History Trust of South Australia

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.

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.