Don Dunstan: 100 Years
City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters
Celebrate Don Dunstan’s remarkable life, legacy, and enduring connection to Norwood, where he lived, loved and worked for 50 years.
Step back in time and visit Don Dunstan’s living room. You’ll find him in the kitchen. Meanwhile have a look around and you’ll see how he lived in Norwood in the mid-seventies.
Don Dunstan was a passionate reformer, social justice advocate and champion of the arts who fundamentally transformed South Australia during his decade of leadership as South Australian Premier in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s.
His pioneering reforms in multiculturalism, Aboriginal land rights, anti-discrimination legislation, heritage protection, environmental and electoral reform, and robust support for the arts established South Australia as a progressive place – the “Athens of the South” and the envy of Australia.
He represented the local community as the Member for Norwood (now the seat of Dunstan) for more than 25 years. And his legacy lives on when you visit The Parade... cafe culture, alfresco dining, good food from all over the world, and of course numerous great pubs.
Since the gallery is attached to the library, we encourage people to read the many books on Dunstan. As a result, we have avoided a didactic exhibition and taken a dioramic approach. Thanks to the generosity of Dunstan’s widower, Steven Cheng, the exhibition features personal items from Dunstan’s Norwood home. Visitors are offered a rare, intimate look at the man behind the political office, highlighting his personal passions, culinary interests, and life beyond the public sphere.
Step back in time and visit Don Dunstan’s living room. You’ll find him in the kitchen. Meanwhile have a look around and you’ll see how he lived in Norwood in the mid-seventies.
Don Dunstan was a passionate reformer, social justice advocate and champion of the arts who fundamentally transformed South Australia during his decade of leadership as South Australian Premier in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s.
His pioneering reforms in multiculturalism, Aboriginal land rights, anti-discrimination legislation, heritage protection, environmental and electoral reform, and robust support for the arts established South Australia as a progressive place – the “Athens of the South” and the envy of Australia.
He represented the local community as the Member for Norwood (now the seat of Dunstan) for more than 25 years. And his legacy lives on when you visit The Parade... cafe culture, alfresco dining, good food from all over the world, and of course numerous great pubs.
Since the gallery is attached to the library, we encourage people to read the many books on Dunstan. As a result, we have avoided a didactic exhibition and taken a dioramic approach. Thanks to the generosity of Dunstan’s widower, Steven Cheng, the exhibition features personal items from Dunstan’s Norwood home. Visitors are offered a rare, intimate look at the man behind the political office, highlighting his personal passions, culinary interests, and life beyond the public sphere.
Event Details
GENRE: Visual Art
DURATION: 510 mins, 360 mins, 210 mins
AGE RATING: All Ages
SEATED OR STANDING: Standing
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About the presenter: City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters
Tony Kanellos is Cultural Heritage Coordinator at NPSP and the curator of this exhibition. He has worked for more than 25 years in some of Adelaide’s much loved specialised museums — The Museum of Economic Botany, Carrick Hill, Migration Museum, and the National Motor Museum. During that time he delivered dozens of exhibitions, including collaborations with JamFactory, Guildhouse, and many times with AGSA as a satellite site for the Adelaide Biennial and the Tarnanthi Festival. He does some other stuff too.
Website: https://www.npsp.sa.gov.au/
Image Description: Archival photograph of Don Dunstan at his kitchen sink, seen from behind in a black jumper and blue apron. Copper pots hang against a red brick wall above shelves of labelled spice jars. Image courtesy Steven Cheng. 
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