Pawnbroker

Loved this sign

South Australian Museum

When it's too cold for the beach there's always the Museum. 

We're all going on a summer holiday

Our next holiday with some of the family is to the beachside suburb of Glenelg in Adelaide, South Australia.

This advice that I found in an article on Trove from 1932 might come in handy.

1932 'HOLIDAY DON'TS FOR GLENELG.', News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954), 27 December, p. 5, viewed 31 December, 2013, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128942041

Burra Beauty

1 April 2012

What I love about old Australian country towns is that often the beautiful old colonial buildings have escaped the wrecker's ball. 

On our drive from Adelaide to Broken Hill we stopped off last night in Burra, an old South Australian mining town. The country motel in which we rested our heads was one of the few modern buildings we sighted on our sortie around the town. 

Many of the colonial buildings that remain in the town have been repurposed to serve the tourists like us who stay overnight or linger for a few days.

This building seems to be still used for its original purpose

There was good grub at the pub where we dined

Medical Centre

Miners' Cottages

Art Gallery

 

Sightseeing - Geniaus Style

So what does a genealogist do on a free day in Adelaide? I passed on the organised tours for Congress as I wanted to spend the day with Mr Geniaus before abandoning him for the next four.

The first site I visited was South Australia's Migration Museum. I won't rabbit on about that institution because fellow geneablogger, Helen V Smith, has done a superb job of that on her blog. I concur with all the positive things Helen says about the Museum in her blog post. The things that made this Museum so special to me were the artefacts and stories from immigrants that added context to the topic of migration. Below are some images from the exhibition.

The next stop on our meander down Adelaide's North Terrace was The State Library of South Australia. I was underwhelmed by the architecture and decor in this new addition that is stuck onto the historic Institute building. The three staff who helped me in the library were delightful and a credit to the Institution. I have an inlaw in my tree who died in South Australia in 1902 and I was keen to see if I could find mention of him in any local indexes. Sadly, in spite of the best efforts of the library staff members i did not find anything. Thanks to Librarian Maureen, who is attending Congress, for graciously posing for a photo and to the other female librarian for producing, in around a minute, a CD that was labelled in the catalogue as needing 48 hrs notice for retrieval. Librarians Rule!

Historic Institute Building on North Terrace

New SLSA Entrance (Right)

Librarian, Maureen

Family History Section, SLSA

A SLSA Librarian helping Geniaus with a CD