…

  • South Australias German Mps In World War I The Lim

    This paper was delivered at a Workshop held at the Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide, on 14 May 2011, and was subsequently published in Stock, H.M.P. (ed.), Becoming South Australian: Germans in a British context , Friends of Lutheran Archives, Adelaide, August 2011, pp. 21-29.

  • South Australias German Mps In World War I The Lim

    germans-in-parliament-final.doc This paper was delivered at a Workshop held at the Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide, on 14 May 2011, and was subsequently published in Stock, H.M.P. (ed.), Becoming South Australian: Germans in a British context , Friends of Lutheran Archives, Adelaide, August 2011, pp. 21-29.

  • St Johns Church An Early History Of A Colonial Chu

    This essay was originally submitted as an assignment for graduate studies undertaken in 1999. It was revised and expanded in 2010-2011.

  • St Johns Church An Early History Of A Colonial Chu

    st-johns-history-1.doc This essay was originally submitted as an assignment for graduate studies undertaken in 1999. It was revised and expanded in 2010-2011.

  • Starting The First Anglican Church In Adelaide

    See also Brian Dickey, Holy Trinity Adelaide: the history of a city church , Adelaide, 1988. First published in "Trinity Times", the magazine of Holy Trinity Church Adelaide December 2006

  • Starting The First Anglican Church In Adelaide

    starting-the-first-anglican-church-in-adelaide.doc See also Brian Dickey, Holy Trinity Adelaide: the history of a city church , Adelaide, 1988. First published in "Trinity Times", the magazine of Holy Trinity Church Adelaide December 2006

  • Susan Marsden A History Of Woodville 1977 1987

    This is a ‘lost history’, rediscovered 20 years after it was written. The City of Woodville asked Susan Marsden to update A History of Woodville , published in 1977, and this was completed in 1987. Woodville Council covered most of north western metropolitan Adelaide lying between Hindmarsh and Port Adelaide.…

  • Susan Marsden A History Of Woodville 1977 1987

    This is a ‘lost history’, rediscovered 20 years after it was written. The City of Woodville asked Susan Marsden to update A History of Woodville , published in 1977, and this was completed in 1987. Woodville Council covered most of north western metropolitan Adelaide lying between Hindmarsh and Port Adelaide.…

  • Susan Marsden A Short History Of Kangaroo Island

    Originally published as Part 1.2 Regional History of Heritage of Kangaroo Island , a regional heritage study by Heritage Investigations commissioned and published by the Department of Environment and Planning, Adelaide, 1991, and republished here by permission with minor changes.

  • Susan Marsden A Short History Of Kangaroo Island

    susan-marsden-a-short-history-of-kangaroo-island.doc Originally published as Part 1.2 Regional History of Heritage of Kangaroo Island , a regional heritage study by Heritage Investigations commissioned and published by the Department of Environment and Planning, Adelaide, 1991, and republished here by permission with minor changes.

  • Susan Marsden Red Gum Crafts Of Necessity Historic

    This article on River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) was originally published as the historical introduction to Red Gum: crafts of necessity (1989). This was an illustrated catalogue for the travelling exhibition of the same name which displayed historical objects and contemporary art works crafted from red gum. The exhibition was…

  • Susan Marsden Red Gum Crafts Of Necessity Historic

    susan-marsden-redgums.pdf This article on River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) was originally published as the historical introduction to Red Gum: crafts of necessity (1989). This was an illustrated catalogue for the travelling exhibition of the same name which displayed historical objects and contemporary art works crafted from red gum. The exhibition…

  • The Aestheticization Of The Don

    This essay was first delivered as a paper to the State History Conference in Adelaide in 2002. It was published in the English magazine Cricket Lore in August 2004 and appears in my book Off Cuts: Writings on Sport (Axiom, 2008).

  • The Aestheticization Of The Don

    aestheticization-3a.doc This essay was first delivered as a paper to the State History Conference in Adelaide in 2002. It was published in the English magazine Cricket Lore in August 2004 and appears in my book Off Cuts: Writings on Sport (Axiom, 2008).

  • The Darker Side Of Motherhood Abortion And Infanti

    This essay first appeared in the Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia , vol 13, 1985, pp.111-127.

  • The Darker Side Of Motherhood Abortion And Infanti

    the-darker-side-of-motherhood2.doc This essay first appeared in the Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia , vol 13, 1985, pp.111-127.

  • The Discovery And Settlement Of The Fleurieu Penin

    This essay first appeared in the Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia , no.14, 1986, pp.51-66.

  • The Discovery And Settlement Of The Fleurieu Penin

    the-discovery-and-settlement-of-the-fleurieu-penninsula-and-the-angasbremer-river-region-1802-1861.doc This essay first appeared in the Journal of the Historical Society of South Australia , no.14, 1986, pp.51-66.

  • The Heritage Of The Upper North A Short History

    This project involved a heritage survey of an area of some 24,000 square kilometres covering the North Mount Lofty Ranges and South Flinders Ranges. This was the historic wheat belt where the Strangways land legislation had its greatest impact, bringing about a dramatic economic transition from grazing to cropping in…

  • The Heritage Of The Upper North A Short History

    This project involved a heritage survey of an area of some 24,000 square kilometres covering the North Mount Lofty Ranges and South Flinders Ranges. This was the historic wheat belt where the Strangways land legislation had its greatest impact, bringing about a dramatic economic transition from grazing to cropping in…

  • The Historic South West Corner Of Adelaide

    This booklet was the result of a short project, initiated by the Adelaide City Council, which aimed to produce a picture of the identity and nature of the community living south of Gouger Street and west of Whitmore Square, a residential and partly light-industrial area of the city that for…

  • The Historic South West Corner Of Adelaide

    sw-historic-a5-booklet-2.pdf This booklet was the result of a short project, initiated by the Adelaide City Council, which aimed to produce a picture of the identity and nature of the community living south of Gouger Street and west of Whitmore Square, a residential and partly light-industrial area of the city that…

  • The Influence Of Transport On The Development Of S

  • The Influence Of Transport On The Development Of S

    country-towns.doc

  • The Lower North Of South Australia A Short History

    This ‘Regional history’ written by Susan Marsden was part 1.4 of the report Heritage of the Lower North prepared by John Dallwitz and Susan Marsden (Heritage Investigations). The published report presents a summary of a survey of heritage items and areas in South Australia’s Lower North during 1981-2 and reflects…

  • The Lower North Of South Australia A Short History

    lower-north-history.doc This ‘Regional history’ written by Susan Marsden was part 1.4 of the report Heritage of the Lower North prepared by John Dallwitz and Susan Marsden (Heritage Investigations). The published report presents a summary of a survey of heritage items and areas in South Australia’s Lower North during 1981-2 and…

  • The Old Spot Hotel Gawler A Development History

    This article was part of a conservation study of the Old Spot Hotel undertaken by Bruce Harry Architects ca 2006-7 and is reprinted here with permission.

  • The Old Spot Hotel Gawler A Development History

    This article was part of a conservation study of the Old Spot Hotel undertaken by Bruce Harry Architects ca 2006-7 and is reprinted here with permission.

  • The Origins Of The Church Missionary Society In So

    This essay is one of a number on evangelical Anglicans in South Australia the author has published. See the programmatic ‘The Evangelical Tradition in South Australia’, in Robert S.M. Withycombe (ed), Australia and New Zealand religious History 1788-1988: a collection of papers and addresses , ANZSTS/ATS, Canberra, 1988, pp.157-174. This…

  • The Origins Of The Church Missionary Society In So

    the-origins-of-the-church-missionary.doc This essay is one of a number on evangelical Anglicans in South Australia the author has published. See the programmatic ‘The Evangelical Tradition in South Australia’, in Robert S.M. Withycombe (ed), Australia and New Zealand religious History 1788-1988: a collection of papers and addresses , ANZSTS/ATS, Canberra, 1988, pp.157-174.…

  • The Playmander Its Origins Operation And Effect On

    This essay first appeared in Bernard O'Neil, Judith Raftery & Kerrie Round (eds), Playford's South Australia: essays on the history of South Australia, 1933-1968, Adelaide, Association of Professional Historians, 1996, pp.73-90.

  • The Playmander Its Origins Operation And Effect On

    the-playmander-its-origins-operations-and-effects-on-south-australiaii.doc This essay first appeared in Bernard O'Neil, Judith Raftery & Kerrie Round (eds), Playford's South Australia: essays on the history of South Australia, 1933-1968, Adelaide, Association of Professional Historians, 1996, pp.73-90.

  • The Religion Of Legacy To Visit Orphans And Widows

    This essay first appeared in Lucas: an Evangelical History Review nos 23 & 24, 1997-8, pp.63-82 and is reprinted here with minor amendments. For greater detail on the Legacy Club of Adelaide, see Brian Dickey, A Generation of Legacy service: South Australia and Broken Hill since 1945, Legacy Club of…

  • The Religion Of Legacy To Visit Orphans And Widows

    relig-leg.doc This essay first appeared in Lucas: an Evangelical History Review nos 23 & 24, 1997-8, pp.63-82 and is reprinted here with minor amendments. For greater detail on the Legacy Club of Adelaide, see Brian Dickey, A Generation of Legacy service: South Australia and Broken Hill since 1945, Legacy Club…

  • The River Murray Region Of South Australia A Short 2

    This ‘Regional history’ written by Susan Marsden was part 1.2 of the report Heritage of the River Murray prepared by John Dallwitz and Susan Marsden (Heritage Investigations) assisted by Peter Donovan. The published report presents a summary of a survey of heritage items and areas along the River Murray in…

  • The River Murray Region Of South Australia A Short 2

    This ‘Regional history’ written by Susan Marsden was part 1.2 of the report Heritage of the River Murray prepared by John Dallwitz and Susan Marsden (Heritage Investigations) assisted by Peter Donovan. The published report presents a summary of a survey of heritage items and areas along the River Murray in…

  • The Role Of Government In The Formation Of Country

    This article was originally published in Terowie workshop: exploring the history of South Australian country towns (1991). The book was the aim and outcome of a collaboration between Susan Marsden, State Historian at the History Trust of South Australia, and University of Adelaide academic Tony Denholm, whose urban history teaching…

  • The Role Of Government In The Formation Of Country

    the-role-of-government-in-the-formation-of-country-towns.doc This article was originally published in Terowie workshop: exploring the history of South Australian country towns (1991). The book was the aim and outcome of a collaboration between Susan Marsden, State Historian at the History Trust of South Australia, and University of Adelaide academic Tony Denholm, whose urban history…

  • The South Adelaide Creche 1887 1936

    This essay began life in the context of a hearing before the courts to determine the heritage value of what remained of the South Adelaide Creche building in Gouger Street, Adelaide. A revised text was published in JHSSA vol.16, 1988, pp.159-164.

  • The South Adelaide Creche 1887 1936

    the-south-adelaide-creche.doc This essay began life in the context of a hearing before the courts to determine the heritage value of what remained of the South Adelaide Creche building in Gouger Street, Adelaide. A revised text was published in JHSSA vol.16, 1988, pp.159-164.

  • The South Australian Economy In World War Ii

    This essay began as a lecture to a seminar convened by the Historical Society of South Australia on ‘The Homefront: South Australia in World War II’, on 25 October 1987. It was subsequently published in JHSSA vol.16, 1988, pp.22-29, and is reproduced here in slightly altered format .

  • The South Australian Economy In World War Ii

    economywwii-pha.doc This essay began as a lecture to a seminar convened by the Historical Society of South Australia on ‘The Homefront: South Australia in World War II’, on 25 October 1987. It was subsequently published in JHSSA vol.16, 1988, pp.22-29, and is reproduced here in slightly altered format .

  • The War Veterans Home Myrtle Bank 1915 2005

    This article summarises the book of the same name commissioned by the Home and published by them in 2005.

  • The War Veterans Home Myrtle Bank 1915 2005

    dickey-warveteranshome.doc This article summarises the book of the same name commissioned by the Home and published by them in 2005.

  • Transport In And About Adelaide C1865

    This essay was first prepared as part of the exhibition of the Dureya panorama of Adelaide at History SA.

  • Transport In And About Adelaide C1865

    duryea.doc This essay was first prepared as part of the exhibition of the Dureya panorama of Adelaide at History SA.

  • Travels In Time The Barossa Valley In The 1850S Ar

    This sequence of ‘time tours’ of South Australia’s Barossa was written by Susan Marsden (when State Historian at the History Trust of South Australia) as part of the case study in the tourism textbook by Tim Clemow and Susan Marsden, Tourism and Australian multicultural heritage , printed by Adelaide College…

  • Travels In Time The Barossa Valley In The 1850S Ar

    travels-in-time-the-barossa-valley-in-the-1850s-around-1900-and-in-the-1940s.doc This sequence of ‘time tours’ of South Australia’s Barossa was written by Susan Marsden (when State Historian at the History Trust of South Australia) as part of the case study in the tourism textbook by Tim Clemow and Susan Marsden, Tourism and Australian multicultural heritage , printed by Adelaide…

  • We Have Found Our Paradise The South East Squattoc

    This essay first appeared in the Journal of the Historical Society of SA No.17, 1989, pp.25-38 and is republished here with minor corrections.

  • We Have Found Our Paradise The South East Squattoc

    This essay first appeared in the Journal of the Historical Society of SA No.17, 1989, pp.25-38 and is republished here with minor corrections.

  • What Have Social Workers Done

    Dr. Brian Dickey, then Reader in History at Flinders University, addressed an Australian Association of Social Workers (South Australia) Branch Meeting on July 15th, 1985. The after dinner talk was subsequently published in The South Australian Social Worker , vol 2, no.2 Aug 1986 & 3, Oct 1986. Minor format…

  • What Have Social Workers Done

    what-have-social-workers-done.doc Dr. Brian Dickey, then Reader in History at Flinders University, addressed an Australian Association of Social Workers (South Australia) Branch Meeting on July 15th, 1985. The after dinner talk was subsequently published in The South Australian Social Worker , vol 2, no.2 Aug 1986 & 3, Oct 1986. Minor…

  • Wowser Adelaide At The Time Of The First World War

    2006 (An occasional talk)

  • Wowser Adelaide At The Time Of The First World War

    wowser-adelaide-at-the-time-of-the-first-world-war-.doc 2006 (An occasional talk)

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