Contacto principal
Adelaide Showground, Goodwood Road, Wayville
Adelaide, South Australia 5034
Zona de identificação
Identificador
daa/603
Forma autorizada do nome
Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society of South Australia Archives and Museum, Adelaide
Forma(s) paralela(s) de nome
Outra(s) forma(s) de nome
- Royal Adelaide Show Museum
- Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Archives Foundation of SA
- RA&HS Archives and Museum
- RA&HS Archives
Tipo
- Business
- Community
- Educational
Zona de contacto
Erin Reardon
Tipo
Endereço
Endereço
Adelaide Showground, Goodwood Road, Wayville
Localidade
Adelaide
Região
South Australia
Nome do país
Código Postal
5034
Telefone
08 8210 5218
Fax
08 8210 5222
ereardon@adelaideshowground.com.au
Nota
Área de descrição
Histórico
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."
Contexto cultural e geográfico
Mandatos/Fontes de autoridade
Estrutura administrativa
Políticas de captura e gestão de documentos
Prédios
Acervos documentais
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.
Instrumentos de pesquisa, guias e publicações
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.
Área de acesso
Horário de funcionamento
Monday to Thursday: 9am-5pm.
Condição de acesso e uso
Open by appointment, individuals and groups welcome.
Acessibilidade
Área de serviços
Serviços de pesquisa
Serviços de reprodução
Áreas públicas
Zona do controlo
Identificador da descrição
Identificador da instituição
Regras ou convenções utilizadas
Estatuto
Nível de detalhe
Datas de criação, revisão ou eliminação
17 February 2023
Línguas e escritas
Script(s)
Fontes
Notas de manutenção
Pontos de acesso
Pontos de acesso
- Agricultura (Thematic area)
- Arts and Culture (Thematic area)
- Built Environment (Thematic area)
- Educação (Thematic area)
- Ambiente (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)
- Passatempos / Lazer / Desportos (Thematic area)
- Science and Technology (Thematic area)
- Social Organisations and Activities (Thematic area)