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Sir Samuel Davenport, KCMG

Samuel Davenport was born at Shirburn, Oxfordshire, England, on 5th March 1818, the son of banker George Davenport and his…

late nineteenth century, mid nineteenth century
Sir Samuel Way Memorial Statue

A statue of Sir Samuel Way reflects his towering presence in legal, political and cultural circles in the last decades…

statue

court, philanthropy, sculpture, statue

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s
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
Sir Thomas Elder GCMG

Thomas Elder was born in 1818 in Kirkaldy, Scotland, the son of merchant George Elder and his wife Joanna (née…

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s
Sir Thomas Playford

Thomas Playford was Premier of South Australia from 1938 to 1965. He led his party to victory in eight successive…

1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
Sir Walter Watson Hughes

Shortly before his death on New Year’s Day, 1887, Walter Watson Hughes wrote to his nephew, ‘I have been a…

1840s, mid nineteenth century
Sir Walter Watson Hughes statue

The bronze figure of Sir Walter Watson Hughes by Francis Williamson stands on a massive block of red granite.

statue

mine, sculpture, statue, university

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1900-1910, 2000-2010
South Australian Brewing Co. Ltd

Still brewing strong: Lion’s West End Brewery at Thebarton.

breweries

alcohol, beer, brewery

early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth 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
Steam Tug Yelta

Once an integral component of Port Adelaide’s fleet of working vessels, this sole-surviving example of an operational South Australian steam tug…

1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
Stobie Poles

Unique to and ubiquitous throughout South Australia, the ugliness of stobie poles is periodically denounced, as also the mortal damage…

electricity

early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Strikes

South Australian workers have usually been less militant than their interstate counterparts.

employment, industry, workers, workers’ rights

1840s, 1890s, 1910s, 1920s, 1940s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Second World War
Susan Grace Benny

Susan Grace Benny (1872–1944), known as Grace, was the first woman local government councillor in Australia. Her achievements are honoured…

1870s, 1890s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s
Sylvia Birdseye

Sylvia Birdseye was born Sylvia Jessie Catherine Merrill near Port Augusta on 26 January 1902, the daughter of station-hand Charles…

Great Depression, mid twentieth century, Second World War
Synagogue Place

Synagogue Place, named after the Synagogue built in 1850, has been the centre of the Jewish community in South Australia…

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, 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
The Great Depression

The Great Depression was an international economic crisis that effected capitalist countries including Australia. The generally accepted peak of the…

Great Depression, poverty

1920s, 1930s
The Second World War

This major international conflict officially began when Nazi Germany invaded Poland on 3 September 1939. It lasted for six years,…

1930s, 1940s
Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy lectured and wrote on the wine business and olive growing, was a member of the Phylloxera Board, Wine…

late nineteenth century, mid nineteenth century
Tom Elder Barr Smith

A gentle man and a gentleman, Tom Barr Smith is often described as ‘a chip off the old block’ —…

1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s
Tom Kruse

Esmond Gerald ‘Tom’ Kruse was an outback transport operator. Tom began driving the Birdsville Track Mail Run for Harry Ding…

1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1980s, 1990s
Tom Price

Tom Price was born on the 19th January 1852 at Brymbo, North Wales, the son of stonemason John Price and…

1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910
Tourism

The South Australian Tourism Commission, established in 1993, focuses on marketing South Australia as a tourist destination to interstate and…

1880s, 1900-1910, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010
United Trades and Labor Council

Carpenters, tailors, bakers, carriers, cordwainers and coachmakers had formed unions within ten years of European settlement of South Australia, and…

employment, industry, workers’ rights, workplace

1890s, 1910s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s
Ville de Bordeaux

Originally designed as a warship, this French merchant vessel’s first—and only—foray into South Australian waters was fraught with illegality and controversy.

1840s, 1850s, 1860s
Viticulture

The growing of grape vines dates from the earliest years of European settlement in South Australia.

viniculture, viticulture, wine, winemaking

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
WAB, ACWW and FWIC badges

This group of badges is a memento of Isla Shilton’s extensive involvement in the Women’s Agricultural Bureau and with the Associated Country Women of…

1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s
Walter Charles Torode

North Adelaide-born Walter Charles Torode (1858–1937), after a carpentry apprenticeship at William King’s steam joinery works, made his reputation building…

early twentieth century, late nineteenth century
Walter Hervey Bagot

Walter Hervey Bagot was born at North Adelaide on 17th March 1880, the son of pastoralist John Bagot and his…

1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
Wealth

In South Australia, the prime key to wealth has been land. From its inception as a European colony, ownership (or…

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

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