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J150 Plaque, John Flynn

Founder of the Australian Inland Mission and Royal Flying Doctor Service, Flynn was a practical and restless innovator.

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J150

1980s
J150 Plaque, Margaret Preston

A highly influential painter and printmaker, Margaret Preston was once described as ‘a natural enemy of the dull’.

plaques

1980s
J150 Plaque, Sir Archibald Grenfell Price

Working with this vivacious geographer, historian and educationist was said to be ‘like hanging on the tail of a comet’.

plaques

1980s
J150 Plaque, Sir Sidney Kidman

Abstemious but easy-going, Sir Sidney Kidman was a pastoralist and philanthropist who made friends easily.

plaques

J150

1980s
Jimmy James, OAM

Jimmy James was born in the hot spinifex desert of Central Australia, at his father’s waterhole, west of Ernabella. He…

1970s, 1980s, mid twentieth century
John Flynn, OBE

John Flynn was born on 25th November 1880 at Moliagul, Victoria, the son of Thomas Eugene Flynn, a state school…

early twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Jubilee 150 Plaques

An eclectic selection of significant contributors to South Australia to 1986

plaques

jubilee, plaques

1830s, 1980s
Kangaroo Island

This island’s uniqueness is its major feature – there is nowhere else quite like it
Kaurna language (Kaurna warra)

Kaurna, the original language of Adelaide and the Adelaide Plains, is once again being heard.

Aboriginal languages, Kaurna, language

Aboriginal Country pre-contact, early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century
Kaurna People

The original people of the Adelaide Plains are still here – and once again speaking the Kaurna language.

Aboriginal Country pre-contact, early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Land

Aboriginal people were conservative and conservationist land managers; European settlers and their descendants expected land to be the backbone of society…

Aboriginal Country pre-contact, early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Letters Patent

South Australia’s founding document is once again the source of intense political and legal debate.

Aboriginal rights, British settlement, foundation, Letters Patent

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Logic (Pinba)

Logic (Pinba), a convicted murderer, was described in the Advertiser of 12 December 1885 as ‘one of the most popular…

early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, mid nineteenth century
Maralinga

The main site for joint Australian–British nuclear weapons tests in Australia lies 800 kilometres north-west of Adelaide on the southern…

early twenty–first century, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Margaret Preston

Margaret Rose Preston was born on 29th April 1875 at Port Adelaide, South Australia, the daughter of marine engineer David…

1870s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s
Matthew Moorhouse

Matthew Moorhouse, a medical practitioner, arrived in South Australia from Staffordshire, England, in June 1839 to take up appointment as…

early nineteenth century, late nineteenth century, mid nineteenth century
Ngadlu Padninthi Kamangka (We Walk Together) mural

Narisha Cash’s mural acknowledges and celebrates the Kaurna people as the traditional owners and custodians of Adelaide and the Adelaide…

public art

2010s, Aboriginal Country pre-contact, early twenty–first century
Overlanders

The one viable alternative to importing live stock by sea was the droving of stock overland from New South Wales,…

early nineteenth century, mid nineteenth century
Pirltawardli

Pirltawardli, (possum home) is the site of the first Christian mission to Aboriginal people in South Australia.

1840s
Police

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

1830s, early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Poltpalingada Booboorowie

From the 1880s Tommy Walker, or Poltpalingada Booboorowie, was a leading figure among the community of Aboriginal people who lived…

early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, mid nineteenth century
Population

South Australia’s demography is in many ways the most distinctive of all Australia’s states, but the wealth of historical population…

society

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Reconciliation Touchstone

The red granite sculpture captures the plaster imprints of 64 handshakes made at a Reconciliation Week ceremony in 2006.

public art

2000-2010, Aboriginal Country pre-contact, early twenty–first century
River Murray

The River Murray has been central to South Australia’s existence. Named in 1830 by Charles Sturt after Sir George Murray,…

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
River Torrens

The River Torrens has dominated the development of Adelaide and its metropolis, often in subtle or little recognised ways

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
Sir Archibald Grenfell Price, CMG

Archibald Grenfell Price was born at ‘Tutuila’, near Crafers in the Adelaide hills, on 28th January 1892, the son of…

1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
Sir Sidney Kidman

Sidney Kidman was born near Athelstone, South Australia, on 9th May 1857, the son of farmer George Kidman and his…

early twentieth century, late nineteenth century
South Terrace

Mansions at one end and cottages at the other, with businesses, welfare, medical and educational institutions in between, all overlooking…

City & Town Streets

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 2000-2010
Stuart Case

National attention was focused on the conduct of justice in South Australia in December 1958 when the Stuart case took…

mid twentieth century
Tandanya

Originally built in 1921 as a power station and office for the Adelaide Electric Supply Company, today this beautiful building…

1920s

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‘Street Art Poetry Project’ Location 3

‘Street Art Poetry Project’ Location 3

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‘The Apron’ by Karen Genoff

‘The Apron’ by Karen Genoff

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‘Street Art Poetry Project’ Location 3

‘Street Art Poetry Project’ Location 3

Mark Niehus’ four-part series cemented his status as a prominent poet and artist in Adelaide.

Matthew Flinders Memorial

Matthew Flinders Memorial

A statue to honour Matthew Flinders, the first explorer to circumnavigate Australia, was a long time coming in Adelaide

Port Adelaide Lighthouse

Port Adelaide Lighthouse

Installed in the 1860s as Port Adelaide’s first fixed navigational beacon, and later used at South Neptune Island, the Port Adelaide Lighthouse today functions as an iconic museum display in the heart of the Port.

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