Adelaide History Festival

When

2:00 PM, May 8, 2026 - 4:00 PM, May 8, 2026

Where

Hetzel Lecture Theatre, Institute Building, State Library of South Australia Cnr North Tce & Kintore Ave, Adelaide, SA, 5000
Engraving of Josiah Wedgwood’s slave medallion, from Erasmus Darwin’s ‘The Botanic Garden, A Poem in Two Parts (1798)

In this panel conversation, our speakers explore how the colonial invasion and pastoral occupation of south-eastern Australia was connected to Britain’s simultaneous abolition of slavery in 1833. Historians examine the flow of capital, people, and culture connected with slavery from Britain, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, and East Asia to South Australia. Supported by the State Library of South Australia.

Presented by The University of Western Australia, The University of Melbourne, Adelaide University, The History Trust of South Australia

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