Together we celebrate our shared heritage and honour the achievements of
South Australian pioneers
Upcoming Events
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May - History Festival Explore all the details of our events during South Australia’s History Festival on our Events page.
June 2026 Wednesday 17 June 10.30am – 12.30pm SM-03 SameShips - ''Apolline' and 'Mary Dugdale' Pioneers SA, Leigh Street, Adelaide
Wednesday 24 June 12.00pm – 3.00pm E26-04 Lunch Meeting - "The Unassuming Botanist - Friedrich Hermann Heinrich Schultze; and his role in the Goyder Expedition to Survey Darwin in 1869” Walkerville Uniting Church Hall 17 Smith Street, Walkerville
July 2026 Wednesday 8 July 11.00am – 1.00pm JP-01 Junior Pioneers - Visit to the Adelaide Planetarium Adelaide University Mawson Lakes Campus
Wednesday 22 July 10.30am – 12.30pm SM-05 SameShips - 'Canton' and 'Medway' Pioneers SA, Leigh Street, Adelaide
Sunday 26 July 12.00pm – 4.00pm E26-05 Winter Gathering Janet Morran - Mount Horrocks Historical Society 'The Letters of Clara Horrocks to her brothers John Ainsworth and Arthur Horrocks in South Australia'
August 2026 Wednesday 12 August 11.00am – 12.00 Noon E26-06 Visit to St John's Anglican Church, Halifax Street, Adelaide Dr David Hilliard OAM - 'St John's in the Wilderness: The History of Adelaide's Second Anglican Parish Church'
Wednesday 26 August 10.30am – 12.30pm SM-06 SameShips - 'Lloyds' and 'Medway' Pioneers SA, Leigh Street, Adelaide
September 2026 Annual General Meeting 7pm Monday 21 September E26-07 Dr Lainie Anderson OAM - 'Pioneering Policewoman Kate Cocks: Fact and Fiction' Christ Church Hall, Jeffcott Street, North Adelaide
Wednesday 23 September 10.30am – 12.30pm SM-07 SameShips 'Francis Speight', 'Imaum of Muscat', 'Augustus' & 'Lord Goderich' Pioneers SA, Leigh Street, Adelaide
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| Guests are very welcome to join us at all Pioneers SA events |
 | Pioneers SA is proud to have the patronage of Her Excellency the Honourable Frances Adamson AC, Governor of South Australia. |
| Pioneers SA welcomes anyone with a connection to South Australia’s earliest days. If you have an ancestor who arrived in the colony on or before 28 December 1846, you’re eligible to become a Pioneer Member.
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| 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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