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Indians in South Australia
The first known Indian immigrants arrived in South Australia in the late 1830s
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Indonesians in South Australia
Indonesians had contact with Australia before white settlement
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Iranians in South Australia
According to oral history sources Kamran Eshraghian was the first known Iranian to settle in South Australia
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Irish in South Australia
Irish immigrants have settled throughout the state of South Australia
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Islamic Festivals in 1890s Adelaide
The Adelaide Mosque, the oldest in Australia, has been the centre of Islamic festivals since the 1890s
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Italians in South Australia
Antonio Giannoni from Rimini was the first Italian to settle in South Australia
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J150 Plaque, August Kavel
An austere but tolerant Lutheran migrant leader, August Kavel contributed significantly to South Australia’s rich legacy of German culture.
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J150 Plaque, George Fife Angas
This merchant, banker, landowner and philanthropist was generous but shrewd, and often tagged with the phrase ‘philanthropy plus ten per…
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J150 Plaque, George Woodroffe Goyder
A surveyor and conservationist, and incredibly prolific letter-writer, Goyder is mainly remembered for his famous ‘line of rainfall’.
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J150 Plaque, James Martin
A man of many parts, James Martin was an inventor, politician, philanthropist, engineer and ‘The Father of Gawler’.
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J150 Plaque, Thomas Quinton Stow
Founder of the Congregational Church in South Australia, Thomas Stow was a strenuous minister and a dedicated opponent of state aid…
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J150 Plaque, Tom Price
As the first Labor premier of South Australia, Tom Price established a minimum wage and electrified the tramways.
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Japanese in South Australia
South Australia’s earliest contact with Japan was in 1876, when the South Australian government began negotiations to settle Japanese sugar…
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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 in South Australia
Jews are descendants of a nomadic people who lived in the Middle East in ancient times, or adherents of the…
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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 Harvey
John Harvey (1821–1899) emigrated from Scotland and arrived in South Australia in 1839. He drove a coach between Gawler and…
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John McDouall Stuart
On 26th November 1862 ten exhausted, gaunt and ragged men, on their limping, emaciated horses, arrived at a remote stock…
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Jonas Vanagas
Jonas Vanagas lived in Lobethal after migrating from Europe after the Second World War. He and his family settled in…
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Jordanians in South Australia
Most Jordanian South Australians have come to the state since the Second World War.
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Julian Edmund Tenison Woods
This creative priest who has left an enduring legacy to education, to science and to the history of the Catholic…
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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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Kaurna People
The original people of the Adelaide Plains are still here – and once again speaking the Kaurna language.
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