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Origins
Origins

The Port Adelaide Institute’s predecessor, the Port Adelaide Mechanics’ Institute, is founded at a public meeting at Port Adelaide’s courthouse

Three Rivers Fountain switched on
Three Rivers Fountain switched on

The fountain was switched on by the Duke of Edinburgh on 28 May 1968

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