Welcome to the History Centre
Our History Centre is open for 2026
We are open from 1:00pm to 4:00pm on Wednesday afternoons.
We would love to see you sometime.
Wednesday 29 July, 2026 – 7:30pm
Zoom meeting – A trip down the Duke’s Highway
Come with us on a virtual drive down the Duke’s Highway (SA) as we explore the churches in the towns along the way from Tailem Bend to Bordertown and meet some of the community and church members – all without leaving the comfort of you home.
We look forward to you joining us online. Please register your intention to attend at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Vbm6wFY9SS-1aop__lxYeA
or use the QR Code.
Your thoughts and input…
At some stage in the future, we are looking at holding a half-day workshop/information session on publishing/telling/sharing congregational histories. As we start to plan this, and consider possible topics, venues and speakers, we would like to gauge the level of interest in holding an event like this.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BW3BMQ6
This will take you to a ‘Survey Monkey’ short survey. Please feel free to share the survey link with anyone you think might be interested.
2026 Program of Events
Our 2026 Program is now available. We have a number of events scheduled for the year (some details are still being worked out – check back for updates) – both in person, and online. We look forward to seeing you at one (or some) of our events this year.
If you would like to download a printable copy of our program (with the 2026 membership form), you can download it here.
Church Records
Have you ever wondered what church records needs to be kept? Or what items should be sent to the History Centre? Or even what sort of items we hold at the History Centre?
Our information on Dealing with Historical Records should provide the information you need.
Please note: The UCA Synod of SA has a new Grants and Historical Records offer. Instead of contacting Malcolm Wilson (as advised in the information at the link above), please contact:
Alice Hammer
Email: ahammer@sa.uca.org.au
Ph: 8236 4206
On this Day…
A calendar of celebrations and commemorations of the Uniting Church (and Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational Churches) in South Australia since 1836. This page is being regularly updated with the celebrations, commemorations and information about the churches and people
Oral History Project
In 2021, we began an oral history project to add to our valuable collection of historical records. This project continues as we want to capture people’s experiences of the Uniting Church and/or its antecedent denominations in South Australia before that history is lost.
We need volunteers – people to volunteer as interviewers or prepared to be interviewees.
Training will be organised for interviewers in association with Oral History SA and the State Library of SA.
If you’d like to volunteer in some way, we would love to hear from you. Our contact details are on the right.
Research Query
We would love to help you with your research (if we can). Please complete the form on this page as it will help us to help you.