Corporate Body

South Australian Institute (1856 - 1940)

From
1856
To
1940
Functions
Library and Museum

Summary

The South Australian Institute was founded in 1856 by the newly formed Government of South Australia. The South Australian Institute served as a public library, museum and art gallery. The first parts of the collection was handed over from the South Australian Mechanics Institute. The first curator was Frederick George Waterhouse appointed in 1859 after the construction of the South Australian Institute building was completed. In 1940 a separate Museum Department within the Public Service was created.

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Timeline

 1856 - 1940 South Australian Institute
       1940 - South Australian Museum

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Published resources

Journal Articles

  • Hale, H. M., 'The First Hundred Years of the Museum, 1856-1956', Records of the South Australian Museum, 12 (1956), 1-225. Details
  • King, John K., '1856 and All That: Recent History of the South Australian Museum, Part 4', Friends of the South Australian Museum, 19 (2) (1987), 3-9. Details
  • Ling, John K., '1856 and All That: Recent History of the South Australian Museum: Part 2: 1956-1966', Friends of the South Australian Museum, 17 (2) (1986), 3-7. Details
  • Ling, John K., '1856 and All That: Recent History of the South Australian Museum: Part 3: 1967-1976', Friends of the South Australian Museum, 28 (1) (1987), 3-9. Details
  • Pring, A., 'The mineral collections of the South Australian Museum', Australian Journal of Mineralogy, 6 (2000), 59-70. Details
  • Waite, Edgar R. [and others], 'Results of the South Australian Museum expedition to Strzelecki and Cooper Creeks, September and October 1916', Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 41: 405-665, 41 (1917), 405-665. Details
  • Ziedler, W., 'The Flora and Fauna of South Australia Handbooks Committee: 10 March 1921 - 30 October 2001', Records of the South Australian Museum, 35 (2002), 91-6. Details

Newspaper Articles

See also

  • Davis, William E.; Boles, Walter E.; and Recher, Harry F. eds, Contributions to the history of Australasian ornithology, volume IV (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Nuttall Ornithological Club, 2018), 608 pp. Details
  • Nettelbeck, Amanda (and others), The Overland Telegraph Line: A Transcultural History, [web resource; undated], South Australian Government, South Australia, 2023. https://otlhistory.sa.gov.au/. Details

Elizabeth Daniels

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