Contact principal
Adelaide Showground, Goodwood Road, Wayville
Adelaide, South Australia 5034
Zone d'identification
Identifiant
daa/603
Forme autorisée du nom
Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society of South Australia Archives and Museum, Adelaide
forme(s) parallèle(s) du nom
Autre(s) forme(s) du nom
- Royal Adelaide Show Museum
- Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Archives Foundation of SA
- RA&HS Archives and Museum
- RA&HS Archives
Type
- Business
- Community
- Educational
Zone du contact
Erin Reardon
Type
Adresse
Adresse physique
Adelaide Showground, Goodwood Road, Wayville
Localité
Adelaide
Région
South Australia
Nom du pays
Code postal
5034
Téléphone
08 8210 5218
Fax
08 8210 5222
Courriel
ereardon@adelaideshowground.com.au
Note
Zone de description
Historique
Covering the Society’s 180-year history, the RA&HS Archives and Museum demonstrate just how important agriculture, horticulture and viticulture are to the fabric of South Australia. The Society is the organiser of the State’s largest event, the Royal Adelaide Show, and the archival material includes everything from showbags and souvenirs, to the history of woodcutting, sheaf tossing, livestock, wine, cookery and craft.
In the absence of a Department of Agriculture, the governments of the early colonial days welcomed and supported the Society's activities. They relied on them to:
- organise trials to test farm machinery
- stage competitions for pruning in order to cope with the rapid growth of the viticulture industry
- advise them on essential services such as the opening up of export markets and make provision for quarantine laws
- provide continuing educational and research facilities in other fields.
In 1870, the Register editorial reported "although formed originally to foster the Agricultural, Pastoral and Horticultural pursuits, the Society has now become a national institution."
Contexte géographique et culturel
Textes de référence
Structure administrative
Gestion des archives courantes et intermédiaires et politiques de collecte
Bâtiments
Fonds
The records held date from 1856 to the present and are a valuable collection of South Australian history. Some of the information available includes:
- Past Royal Show results
- Correspondence
- Minute books
- Office records
- Annual reports
- Stud stock registers
- Press cuttings
- Catalogues
- Artefacts, trophies
- Ribbons, medals and badges
- Posters, paintings and photographs.
Instruments de recherche, guides et publications
Finding aids currently only available onsite.
'Sharing The Good Earth, 175 Years of Influence and Vision': History of the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society of South Australia written by Rob Linn, 2014.
Zone de l'accès
Heures d'ouverture
Monday to Thursday: 9am-5pm.
Conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Open by appointment, individuals and groups welcome.
Accessibilité
Zone des services offerts
Services d'aide à la recherche
Services de reproduction
Espaces publics
Zone du contrôle
Identifiant de la description
Identifiant du service d'archives
Règles et/ou conventions utilisées
Statut
Niveau de détail
Dates de production, de révision et de suppression
17 February 2023
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Notes de maintenance
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Points d'accès
- Agriculture (Thematic area)
- Arts and Culture (Thematic area)
- Built Environment (Thematic area)
- Éducation (Thematic area)
- Environnement (Thematic area)
- Family / Domestic Life (Thematic area)
- Genealogical (Thematic area)
- Industry, Manufacturing and Commerce (Thematic area)
- Labour (Thematic area)
- Local Studies (Thematic area)
- Natural Resources (Thematic area)
- Loisirs et sports (Thematic area)
- Science and Technology (Thematic area)
- Social Organisations and Activities (Thematic area)