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This month in South Australia’s history

Violet Day in Burra

The BCLB participated in the festivities, providing entertainment.

Royal Navy Service
Royal Navy Service

Marquis of Salisbury is sold to the British Royal Navy, renamed HMS Swallow, and resumes its prior function as a packet vessel

“A Day Out” is installed
“A Day Out” is installed

Rundle Mall was given a makeover by the Adelaide City Council in the mid 1990s with the installation of new paving, lights, seating and trees. A set of bronze sculptured pigs by Marguerite Derricourt, ‘A Day Out’, was added on 3 July 1999.

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