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Jacob Pitman began construction of the first Council Chamber on the current site in July 1843. It was completed in time for the inaugural session of the new legislature on 10 October.
The first Legislative Council building was constructed in September 1843 on the northern side of the terrace, close to King William Street and Government House. It was replaced with a larger stone building in July 1855 and extended to cater for a bicameral parliament in 1857.
South Australia’s first gay pride march, the ‘Proud Parade’, is held in Adelaide. The next occurs 30 years later in 2003, when the Adelaide Pride March opens the city’s annual Feast Festival.
