South Australian Maritime Museum in Port Adelaide, South Australia | History Museum

South Australian Maritime Museum

Locality: Port Adelaide, South Australia

Phone: +61 8 8207 6255

Address: 126 Lipson Street 5015 Port Adelaide, SA, Australia

Website: http://maritime.history.sa.gov.au

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25.01.2022 We're jumping on the #BernieSanders meme bandwagon. Here he is with a Bond Studio photobomb.

23.01.2022 Teachers - tick that PD off your to-do list this school holidays! Next Wednesday, 14 July, take part in your own maritime experience including a cruise on our historic police launch, Archie Badenoch. You'll also get an exclusive look into the inner workings of our newest exhibitions 'Windjammers' and 'Pamela and the Duchess' on this teachers day in the Port.... SECURE YOUR SPOT > http://bit.ly/SAMMTeacherPD Photo: Archie skipper James Tilbury aboard the 'Archie Badenoch'

21.01.2022 When Adelaide was first surveyed by Colonel William Light and the authorities prepared to set up a port and a city, it was initially planned that this would be at the same location. That’s rightPort Adelaide was almost our city centre. However, due to a lack of fresh water in the Port, Light made the decision to separate the two.... It was not supported by Port Adelaide’s merchants who were miffed at the 14km separating it from the business centre. But the final word came down to Light and these two hubs were eventually to be linked by a road and.a canal. More on that next week! #FunFactFriday Port and Town of Adelaide as drawn by Colonel William Light - Royal Geographical Society SA Collection

20.01.2022 Our final sensory sessions for 2020 are coming up fast! Join us in November before we open or after we close for a quieter, more relaxed visit with our staff who are all fully trained by Autism SA. Head to our website for more information.

19.01.2022 Throwback Thursday! Thanks its Port Adelaide for this old pic of our fabulous volunteers on Yelta. We miss our volunteers...

18.01.2022 Most of the passengers on the migrant ship to South Australia, Africaine, landed at Holdfast Bay #onthisday 10 Nov 1836. Brought ashore on the shoulders of sail...ors, they were the first new arrivals on the Adelaide Plains and to set up camp near the Patawalonga in #KaurnaCountry. They were to wait until December 28 for the arrival of the Governor, Sir John Hindmarsh and shortly after the declaration by Colonel Light of the site for the capital, Adelaide. Aboard the Africaine J M Skipper Art Gallery of South Australia History Council of South Australia History Trust of South Australia Professional Historians Association - South Australia Heritage South Australia David Hanna Elizabeth Ho City of Adelaide City of Holdfast Bay Glenelg Historical Society Living Kaurna Cultural Centre Beverley Voigt See more

17.01.2022 POPPIES TO REMEMBER Today on the eleventh hour of the eleventh month we stop for a minute’s silence to remember those who lost their lives in war. Many of us will be wearing red poppies. During World War 1, these flowers were the first to bloom amidst the mud and devastation of the French battlefieldsa sign of hope and renewal but also perhaps a reminder of the red blood that had soaked into this soil forever.

16.01.2022 Great news everyone! The doors to the SA Maritime Museum will open again from 10 am tomorrow morning, Sunday 22 November. We’re still keeping COVIDSafe with ... 1 person per 4 square metres ongoing regular cleaning sanitation stations for visitors physical distancing guidelines contact tracing for all visitors. You can keep COVIDSafe by Always practice good hygiene and physical distancing Use a mask when physical distancing can’t be maintained Stay at home unless you need to travel Jump online to explore our museums, collections and programs! A reminder that school visits and public events that were to take place up to and including 29 November remain cancelled in line with SA Government guidelines. https://history.sa.gov.au/blog/were-reopening-our-doors/

15.01.2022 And another cheeky Bernie snap!

15.01.2022 The way we deal with those that have passed away has changed significantly over the years. The first Adelaide ‘hospital’ opened in 1837 and was just a small rammed-earth hut on North Terrace. The people of the Port spent decades travelling to the city when they were sick until 1862 when a single-roomed cottage was built for use as a Casualty Hospital near the old Police Station and Court House.... As it was a single room, there was no morgue or other ‘cold room’ to store bodies of the departed. The call then went out to the hotels of the area to prepare their fridges! If anyone died in Port Adelaide from drowning or a general accident, they would be stored in the cellars of the hotels until moved to their final resting place. H C Ford, the licensee of the Port Hotel, wrote to the government complaining about the length of time the bodies were staying in their cellars sometimes upward of a week. They then started storing bodies in the Police cells next to living, breathing prisoners. Finally, in 1891, a ‘Dead House’ was built in the Port. #FunFactFriday

15.01.2022 THE REMARKABLE STORY OF THE 18TH CENTURY WOMAN WHO CIRCUMNAVIGATED THE WORLD. Join the History Trust of South Australia’s online Talking History session with Dr Danielle Clode this Tuesday 1 December. Jeanne Barret, is known to very few, but was the first woman to circumnavigate the world. An impoverished peasant from Burgundy, disguised herself as a man and sailed on the 1766 Bougainville voyage as the naturalist’s assistant.... Local biologist and award-winning author Danielle Clode embarked on a journey to solve the mysteries surrounding Jeanne Barret. From archives, herbariums and museums to untouched forests and open oceans, Clode's mission took her from France and Mauritius to the Pacific Islands and New Guinea to reveal the full story of Jeanne's life as well as the challenges of her famous voyage If you have heard Danielle speak before, you know this is one not to miss!

12.01.2022 New year, new me. How good is our new signage looking? Our newest exhibition ‘Windjammers’ is now open! Come in and check it out. Pamela and the Duchess will be here in two weeks, opening Saturday 13 February.

11.01.2022 The South Australian coast is littered with the skeletons of shipwrecks. The most intact of those from the 19th century is the Zanoni off the coast of Ardrossan on the Yorke Peninsula. The barque Zanoni set sail for the first time in 1866, voyaging from Mauritius to Port Adelaide with a cargo of sugar.... From the Port, it travelled to Port Wakefield with a load of bark before returning to Port Adelaide. On the voyage back, the sea lashed its decks during a violent squall, the Zanoni was thrown on its beam ends, rolled over, and sank within five minutes. The crew survived by swimming to a lifeboat that floated free. It took over 60 years to locate the wreck where it lies in 18 metres of water in the middle of Gulf St Vincent. Now there is an entire room dedicated to the Zanoni at the Ardrossan Museum And Information Outlet containing artefacts from the historic site. Add it to your ‘must visit’ list for this summer > https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/places/ardrossan-museum/

10.01.2022 How’s your Movember Mo coming along? It’s easy for other things to get lost amongst all the COVID news especially good things like Movember raising funds for men’s health. Now that we’re only a few days out from the end of November, let's see your hard work - show us all your fabulous moustaches!... #movember

09.01.2022 WINDJAMMERS - NOW OPEN Windjammers iCinema interactive exhibition will take you back to life on the high seas in the age of sail. Immerse yourself in the stories of the sailors who sailed from South Australia to Europe in the early 20th Century.

09.01.2022 We have hit 6000 Likes! Time to do a happy jig!

08.01.2022 Rethinking the historical record. DNA research suggests that 'VIKING' was a job description rather than a matter of heredity.

07.01.2022 Busy morning at the museum, starting a major gallery development.

06.01.2022 Ever heard the term ‘Port Misery’? When South Australia’s first port opened, it gained this nickname due to the stinking mud and mosquitos that greeted new arrivals. Early settlers had to hoist their own luggage (plus children if they had them) across the treacherous, swamp to reach solid ground.... Not the most pleasant welcome when you’ve shifted halfway across the world for a better life. But that was not the port we know today. Port Misery was located near the current intersection of Old Port Road and Frederick Road. It explains why Port Road veers off in two directions near Cheltenham. This landing spot was always intended to be temporary and the location of our Port was selected by Governor George Gawler. By 1840, the original McLaren Wharf was complete, a new Port Road was built and the Port we know and love today began to take shape. #FunFactFriday

05.01.2022 Always Was, Always Will Be. Our flag poles are located at what was once known as Fricker’s Corner the place where casual workers gathered for the daily pick up on the wharves. Tauto Sansbury (1949 2019) was a Narungga man from the Yorke Peninsula who worked on the waterfront. ‘We'd go to Fricker’s Corner to see if we could get work. Most days it wouldn’t be long before someone pulled up in a car and asked you to work. Work was plentiful then. It was pretty scary loading ...gypsum, they used a crane with a big open grabber you were down in the hold shovelling into where the grabber mouth came down.’ When he wasn’t stowing, slinging and lumping cargo, Tauto and other members of his family worked on the ketches the Ulonga, the Reggie M in particular. ‘One of the great things is that we learned to steer by the stars, and when you headed out of the Gulf to Port Lincoln, it was nice and peaceful. There were small crews, only two men and the skipper’. Tauto was the recipient of the NAIDOC Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2015 NAIDOC Week celebrations. You can listen to Tauto and other First Nations elders sharing their stories of work and life in the Port in our Living in Port gallery.

05.01.2022 Buy one, get THREE at 25% off! Our Museums in Port program is the best way to see everything Port Adelaide's Museums have to offer. Not only can you receive cheaper tickets to come see us, National Railway Museum, Port Adelaide and South Australian Aviation Museum, but the Clipper Ship City of Adelaide has joined in on the fun as well.... Come into the Museum and grab your discount brochure today!

05.01.2022 *UPDATE This event is now sold out. To be added to a waiting list, please email your interest to [email protected]* This NAIDOC week, join Margaret Brodie for a FREE tour of Port Adelaide. Margaret will take you on a journey - both physical and spiritual - of the port, giving you an insight into its history from the perspective of the Aboriginal people who have called the port home for thousands of years. ... The tour will start at 11 am on Sunday 11 July - book your spot now.

04.01.2022 They are still looking for it

03.01.2022 Have you ever wanted to work in a museum? Do you have an interest in maritime or motoring history? Are you a confident public speaker? The History Trust of SA is recruiting Casual Museum Officers at two of its museums the SA Maritime Museum in Port Adelaide and the National Motor Museum in the Adelaide Hills. If you have excellent customer service skills, are a creative problem solver and want to work at either (or both!) sites we want to hear from you. Visit the I Work f...or SA page for more information and to apply https://iworkfor.sa.gov.au/page.php https://maritime.history.sa.gov.au/get-involved/employment/

03.01.2022 Mutton dressed as beef? The Great Depression was a hard time in our history with many surviving on ration tickets provided by the Government. Originally these tickets included beef, but before long, this was switched out for mutton. This was literally the bone of contention in Adelaide at the time. Outraged, more than 1000 unemployed men and their families gathered to march and protest from Port Adelaide all the way to the city, holding placards with We want beef Down with... imperialism and Hands off China. They were joined by another 1000 Adelaide men once they reached the city and congregated at the Treasury Building to discuss ration tickets with the government. Instead of the Minister, they were met with the police force from the front, and the mounted police from the back, completely ambushing them. Wally Bourne, one of the demonstrators, recalls: [there] was an actual riotthe police came out swinging their batons. They were horribly surprised to see that the unemployed workers were also swinging their batons and taking the blows of their batons on their arms. Now that battle was actually a battle, and it raged right across the square. At the end of the fight, 17 people were hospitalised, ten being police officers, and 12 were arrested. The whole fight lasted about 20 minutes when the mounted police charged along with motorcycle officers and the crowd began to disperse. The effects of the Beef Riot were felt in South Australia for a long time with the Police Commissioner tasked with getting his officers to stop any future demonstrations of the kind immediately. #FunFactFriday Photo: State Library of South Australia, SLSA: B 60882, Public Domain

03.01.2022 Our Port River beauties.

03.01.2022 *Please note the Museum has now been closed as a result of the updated restrictions enforced on 18 November. See our pinned post for more information.* The South Australian Maritime Museum, along with the History Trust’s Migration Museum and the National Motor Museum - Australia, remains open with changes to our capacity limits to keep our teams and visitors safe. School visits and public events due to be held over the next two weeks until 29 November are cancelled. Our educ...ation and event teams are speaking with impacted groups to make alternative arrangements. What’s changed: 1 person for every 4 square metres in our galleries and spaces All school visits over the next two weeks have been cancelled All on-site public events over the next two weeks have been cancelled What’s not changed: The health and safety of our teams, visitors and volunteer remain our priority The Maritime Museum is still open daily with reduced capacity limits We remain COVIDSafe with ongoing regular cleaning, sanitation stations for visitors, physical distancing guidelines and contact tracing in place What you can do to help: Always practise good hygiene and physical distancing Stay at home unless you need to travel Jump online to explore our museums, collections and programs! Keep up to date at History.sa.gov.au/covid-19-information-and-updates*Please note the Museum has now been closed as a result of the updated restrictions enforced on 18 November. See our pinned post for more information’.*

02.01.2022 Masks aren't required at the Museum because you can keep 1.5m away from everyone - but our staff will be wearing them to keep both them and our visitors safe. And while it took some like Claymore here more time to 'figure' it out, rest assured we all now have it down pat!

02.01.2022 *Please note, the museum will reopen from Sunday 22 November. See our latest post for more info* We’ll be closing our doors from this afternoon in accordance with SA Government regulations for a 6-day lock down. For more info https://history.sa.gov.au/blog/covid-19-temporary-closure/ We’re confident that together we can get on top of this and re-open soon. ... Please stay safe everyone.