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John Rundle

John Rundle is memorialised in Adelaide’s busiest street, which fortuitously reflects his popularity as the MP for Tavistock, in Devon.…
John Walbanke Childers

With the passage of the Reform Bill the numbers of young, eligible and socially responsible MPs in the Commons had…

Childers Street, Street Naming Committee

1830s, Early 1800s, Late 1800s, Mid 1800s
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
Kingston Map

Kingston Map, c. 1842. To her most Gracious Majesty Adelaide, the Queen Dowager, this map of Adelaide, South Australia, shewing…

map

1840s
Koreans in South Australia

Most Korean South Australians are from the Republic of Korea (known as South Korea). They first began arriving in South…

1970s, late twentieth century
Labour Settlements

Labour settlements were created during the 1890s to trial collective ownership, new farming technology and the high unemployment created by…

1850s, 1890s
Land

Aboriginal people were conservative and conservationist land managers; European settlers and their descendants expected land to be the backbone of society…

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
Laotians in South Australia

The first large scale arrival of Laotians in Australia was in 1976. Only a few made their way to South…

1970s, late twentieth century
Latvians in South Australia

In the nineteenth century South Australia was visited by numerous Latvian sailors who worked on Baltic trading ships, carrying mainly…

early twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Lebanese in South Australia

Lebanese immigrants began arriving in Australia in the late nineteenth century. They emigrated from what was then the province of…

late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Light’s Plan of Adelaide, 1840

Plan of the City of Adelaide, in South Australia: with the acre allotments numbered, and a marginal reference to the…

plan

1830s, 1840s
Lithuanian House

Lithuanian house is a meeting place and cultural centre established by the Lithuanian community in Adelaide.

archives, buildings, community organisation

1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
Lithuanians in South Australia

Lithuanian migrants came to South Australia as early as the 1840s, numbers expanded significantly following the Second World War.

1840s, 1930s, mid twentieth century
Maria Hack (nee Barton)

John Barton Hack arrived in South Australia via Hobart and Launceston in early 1837. As a Quaker merchant of capital,…

Adelaide Street Names, Barton Terrace, Street Naming Committee

1830s, Early 1800s, Late 1700s, Mid 1800s
Maritime Exploration

The rapid European maritime exploration of South Australia takes place in the early 19th century

1790s, 1800-1810
Matthew Flinders

Matthew Flinders, British explorer, charter of South Australia’s coast and namesake of Flinders University

1790s, 1800-1810
Matthew Flinders Memorial

A statue to honour Matthew Flinders, the first explorer to circumnavigate Australia, was a long time coming in Adelaide

memorial

circumnavigate, coast, explorer, memorial, sculpture, statue

1790s, 1800-1810, 1840s, 1900-1910, 1920s, 1930s
Matthew Moorhouse

Matthew Moorhouse, a medical practitioner, arrived in South Australia from Staffordshire, England, in June 1839 to take up appointment as…

early nineteenth century, late nineteenth century, mid nineteenth century
McLaren Wharf

Built between 1839 and 1840, McLaren Wharf was the first element of maritime infrastructure established at Port Adelaide.

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

Several of the brands of Methodism introduced to colonial South Australia merged in 1977 to become the Uniting Church.

1830s, 1840s, early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Mid North

As the Mid North has developed and prospered in accordance with the opportunities and restraints of transport and technology, so…

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Migration

Patterns of migration among the pre-European population of South Australia are not well known but the Aboriginal peoples were certainly…
Migration Museum

Opened in 1986 the Migration Museum in Adelaide was a world first.

museum

1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s

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Abraham Tobias Boas

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Adelaide Laetitia Miethke, OBE

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Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm

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Abraham Tobias Boas

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Adolf John Schulz

Adolf John Schulz was a significant early twentieth-century educationist who made important contributions to the development of the University Training […]

Alexander Hore-Ruthven

Alexander Hore-Ruthven

1st Earl of Gowrie and one time Governor of South Australia

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