Welcome to Pioneers SA 

 

 

 

Together, we celebrate our shared heritage and

 

honor the achievements of South Australian pioneers

 

 


 

Our real worth as an Association will not be evident in our lifetime

but will be recognised by scholars and researchers

who are not yet born.               

                                                                                                                          Geo C. Morphett

 

 

 

 

Upcoming Events (for booking & payment information please select Events Calendar from the menu)


 

October 2024

Monday 21 October  10.30am – 2.00pm
E24-11 Strathalbyn Museum Tour & Terminus Hotel Lunch

Rankine Street,
Strathalbyn
 

Enjoy a guided tour of the Strathalbyn District Museum and Heritage Centre (1 Rankine Street, Strathalbyn) before taking a short walk to the Terminus Hotel (13 Rankine Street) for lunch and a presentation on the history of Strathalbyn.

 

Cost (museum & lunch)

$30 members/$35 guests

Maximum: 40 people

 

 

 

 

Wednesday 23 October  10.30am – 12.30pm

SM-07 SameShips Generic Research Workshop

 

Pioneers SA, 25 Leigh Street, Adelaide

Maximum 15 people

Cost $2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November 2024

Monday 18 November 10am for 10.30am start
E24-12   Kingston House


5 Cameron Ave, Kingston Park 

Guest Speaker: Richard McCarthy
Topic: “The Kingston Family”

 

Built on land owned by George Strickland Kingston in 1840, as a 3 room cottage, it was originally leased to Cygnet passenger, Robert Bristow, who ran it as the Marino Inn from September 1840.  In 1851 Kingston extended the house for use as his family’s seaside holiday home and renamed it Kingston House.  The house and surrounding reserve have a quiet charm but the history of the Kingston family was anything but quiet and tranquil.

 

Maximum: 50 people

Cost:   $10 members, $15 guests

           (includes Devonshire morning tea & tour)

Wednesday 27 November  10.30am – 12.30pm

SM-08 Same Ships: Asia

 

Pioneers SA, 25 Leigh Street, Adelaide

Maximum 15 people

Cost $2

 

December 2024

Wednesday 4 December 12.00pm – 2.00pm
E24-14 1844 Retrospective Lunch Meeting

 

Pilgrim Church Hall

12 Flinders Street, Adelaide

 

Our Retrospective meeting will review 1844 in South Australia. During this year the first Colonial Census was taken; wheat production in SA exceeded the colony's own requirements; and the Colonial Government took control of the Corporation of Adelaide. Some of our members will share short stories about events of that year.

 

Please bring your own lunch and join us at this popular event on the Pioneers’ calendar.

 

Maximum: 70 people

Cost: $5 members / $10 guests

 

 

 

Saturday 28 December 
E24-15 Proclamation Day Lunch

 

Glenelg Golf Club, 118 James Melrose Drive,

Novar Gardens

 

"The Peoples' Church in a Distant Land: Founding the first Church of England parish in South Australia 1836-1843".  Our guest speaker, Dr Brian Dickey, will discuss the establishment of Trinity Church on North Terrace and its first Minister, the Rev Charles Beaumont Howard, the first Colonial Chaplain, who came out on the "Buffalo" and died in 1843.  Cost includes a two course lunch, complimentary drink on arrival, with tea/coffee and chocolates to finish the afternoon.

 

Speaker: Dr. Brian Dickey

Maximum: 100 people

Cost: TBA

(Please note that this venue is now completely smoke/vaping free)

 

Pioneers SA welcomes guests to our events

 

 

Frances Adamson SA Governor General Pioneers SA is proud to have the patronage of Her Excellency the Honourable Frances Adamson AC, Governor of South Australia.

 

Pioneers SA membership is open to any person with an ancestor who arrived in

South Australia up to and including 28 December 1846.

 

A member's partner is welcome to join as an Associate Member.

The Association currently has approximately 700 members. 


Click HERE to find out about Donations, Gifts and Bequests

 

The Pioneers Association of South Australia Inc.

 

Suite 4, Level 2

Stafford House

25 Leigh Street, Adelaide

 

Phone: (08) 8231 5055                           Email: info@pioneerssa.org.au 

 

Opening Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays 10 am to 2 pm

 

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.

 

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