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Victoria Square

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Eyre Peninsula

Poonindie, Port Lincoln

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David Unaipon

David Unaipon

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Big Scotty

The Giant Scotsman, Medindie

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This month in South Australia’s history

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North Terrace East

North Terrace east is Adelaide’s premier cultural boulevard

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Adelaide Town Hall

The classically inspired Adelaide Town Hall was opened in 1866 and accommodates council chambers and civic reception rooms. It remains a notable landmark in Adelaide today.

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Augusta Zadow

Appointed in 1895, Augusta Zadow was South Australia’s first female inspector of factories and an ardent advocate for women workers, a leading trade unionist, philanthropist and suffragist. 

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