History Trust of SA

Giving the past a future now! We run the National Motor Museum, Migration Museum, Maritime Museum & History Fest. Tweets mostly by Catherine & Pauline.

[History Trust of SA @HistorySA]

Free event! The Dame Roma Mitchell Oration - 'Climate Change and Human Rights: Australia’s Next Big Challenge' is on 2 November 2023. Orator: Hon Dr Susan Close MP. Presented in partnership with Uni Adelaide and Law Society SA. Tickets: https://t.co/PLXOyTj97D

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Jennifer Cashmore Oration 2023. From Asylums to Community Care and Beyond - Human Rights and Mental Health: Lessons from History. Read more about the oration: https://t.co/814hPcn2Ji

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Five of South Australia’s esteemed historians, curators and academics will discuss the nuances of collecting in contexts both personal and for museums. Let us ponder the question “why, how and what do we collect?” More info: https://t.co/CoUOJquBFR

[Tony Kanellos @tonykanellos]

Full house at The Wheaty for ⁦@HistorySA⁩ session on “drinking in history”

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CREATIVE HISTORIES: A panel of SA visual artists will discuss the place of historical fiction in interpreting Museum artefacts and the use of the imagination as a pragmatic superpower. This Thursday night. FREE tickets: https://t.co/oVTEhN7XXh
#HistoryTrustSA #HistoryFestival

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This fascinating exhibition is on during South Australia’s History Festival for the month of May. Get along - you won’t regret it! And shout out to the wonderful @AntiqueJC and @UniversitySA for brining this story alive from the archives #SAHistoryFest #HistoryTrustSA

[Keith Conlon @KeithConlon]

The new Gone Shopping exhibition captures the way we were. It is on during the May #SAHistoryFest at the @UniversitySA City West campus. Via @IndailyArts.
On #KaurnaCountry.

https://t.co/rFUiQg5yjS via @indaily

[Tony Kanellos @tonykanellos]

Celebrating Arabic hospitality ⁦@HistorySA⁩ Migration museum … invoked many childhood memories, flavours, smells and sounds … very similar to the Greek stuff I grew up with

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Thanks @ramanvoranau glad you could join us! We had such fun discussing all things history including AI, non-linear time and museums last night.

[Raman Voranau @ramanvoranau]

Such a fabulous @HistorySA event. From machines (not) writing history to why we trust a museum. Thank you @Marnie_HW @annahopeclark @KristyKokegei and @LindseyKiera

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@Marnie_HW @annahopeclark @KristyKokegei @LindseyKiera and shout out to @UniversitySA and @AusPublicHist for lending us Marnie and Anna for the evening. #HistoryMatters

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Tomorrow for one night only - 4 fabulous historians on stage! World acclaimed historian @Marnie_HW , award winning @annahopeclark and our very own Head of Audience & Experience @KristyKokegei and SA's History Advocate @LindseyKiera
Tickets still available https://t.co/SedAYm1n3e

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@abcadelaide @SonyaFeldhoff Thanks ABC and Sonya, we had so much fun welcoming you to our secret collections store on Monday!

[ABC Adelaide @abcadelaide]

Don Dunstan's pink shorts a symbol of challenging the status quo ❤️ @SonyaFeldhoff @HistorySA
https://t.co/Wd1h5jjHCh

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#HistoryTrustSA

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2023 Sir Hubert Wilkins Oration.

Join us on 13 April as Dr Emma McEwin delves into 2 remarkable Australian polar explorers, Wilkins & Sir Douglas Mawson - their lives & enduring legacies

Freemasons Hall, Adelaide, 7pm.
Tickets $20/$10
https://t.co/dphXbn7t1x

@SLSA @SAMuseum

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@DrJaneLS @AdelaideMetroSA Perhaps it is code for ‘good luck getting where you need to go - you’ll grow whiskas waiting for this bus service.’….

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INTRODUCING SOUTH AUSTRALIA'S NEW HISTORY ADVOCATE, DR KIERA LINDSEY! 👏

Read all about Dr Kiera Lindsey's outstanding career here: https://t.co/XRBp4P8uGF

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HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II, 1926 - 2022
Trustees, team members & volunteers at the History Trust of South Australia join in expressing sincere condolences to the Royal Family at the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

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@pru @KeithConlon Yes indeed Pru! Covid dashed our 2020 plans

[Keith Conlon @KeithConlon]

Happy Wattle Day from Adelaide’s Australian Heritage listed Park Lands on Kaurna Country.
The first celebration of Wattle Day was held on 1 September 1910 in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. It has a lot offer as the inclusive Australia Day.

https://t.co/ADH5vFoj3v

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@KeithConlon We'd give shout out to the fab @pru who led out session here in South Australia!

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@KeithConlon Here is the day in action https://t.co/mnJq0nBh07