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The Advertiser Sound Shell opens

The Advertiser Sound Shell opened on 17 December 1954 to commemorate the visit of Queen Elizabeth II. It was one of the buildings demolished in 1972 to make way for the construction of the Festival Centre complex.

St Patrick’s Church is constructed

The foundation stone for Adelaide’s first Catholic church, St Patrick’s, was laid in December 1845. It was the principal place of Catholic worship in Adelaide until St Francis Xavier Cathedral opened on Wakefield Street in 1858. A tower designed by architects Wright & Hamilton was added in 1876.

Arrived in South Australia