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Boyle Travers Finniss

Boyle Travers Finniss joins the catalogue of Adelaide street names from the comparatively lowly position of Assistant Surveyor to Colonel…

Adelaide Street Names, Finniss Street, Street Naming Committee

1830s, Early 1800s, Late 1800s, Mid 1800s
John Brown

In what can only be described as an ignominious end, John Brown’s body ‘lies a moulding’ in an unmarked grave…

1830s
Sir James Hurtle Fisher

Hurtle Square is one of the principal squares in the central business district of Adelaide. It is named after James…

Adelaide Street Names, Colonial Governance

Early 1800s, Mid 1800s

Abraham Tobias Boas

Adelaide Laetitia Miethke, OBE

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