Giving the past a future now!
How well do you know South Australian history? Test your knowledge and have fun!
Take a gander at our educational videos, Talking History online recordings, interviews and short films
How have the trade union, women's and LGBTQI+ movements shaped our state? Watch and read our teaching resources on Social Movements in SA.
How was the settlement of SA different to the other states? Watch and read our teacher resources on Governance in the Early Colony.
Explore the people, groups, and social and political movements that have made Australia what it is today.
Take a digital journey on the nine ships that sailed from Britain to Australia in 1836.
Discover the stories hidden all around you, embedded in places, objects and even the lay of the land.
Climb aboard Adelaide's digital time machine! Tour the length and breadth of 'the square mile' to discover the people and events that shaped our city.
Explore our timeline to see democratic milestones in South Australia and around the world.
Elightening interview by LeFevre High School students with Margaret & Kathleen Brodie on the Aboriginal history of Pt Adelaide.
In 1894 suffragists presented a mammoth petition to South Australian Parliament advocating for women's right to vote. Search the petition and discover who signed this landmark document.
Watch this short film and learn about the trials and triumphs of migrants to South Australia 1851-2011.
Poet Warsan Shire: 'no one puts their children in a boat unless the water is safer than the land'. Learn how people just like us come to be refugees.
See how the forces of fate, tragedy and policy shaped the lives of five South Australians. (ibook)
Explore the huge list of learning resources from the South Australian Maritime Museum.
Check out our collection of activity sheets for fun and learning at the National Motor Museum
Delve into SA's past with our online exhibitions
View objects and stories of migration to SA from home or the classroom
Browse vintage photographs, objects and vehicles from SA's motoring past
Discover treasures from the Suffrage Petition of 1894 to Don Dunstan's famous shorts in these online collections.
Explore the collection that preserves, explores and celebrates the human history of our oceans and rivers.
Discover great ways to bring the History Festival into your school and classroom with our resource for teachers
Help make history! What item represents your personal experience of life in the time of COVID-19?
Find some of our favourite quirky objects in our museums!