This walking tour uncovers the forgotten footprint and architecture of Adelaide’s Destitute Asylum which housed South Australia’s poor, especially new arrivals, and mothers with children between 1850 and 1918.

Discover the fascinating history and learn about lives of those who lived here.

Join staff from the Migration Museum, currently occupying some of the Asylum’s last surviving buildings and discover the orientation of the site and it’s structures that famously was Adelaide’s Destitute Asylum.

*Tour is subject to weather conditions and involves walking, standing and steps and runs for approximately 60-90 minutes.

Upcoming tour dates:

• Tuesday 18 February 11am
• Friday 28 March 1pm
• Monday 21 April 11am

Cost $15 pp

*Tour is subject to weather conditions and involves walking, standing and steps and runs for approximately 60-90 minutes.

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