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Constitution
South Australia’s constitutional history reflects innovation and compromise with a significant bearing on the development of the nation
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Cornish
South Australian mineral discoveries of the 1840s (especially at Kapunda and Burra in the Mid North) and extension of the…
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Dame Roma Mitchell Statue
Dame Roma Mitchell is depicted surrounded by her books looking relaxed and at home on North Terrace.
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Dame Ruby Litchfield, DBE
Dame Ruby Litchfield epitomised the saying that if you want something done, ask a busy person. She was the first…
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Democratic Labor Party (DLP)
With little electoral support and no success in winning seats, the DLP’s role in South Australian politics was brief and…
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Dominic McGuire
Dominic Paul McGuire (1903–1978) was educated at Adelaide’s Christian Brothers College and the University of Adelaide. He married Frances Margaret…
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Donald Allan Dunstan AC QC
Don Dunstan was born in Suva, Fiji, on 21st September 1926, the son of Francis Vivian Dunstan, a manager for…
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Dr Charles George Everard
Charles Everard, accompanied by his wife Catherine and their four children, set sail from England on the Africaine on 28…
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Duncan Case
George Ian Ogilvie Duncan, a lecturer in law at the University of Adelaide, drowned on 10 May after being thrown…
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Edmund Wright House
Edmund Wright House was built in 1878 as the headquarters of the Bank of South Australia.
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Edward John Eyre
Edward John Eyre (1815–1901) was English-born and educated for a military career but decided to travel to Australia instead. Arriving…
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Elections
Elections to select members of parliament or local councillors are an important part of the democratic system. Who is allowed…
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Epworth Building
The building is a noticeable reminder of the influence of the Methodist Church on South Australia’s early colonial history.
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Essington Lewis, CH
An outstanding work ethic drove Essington Lewis to devote his whole life to developing industry in Australia, in particular the…
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Exhibitions
Exhibitions have been major occasions in the lives of many South Australians.
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Farmers and Producers Political Union (FPPU)
One of the three state political parties to form the Liberal Union in 1910, the FPPU began on 10 August…
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Federation
Throughout the 1890s South Australia was at the forefront of the Federation movement that created the Commonwealth of Australia from…
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Feminism
Feminism is a politics concerned with advocating rights and opportunities for women; especially any extension of women’s social, economic and…
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Forestry
With few areas of high rainfall, South Australia lacks abundant native forests.
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Foundation
South Australia’s foundation – envisaged as the perfect ‘Wakefieldian’ colony – but was it?
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Franchise
The franchise has proved a lively issue in South Australia’s political history. Before representative government, wealthy men of property claimed…
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George Woodroffe Goyder, CMG
George Woodroffe Goyder was born in London, England, in 1826, the eldest son of physician and preacher David George Goyder…
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