Rambles

Stella Bowen’s restless youth

What’s the link between quiet 1890s North Adelaide and the radical world of 1920s European art and literature? Meet Stella Bowen. From frustrated Adelaide teenager to ... more »

Slums and Socialites: East Terrace’s extremes

Our understanding of the Victorian era is often shaped by two extremes: the refined wealth of the aristocracy, and the harsh Dickensian squalor of the ... more »

Epworth Building: Gothic Icon Gets a Colourful Revival

The gothic former HQ of the Methodist Church is now the unlikely home of a new wave of quirky Adelaide creatives. Looming large over Pirie ... more »

The Adelaide Pound: When South Australia produced its own currency

South Australia’s always been a bit parochial. But pressing our own currency has to be among our more audacious acts of state nationalism. What do ... more »

Sly Grog Tales: When Adelaide’s Underbelly was a Beergut

Nearly a century before lockouts had Hindley Street partygoers fuming, South Australia’s restrictive liquor laws were earning us an unfortunate reputation as the home ... more »

The surprisingly glamorous past of the Rundle Mall fountain

We’ve all walked past it, watched a busker strum beside it or collapsed at its base from shopping-induced exhaustion. But you might not know that ... more »

Epworth Building: Gothic icon gets a colourful revival

Under-utilised heritage buildings stick out like a sore thumb – or perhaps a disapproving wag of Colonel Light’s forever-outstretched finger. Looming titans of yesteryear like ... more »