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Philanthropy
‘South Australia’, wrote the early twentieth-century author of The Cyclopedia of South Australia, ‘owes its existence to a movement which…
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Pirie Street
Pirie Street has been home to cottages, churches, commerce and clubs
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Pirie Street Methodist Church
Pirie Street Methodist Church was the ‘cathedral church’ of Methodism in Adelaide.
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Playford Family
A Baptist minister and Waterloo veteran with a dragoon’s pension, South Australia’s first Thomas Playford arrived in 1844 to claim…
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Poeppel’s Corner Post
Wooden post used to mark the point where the boundaries of South Australia the Northern Territory and Queensland meet.
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Police
Arising by accident rather than design, South Australia’s Police Force has maintained a high reputation
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Queens Wharf
Queen’s Wharf was one of the first two wharves built in Port Adelaide, providing the foundation of the Port we…
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River Murray
The River Murray has been central to South Australia’s existence. Named in 1830 by Charles Sturt after Sir George Murray,…
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Roads
This is the story of how an efficient road system was created in South Australia
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Robert Barr Smith
When Robert Barr Smith died in 1915 at the age of 91, long obituaries extolled his role as an astute…
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Sir George Brookman, KBE
Staunch capitalist George Brookman was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on 15th April 1850, the son of printer Benjamin Brookman and…
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Sir Lloyd Dumas
At the end of a long life Sir Lloyd Dumas described himself as ‘the luckiest man in the world’. He…
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Sir Robert Chapman
Robert William Chapman was born at Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England, on 27th December 1866, the son of currier Charles Chapman…
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South Australian Land Commission
Acquiring and developing land holdings in a coordinated way assists in orderly expansion and growth
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Stanhope Press
The Stanhope press brought to Holdfast Bay in 1836 was used to print the Proclamation of South Australia.
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Street Naming Committee
Colonial factions struggled over the names to bestow on Adelaide’s streets
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Survey Chain
Survey chain used by Isaac Guley in surveying the City of Adelaide with Colonel Light.
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The Great Depression
The Great Depression was an international economic crisis that effected capitalist countries including Australia. The generally accepted peak of the…
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