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Jetties
Integral to ease and safety for marine traffic and trade, jetties also have uses as promenades and for fishing
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Jewish People
Small in number over time, Adelaide’s Jews have contributed significantly to the professions, especially medicine, and are well represented in…
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John Abel McPherson
John Abel McPherson was born on the 28th January 1860 in Aberdeen, Scotland, the son of domestic servant Ann McPherson.…
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John Ridley
John Ridley was born on 26th May 1806 at West Boldon, Durham, England, the son of flourmiller John Ridley and…
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John William Wainwright
John William Wainwright (1880–1948) was born in Naracoorte in the South East, studied accountancy at night and became South Australia’s…
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Kangaroo Island
This island’s uniqueness is its major feature – there is nowhere else quite like it
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Labour Settlements
Labour settlements were created during the 1890s to trial collective ownership, new farming technology and the high unemployment created by…
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Land
Aboriginal people were conservative and conservationist land managers; European settlers and their descendants expected land to be the backbone of society…
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Magazines
The first South Australian magazine to focus on local content was the South Australian Magazine, first published in 1841. Other magazines published…
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Market Gardens and Orchards
South Australian market gardens, nurseries, viticulture industry and orchardists have always required a creative use of water resources in cultivating…
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Mid North
As the Mid North has developed and prospered in accordance with the opportunities and restraints of transport and technology, so…
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Miniature Staircase – Newmarket Hotel
This scale model of the spiral staircase in the Newmarket Hotel is just 600 millimetres high, but represents months of…
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Motor Vehicles
In just half a century various forms of motorised transport came to dominate South Australia’s highways and byways.
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Museum of Economic Botany
The Museum of Economic Botany features exhibits outlining the practical and economic use of plant materials.
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North Terrace West
Stretching from Adelaide’s first survey point to Parliament House, the character of this part of North Terrace continues to evolve
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Old Toll House
The historic toll house at the base of the South Eastern Freeway was constructed in 1841 as a means for…
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Overlanders
The one viable alternative to importing live stock by sea was the droving of stock overland from New South Wales,…
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