Rising Sun Pictures computer animator Liam Gare used original photographs to create an online model of the Colonel Light Monument. Photo: supplied

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Call to rebuild lost tribute to Colonel William Light

An Adelaide conservationist has proposed rebuilding a gothic structure once dedicated to Colonel Light in time to celebrate the 200th anniversary of South Australia’s founding in 1836.

 

Arts & Culture

Off the Wall: The mother of all pearls

This striking circa-1865 gold-set brooch recently acquired by the Art Gallery of South Australia was made by one of the state’s early masters of innovative gold and silver work.

Arts & Culture

Off the Wall: SA’s long-forgotten ‘keeper of coins’

In the first installment of a new series highlighting the Art Gallery of South Australia’s hidden treasures, we meet its ground-breaking first female curator and professional numismatist Sedley Marianne Towler.

Arts & Culture

Revisiting colonial ruin in the Flinders Ranges

A multimedia exhibition at the State Library demonstrates the beauty of the Flinders Ranges and the resilience of the people who call it home, writes Heather L Robinson.

Arts & Culture

Reading Germaine Greer's mail

A collection of 50 years’ worth of correspondence belonging to Germaine Greer offers a powerful – and sometimes perplexing – insight into the many faces of the influential feminist and the lives of those affected by her work.