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Indians in South Australia

The first known Indian immigrants arrived in South Australia in the late 1830s

2000-2010, late twentieth century
Indonesians in South Australia

Indonesians had contact with Australia before white settlement

early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Iranians in South Australia

According to oral history sources Kamran Eshraghian was the first known Iranian to settle in South Australia

late twentieth century
Irish in South Australia

Irish immigrants have settled throughout the state of South Australia

late nineteenth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Islamic Festivals in 1890s Adelaide

The Adelaide Mosque, the oldest in Australia, has been the centre of Islamic festivals since the 1890s

religious festival

festival, mosque, religion

1890s
Italians in South Australia

Antonio Giannoni from Rimini was the first Italian to settle in South Australia

early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century
J150 Plaque, August Kavel

An austere but tolerant Lutheran migrant leader, August Kavel contributed significantly to South Australia’s rich legacy of German culture.

plaques

J150

1980s
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…

plaques

1980s
J150 Plaque, George Woodroffe Goyder

A surveyor and conservationist, and incredibly prolific letter-writer, Goyder is mainly remembered for his famous ‘line of rainfall’.

plaques

J150

1980s
J150 Plaque, James Martin

A man of many parts, James Martin was an inventor, politician, philanthropist, engineer and ‘The Father of Gawler’.

plaques

1980s
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…

plaques

1980s
J150 Plaque, Tom Price

As the first Labor premier of South Australia, Tom Price established a minimum wage and electrified the tramways.

plaques

1980s
James Martin

Inventor, politician, philanthropist and founder of a famous engineering firm, James Martin was outstanding among the remarkable individuals who established…

1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s
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…

late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Jervois Bridge

For over half a century Port Adelaide’s Jervois Bridge was the only link by which pedestrians and wheeled vehicles could transit…

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
Jetties

Integral to ease and safety for marine traffic and trade, jetties also have uses as promenades and for fishing

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Jewish in South Australia

Jews are descendants of a nomadic people who lived in the Middle East in ancient times, or adherents of the…

early twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Jewish People

Small in number over time, Adelaide’s Jews have contributed significantly to the professions, especially medicine, and are well represented in…

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Joachim Matthias Wendt

Joachim Matthias Wendt was Danish, born in Dägeling, Holstein, on 26th June 1830, the son of Joachim Matthias Wendt, a…

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s
John Harvey

John Harvey (1821–1899) emigrated from Scotland and arrived in South Australia in 1839. He drove a coach between Gawler and…

mid nineteenth century
John McDouall Stuart

On 26th November 1862 ten exhausted, gaunt and ragged men, on their limping, emaciated horses, arrived at a remote stock…

1840s, 1850s, 1860s
John McDouall Stuart statue

The statue of inland explorer John McDouall Stuart at the corner of Victoria Square and Flinders Street, Adelaide, commemorates his place…

statue

explorer, sculpture, statue

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1960s
Jonas Vanagas

Jonas Vanagas lived in Lobethal after migrating from Europe after the Second World War. He and his family settled in…

1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, Second World War
Jordanians in South Australia

Most Jordanian South Australians have come to the state since the Second World War.

late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Jubilee 150 Plaques

An eclectic selection of significant contributors to South Australia to 1986

plaques

jubilee, plaques

1830s, 1980s
Julian Edmund Tenison Woods

This creative priest who has left an enduring legacy to education, to science and to the history of the Catholic…

1850s, 1860s, 1870s
Kangaroo Island

This island’s uniqueness is its major feature – there is nowhere else quite like it
Kaurna People

The original people of the Adelaide Plains are still here – and once again speaking the Kaurna language.

Aboriginal Country pre-contact, early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
King Edward VII Memorial

Creating and installing King Edward VII’s statute took eight months longer than the period of his reign

statue

king, sculpture, statue

1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1920s
King William Street

Celebration, commemoration and protest happen amid the grand buildings that line Adelaide’s main thoroughfare

main street

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s

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‘Great Fires’ of Port Adelaide

‘Great Fires’ of Port Adelaide

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19th Century Childbirth

19th Century Childbirth

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Aboriginal Land Rights

Aboriginal Land Rights

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Afghans

Afghans

A transcontinental train, ‘The Ghan’, now commemorates the Afghan cameleers and their beasts who helped to pioneer the Outback

Bicycles

Bicycles

From ‘boneshakers’ to penny-farthings to mountain bikes, bicycles have certainly changed since the 1860s.

Copper Industry

Copper Industry

Copper brought unexpected wealth to the new colony and was an economic mainstay for 70 years, with a resurgence since the 1980s at Olympic Dam

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