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Victoria Square Tarntanyangga

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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War Memorial

Architect Louis Laybourne-Smith and sculptor George Rayner Hoff created a memorial that conveys the impact of the First World War

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Police

Arising by accident rather than design, South Australia’s Police Force has maintained a high reputation

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Telegraph

The first Australian telegraph line, built in 1853–54 from Melbourne to Williamstown, demonstrated the power of this technology to speed commercial transactions. Telegrams, the e‑mail of the day, soon yielded significant revenue, a fact not lost on the administration in Adelaide.

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