South Australia - Miscellany

Leisure and Allied Matters

Also see:
South Australia -Sports,
South Australia - Maritime Affairs,
Adelaide - Picnics and Holidays
Adelaide - Beaches and Bathing

A history of "Social Conditions and Amusements" is in the Register,
21 June 1887, page 6e (supp.).

"The Sad Lay of a Broken-Hearted Poundkeeper" is in the Adelaide Times,
22 November 1851, page 1d.

An excursion down the gulf on the Young Australian is reported in the Observer,
7 October 1854, page 9c.
"The Melbourne Steam Excursion Trip" is in the Register,
7 April 1855, page 3f.

A picnic by the seaside is described in the Observer,
16 January 1858, page 4g.

"A Christmas Trip" to Kangaroo Island is recounted in the Register,
15 and 28 January 1859, pages 3b and 3b,
9 February 1859, page 3b,
Observer,
19 February 1859, page 2f (supp.).
"Christmas Festivities" is in the Register,
27 December 1864, page 3e.
"Christmas Cruises" is in the Observer,
20 January 1894, page 33d.
"Christmas Marine Excursions" is in the Observer,
28 December 1895, pages 13b-25e.
"Where to Go for Christmas" is in the Advertiser,
10 and 18 December 1906, pages 4c and 7i,
"Xmas and the Railways - Where to Go" in the Register,
11 December 1907, page 11d,
"Christmas on the Railways - Where to Go" is in the Register,
11 December 1907, page 11d.
"Christmas Holidays - Trips by Train" is in the Observer,
12 December 1908, page 49a.
"The Christmas Holidays - Trips by Train" in the Advertiser,
5 December 1908, page 14a.
"Christmas Excursions - Tourist Bureau Arrangements" is in the Register,
24 November 1913, page 10e,
"Christmas Holidays - Where to Go and How to Get There" is in the Register,
22 December 1910, page 6f.
"Christmas Vacation - Railway Arrangements" is in the Register,
20 December 1911, page 4h.
"Christmas Excursions" is in the Observer,
29 November 1913, page 51a,
20 December 1913, page 33b.
"Christmas Holiday Tours" is in the Register,
3 December 1917, page 5d,
"Where to Spend the Vacation" on
29 December 1917, page 7d.
Also see South Australi - The Colony - Christmas in South Australia

"Public Recreation" is in the Advertiser,
6 January 1859, page 2f,
"How to Spend a Week at the Bay" in the Register,
27 April 1859, page 3a.

A linen-drapers assistants picnic is reported in the Observer,
12 November 1859, page 2h.

"Holiday Suggestions" is in the Observer,
14 April 1860, page 4g,
"Holiday Making" on
29 December 1860, page 5a,
11 April 1863, page 5d.

"Popular Amusements" is in the Register,
5 January 1861, page 3a,
"Outdoor Amusements" on
23 July 1861, page 3d.

"Public Holidays" is in the Register,
2 January 1862, page 2b.

"Holiday-Making" is in the Observer,
11 April 1863, page 5d,
"The Holidays" on
11 November 1865, page 2c (supp.).
Register,
10 November 1865, page 2g.

"Holiday-Making" is in the Register,
29 December 1863, page 2f.

"Public Recreations" is in the Express,
25 January 1864, page 3b,
"The German Picnic" on
25 May 1864, page 3c,
10 November 1866, page 3b.

"The Easter Holidays" is in the Observer,
22 April 1865, page 4f,
"The Easter Holidays - A True Story" in the Register,
18 April 1866, page 3a.
"Easter Customs" is in the Register,
8 April 1882, page 6a,
"Easter Monday" on
11 April 1882, page 5b.
An Easter holiday excursion on Fleurieu Peninsula is reported upon in the Register,
23 April 1885, page 7d.
Sketches are in the Pictorial Australian in
April 1887, page 53,
"The Easter Holidays" is in the Register,
23 April 1889, page 4f.
Register,
8 April 1890, page 4f.
"Our Easter Holidays at the Lakes" is in the Register,
14 April 1890, page 7a.
"Easter Holidays" is in the Register,
16 April 1906, page 4c,
"Easter Holidays - Where to Go" on
23 March 1907, page 12h.
"Easter Joy - Some Incidents" is in the Observer,
16 April 1921, page 41a.

Leisure activities on the Prince of Wales' birthday are described in the Express,
7 and 10 November 1866, pages 2c and 3a.

"Steamboat Excursions" is in the Register,
3 December 1866, page 2h.

"The Holidays" is in the Register,
26 December 1866, page 2e.

New Year Day celebrations are discussed in the Observer,
4 January 1868, page 16a,
"Holidays and Their Uses" on
11 April 1868, page 3a.

"At the Seaside" is in the Observer,
4 January 1868, page 16c.

"The Government Holiday" is in the Chronicle,
20 November 1869, page 4d.

"Holidays Down South" is in the Observer,
1 January 1870, page 5f,
"The Oddfellows' Picnic' on
8 January 1870, page 13e.

An excursion to Kangaroo Island on the Eleanor by residents of the Willunga district is reported in the Register,
23 February 1870, page 5e,
Observer,
15 April 1871, page 4b.

Holiday sketches are in the Illustrated Adelaide Post,
24 January 1873, page 12.

"Holiday Driving" is in the Register,
22 April 1870, page 4f.

"A Holiday in the Hills" is in the Observer,
31 December 1870, page 7f.

Balloon ascents are reported upon in the Register
10 July 1871, page 6b.
Also see Adelaide - Entertainment and the Arts - Miscellany - Ballooning.

"The Missing Pleasure Party" is in the Observer,
6, 13 and 20 July 1872, pages 7e, 4a-13b and 10a,
3 and 10 August 1872, pages 7b and 11c.

"Holiday Rambles in the South-East" is in the Observer,
15 March 1873, page 14a.

A Gas Company picnic is reported upon in the Observer,
7 March 1874, page 7c.

"Pleasure Trips" is in the Register,
4 April 1874, page 5b,
Observer,
4 April 1874, page 7e.

"Public Recreation" is in the Express,
15 September 1874, page 2b.

"Steamer Excursion" is in the Register,
21 September 1875, page 5e.

"Leisure" is in the Register,
13 December 1875, page 4g.

A cricket excursion by sea to Edithburgh is reported in the Register,
17 January 1876, page 6g; also see
Chronicle,
11 November 1876, page 23a.
Register,
10 November 1876, page 6c,
Observer,
11 November 1876, page 6e.

"Recreation for Working Men" is in the Register,
14 July 1876, page 4g,
Observer,
12 August 1876, page 13e.

"Public Entertainments" is in the Register,
9 February 1877, page 4h.

"A Marine Excursion to Aldinga" is in the Register,
4 April 1877, page 5g.

"Recreation" is in the Register,
16 April 1877, page 4e.

A holiday excursion on the Ceres in St Vincent Gulf is reported in The Lantern,
8 September 1877, page 11.

"Restoration of the Apparently Drowned" is in the Advertiser,
10 and 13 May 1878, pages 7a and 7d.

"The Uses and Abuses of Holidays" is in the Register,
4 January 1879, page 5f.

"Holiday Excursions" is in the Register,
23 December 1879, page 6a,
Observer,
27 December 1879, page 19b,
"Holidays in SA" in the Chronicle,
10 January 1880, page 5b.

"Jottings From a Holiday Note Book" in the South-East is in the Register,
4 May 1880, page 6c.

"Feasting and Its Cost" is in the Register,
15 February 1881, page 4f.

"Leisure for the Rich and for the Poor" is in the, Observer,
3 September 1881, page 41a,
Register,
27 September 1881, page 1a (supp.).

"Public Recreation Grounds" is in the Register,
24 October 1881, page 4f,
"Land for Public Purposes" on
1 November 1881, page 6e.

"Saturday Afternoon Holidays" is in the Register,
7 November 1881, page 4g.

"Holiday-Making" is in the Register,
27 December 1881, page 4e.

A bicycle trip to the Horseshoe (Noarlunga) is reported in the Register,
8 November 1882, page 6a and
through the Barossa Valley on
27 January 1883, page 1b (supp.).
A cycling holiday through the Mt Lofty Ranges and environs is described in the Observer,
6 April 1889, page 19b.
Also see Barossa

Sketches of "Holiday Sports" are in the Pictorial Australian in
January 1884, page 205; also see
January 1889, page 12.

"Holiday Rambles in Port Lincoln" is in the Register,
21 April 1883, page 2d (supp.).

The provision of land for "popular recreations" is discussed in the Register,
5 May 1884, page 4f.

The formation of the SA Branch of the Geographical Society of Australasia is reported in the Advertiser,
11 July 1885, pages 4d-5f.

"The Amusements of South Australia" is in the Observer,
7 November 1885, page 35e.

A sea excursion to Port Willunga by the Norwood Cricket Club is reported in the Register,
10 November 1885, page 7a.
"Liquor Traffic on Excursion Steamers" is in the Register,
30 December 1885, page 5g.

"Hugh Kalyptus on Holidays" is in the Observer,
2 January 1886, page 26d.

A poem titled "The Fireworks Fete" is in The Lantern,
23 May 1885, page 23.

"Holiday Engagements" is in the Register,
24 December 1887, page 5b,
3 January 1888, page 4f.

A holiday excursion round Spencer Gulf is reported in the Observer,
5 January 1889, page 36b.
"Excursion Trip Around the Gulfs" is in the Register,
23 March 1894, page 5c.
"With the Gulfers - An Ideal Excursion" is in the Register,
14 February 1907, page 7a.

A "terrible accident" to a picnic party is reported in the Observer,
5 January 1889, page 34.

A switchback railway near the Adelaide Oval is reported upon in the Register,
2 and 14 January 1889, pages 4h and 5b.
Also see Adelaide - Entertainment and the Arts Miscellany.

A cycling holiday in the South-East is described in the Register,
19 February 1890, page 6g.
A cycling tour of Yorke Peninsula is reported in the Register,
10 June 1892, page 3f.
A motor tour of Yorke Peninsula is reported in the Register,
6 January 1903, page 6h.
Also see Yorke Peninsula.

"A Week Upon the Lakes" is in the Observer,
11 January 1890, page 41c.
Also see Place Names - Alexandrina, Lake.

Reminiscences of shooting, hunting and fishing are in the Register,
7, 8 and 30 April 1890, pages 7c, 7f and 3g.
Place Names - Wellington.

A literary society's annual competitions is reported upon in the Register,
19 September 1890, page 6c.
"Literary Societies - A Product of Democracy" is in the Advertiser,
19 November 1906, page 9c.

"The Holiday" is in the Register,
11 November 1890, page 4g.

"Amusements - Old Time Memories" is in the Register,
10 August 1891, page 6c.

"A Lazy Holiday on the River [Murray]" is in the Observer,
12 and 19 March 1892, pages 41c and 41e.
"Where to Spend a Holiday - A Trip on the Murray" is in the Register,
12 November 1903, page 4g.
Also see Murray River

"Amusements Up to Date" is in the Register,
29 July 1892, page 4f.

A fraudulent scheme connected with word competitions is discussed in the Observer,
29 October 1892, page 30b.

"How Shall We Amuse Ourselves?" is in the Register,
26 November 1892, page 4f.

"The Holidays" is in the Register,
3 January 1893, page 4d.

A Marine excursion of the SS Konoowarra is reported in the Observer,
8 April 1893, page 34e,
"Cruise of the Alfreda" on
10 March 1894, page 33a.

"A Cosmopolitan Holiday Programme" is in the Register,
28 December 1893, page 4g.

"Railway Traffic and SA Beauty Spots" is in the Register,
24 March 1894, page 4e.
"Holidays and the Trains - Places to Visit" is in the Register,
18 December 1906, page 8e.

"The Holiday Amusements" is in the Register,
26 March 1894, page 4e.

An Old Boys' Institute camp at Milang is reported in the Register,
31 March 1894, page 7d.

"South Australians at Play" is in the Register,
28 April 1894, page 4h.

"The Holiday and Its Experiences" is in the Register,
29 May 1894, page 4d.

"Outdoor Amusements and the Weather" is in the Register,
28 July 1894, page 4g.

"A Recreative Saturday Afternoon" is in the Register,
13 August 1894, page 4g.

"The Troubles of Picnickers" is in the Register,
3 September 1895, page 4h.

"The Holiday" is in the Register,
12 November 1895, page 7c,
"Holiday Arrangements" on
23 December 1895, page 4f.

An editorial on "Stamp Collecting" is in the Advertiser,
5 October 1895, page 4i; also see
26 March 1921, page 12f.

"Work and Play" is in the Advertiser,
2 January 1896, page 4e,
"Holiday Sport" on
2 September 1896, page 4f.

"The Holidays" is in the Observer,
4 January 1896, page 24e.

"St Valentine's Day - An Obsolete Festival" is in the Register,
14 February 1896, page 4g,
"A Departed Festival - St Valentine's Day" on
11 February 1911, page 8c.

"Some SA Holiday Resorts" is in the Observer,
19 December 1896 (country edition - supplement).

"Holiday Amusements and Work" is in the Register,
2 January 1897, page 4f,
"Holidays and Pleasure" on
23 June 1897, page 4g.

"Popular Cycling Tours" is in the Register,
2, 9, 23 and 30 October 1897, pages 6d, 6e, 7b and 9d.
Also see South Australia - Sports - Cycling.

"Australians at Play" is in the Register,
13 November 1897, page 4f.

"Beauty Spots and Holiday Resorts" is in the Register,
22 December 1897, page 4e.

"Port Noarlunga as a Summer Resort" is in the Advertiser,
15 February 1898, page 7d.
Also see Place Names - Noarlunga, Port.

"The Touring Season" is in the Register,
3 September 1898, pages 4e-5b.

"The Holidays - And After" is in the Register,
3 January 1899, page 4d.

A report on the pleasure ship Argyle being "too well patronised" and running aground at Port Willunga is in the Express,
6 January 1899, page 3d.

"An Adventurous Cruise [in St Vincent Gulf]" is in the Observer,
14 January 1899, page 34a.

"Places Worth Visiting" is in the Chronicle,
2 September 1899, page 28 (supp.).

"The Holiday Season" is in the Register,
27 December 1899, page 4e.

"Popular Pastimes" is in the Register,
9 June 1900, page 4c.

"Experiences of Excursioners [on the Euro]" is in the Register,
28 January 1901, page 4f.

Robe is described as "A Summer Resort" in the Advertiser,
20 March 1901, page 6e.
Also see Place Name - Robe

"Holidays and Holiday Resorts" is in the Register,
11 November 1901, page 4c.

Pleasure resorts in South Australia are discussed in the Register,
6, 8 and 15 December 1902, pages 8c, 4h and 6h.

"The Holiday Season - Watering Places" is in the Advertiser,
14 December 1903, page 7c,
"Inland and River Resorts" on
16 December 1903, page 10a,
"Shooting, Fishing and Boating" on
15 December 1904, page 7h.

"Holiday Marine Excursions" is in the Register,
23 December 1903, page 4h.

"Sunday Amusements - How the People Spend the Sabbath" is in the Register,
18 and 22 February 1904, pages 6a and 6b.
Also see Breaking the Sabbath

"Easter at Victor Harbor" is in the Advertiser,
15 April 1904, page 6g.
"Victor Harbor - Holidays and Holiday Makers" is in the Register,
3 January 1911, page 8b. Also see Place Names - Victor Harbor

"Australia Awake - Play Less and Work More" is in the Register,
20 July 1904, page 5b.

"Popular Holiday Resorts" is in the Observer,
17 December 1904, page 44c.

"Where to Spend a Holiday" is in the Express,
15 December 1904, page 4c.

"The Leisure Problem" is in the Register,
4 February 1905, page 6d.

"The Holidays - Where to Go and How to Get There" is in the Register,
15 December 1905, page 7d.

"Use and Abuse of Holidays" is in the Register,
23 December 1905, page 6d.

"Holidays and the Trains - Places to Visit" is in the Register,
18 December 1906, page 8e.

Fifteen "Holiday Snapshots" are in the Observer,
18 May 1907, page 15.

"The Extinction of Leisure" is in the Advertiser,
17 September 1908, page 8c.

"Advertising South Australia" is discussed in the Register,
26 July 1905, page 7a,
2 August 1905, page 6b,
"Tourist Bureau" in the Advertiser,
3 April 1908, pages 4e-6e,
Register,
15 August 1908, page 13f;
its opening is reported on
15 and 17 August 1908, pages 10h and 6d; also see
Register,
24 August 1908, page 4g,
13 and 18 November 1909, pages 6g and 5e,
26 August 1911, page 12e,
23 September 1911, page 8d,
Advertiser,
29 July 1927, page 9d for comment on its activities.
A photograph of the first motor car trip to the hills is in the Chronicle,
10 October 1908, page 29, Also see South Australia - Transport - Motor Cars and Cycles
of the bureau's first motor charabanc on
29 March 1913, page 30.
The Critic,
9 December 1914, page 21,
Register,
13 March 1913, page 4g,
10 January 1919, page 6e.

"The Work of the Tourist Bureau" is in The Mail,
1 February 1913, page 8e; also see
Observer,
6 August 1927, page 29e.
"Operations in 1913" is in the Register,
10 January 1914, page 6f; also see
17 October 1914, page 8g.
"Touring and Sentiment" is in the Register,
18 September 1920, page 8f-g.

"With Gun and Net - A Sportsman's Holiday" is in the Register,
24 December 1909, page 5b.

"The People's Holiday - A Peep at the Picnickers" is in the Register,
4 January 1910, page 7a.

"Holidays" is in the Register,
10 June 1911, page 14d.

"Holiday-Making on a Coaster" is in the Register,
31 August 1911, page 9b.

"Our Pleasure Resorts" is in the Register,
23 September 1911, page 8d.

"Outdoor Pastimes" is in the Register,
30 September 1911, page 14f.

"Magnificent Coastal Steamer - The Morialta" is in the Register,
17 January 1912, page 10b.
"A Happy Time - At Sea on the Morialta" is in the Register,
31 January 1912, page 7a.

"Advertising the State" is in the Advertiser,
5 August 1912, page 8e.

The introduction of lawnmowing by motor is discussed in the Register,
3 October 1908, page 8g - "The Adelaide City Council is the first public body in Australia to adopt the new power for this purpose".

"Our Pleasure Resorts - Some of the Watering Places" is in the Register,
28 October 1911, page 8d,
"Holidays Under Canvas" on
30 December 1911, page 6d (includes photographs).

"The Art of Resting" is in the Register,
23 December 1911, page 12e.

"Animals and the Holidays" is in the Register,
23 December 1911, page 12f.

"Natural Beauty Spots" is in the Register,
11 November 1912, page 6c-h.

"Beauty Spots and Health Resorts" is in the Advertiser,
11 November 1912, page 8c,
10 December 1912, pages 11a-12e,
"Public Pleasure Resorts" on
5 June 1914, page 14d; also see
The Mail,
14 and 21 December 1912, pages 5 and 5e.

"Children's Playgrounds" is in the Advertiser,
29 November 1912, page 8e.
Also see Adelaide - Entertainment and the Arts - Miscellany - Playgrounds

"Holidays" is in the Register,
23 June 1913, page 6c.

"Pleasure Resorts and Parliament" is in the Register,
29 April 1915, page 4g.

"National Pleasure Resorts" is in the Advertiser,
10 December 1918, page 4e,
"Popular Tourist Trips" on
11 December 1922, page 5c.

"Holiday Jaunts" is in the Register,
18 December 1913, page 10h.

"The Rest Cure - Australia's Holiday Craze" is in The Mail,
20 May 1922, page 2d.

A holiday on Ram Island is described in the Register,
25 February 1919, page 5c.

Information on The Travellers' Aid Society is in Express,
24 September 1914, page 3d,
The News,
10 September 1923, page 8d,
14 July 1927, page 12f,
The Mail,
13 October 1928, page 16e.
Advertiser,
21 July 1937, page 8c.

"Walking - A Forgotten Pastime" is in the Observer,
2 February 1924, page 46c.

"Picnics as an Art" is in The Mail,
11 October 1924, page 30d,
"First Motor Caravan" in The News,
9 January 1925, page 6c.

"Camping Out in Comfort" is in The Mail,
12 December 1925, page 40,
"Seaside Camping - Places to Go" on
12 December 1925, page 41a.

"Public Holidays" is in the Register,
8 May 1916, page 4c and
"Aerial Trip for Tourists" on
9 April 1927, page 11e.

"Students' Vacation Stunts - How Holidays are Spent" is in The Mail,
13 March 1926, page 1d.

Information on a Snake Park is in the Register,
22 April 1926, page 8f,
The Mail,
24 April 1926, page 5c,
12 March 1927, page 1d.
Also see Adelaide - Entertainment and the Arts - Miscellany.

"Minnipa for Spencer's Gulf" is in the Advertiser,
20 May 1926, page 14c.
For information on the "Gulf Trip" see South Australia - Maritime Affairs.

"Entertainment for Young People" is in the Advertiser,
14 August 1926, page 17d:

The vast majority of the coming generation have not the slightest intention of filling the churches. Why? Because there is no attraction, First, in going to hear something they heard the Sunday before, and secondly, seeing a crowd of people smiling and fawning on one another on Sunday, and on Monday cutting one another's throats over some business take down or the latest gossip. These are the people who dare to criticise the youthful community.

"The Holiday Season - Where to Go" is in the Advertiser,
16, 17, 18, 22 and 23 December 1926, pages 16c, 16c 18f, 18d and 16c.

"Camping Out - The Annual Exodus" is in the Register,
6 January 1927, page 10g.

"Aerial Trips for Tourists" is in the Register,
9 April 1927, page 11g,
"Aerial Tourists" on
7 July 1928, page 11d.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Aeroplanes

"See Your Own Country" is in the Advertiser,
8 February 1927, page 12g,
"The Danger of Leisure - A Modern Problem" on
8 September 1927, page 17e.

"Mushrooming Menace - Stockowners Concerned" is in the Register,
2 and 3 June 1927, pages 11e and 11c,
"Mushroom Mad" on
31 May 1928, page 8f.

"Holidays and Their Uses" is in the Advertiser,
1 April 1929, page 8c,
"Information for the Tourist - Notes on Current Topics" on
15 June 1929, page 22h,
"Advertising the State - Beauty Spots Filmed" on
11 September 1929, page 18a.

"Holiday Attractions" are discussed in a series of articles in the Advertiser -
see 11, 13 and 17 December 1929, pages 10g, 30c and 11e.

"Tourist Resorts are SA's Heritage" is in The Mail,
14 March 1931, page 2d.

"Amusements of Pioneer Housewives" is in the Advertiser,
7 August 1934, page 8d.

"Immoral Fiction" is discussed in the Advertiser,
20 September 1930, page 18g,
"Unpleasant Fiction" on
9 October 1934, page 8f.

"Cult of nudity" is in the Advertiser,
21 May 1932, page 14e.

Reminiscences of skittle alleys are in the Advertiser,
26 May 1936, page 19a.

"Amusements and Tricks That Boomed But All Long Forgotten" is in the Chronicle,
26 August 1937, page 49a.

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