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Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton

Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton was dogged, committed, determined and some say sanctimonious in everything he did. Immediately after he personally…

Adelaide Street Names, Buxton Terrace

1830s, Early 1800s, Late 1700s
Sir Thomas Playford

Thomas Playford was Premier of South Australia from 1938 to 1965. He led his party to victory in eight successive…

1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
Sir Walter Crocker, KBE

Born at Silverton, New South Wales, on 25th March 1902, the son of grazier and farmer Robert Crocker and his…

1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1970s, 1980s, 2000-2010
Sir William Molesworth

Sir William Molesworth was the youngest man memorialised in the streets of Adelaide, and in a touch of serendipity the…

Street Naming Committee

1830s, Early 1800s, Mid 1800s
South Australian Liberal Party

South Australia’s major non-Labor political party has gone from a record period of governing to years in the political wilderness.

early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
South Australian National Party

The National Party: A changing party in a changing political, social and rural environment

South Australian Country Party, South Australian National Party

early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Stuart Case

National attention was focused on the conduct of justice in South Australia in December 1958 when the Stuart case took…

mid twentieth century
Suffrage 125

The History Trust of South Australia is coordinating a series of programs and events to mark the 125th anniversary of…

1890s
Susan Grace Benny

Susan Grace Benny (1872–1944), known as Grace, was the first woman local government councillor in Australia. Her achievements are honoured…

1870s, 1890s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s
Susan Grace Benny Plaque

The first female local government councillor in Australia, Benny was a Justice of the Peace, a businesswoman and a lobbyist for…

plaques

2000-2010
Sym Choon Collection

A collection of objects related to the Sym Choon family, reflecting their lives as first generation Australians with Chinese heritage.

1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
Talking Our Way Home

Inspired by the handwritten letters of nineteenth and twentieth century migrants and the artist’s own experiences, Shaun Kirby’s installation functions…

public art

2000-2010, early twenty–first century
Temperance

The temperance movement saw the abolition of alcohol as a cure for society’s ills – and also believed it was…

temperance halls, temperance hotels, temperance societies

alcohol, reform, temperance

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
The Great Depression

The Great Depression was an international economic crisis that effected capitalist countries including Australia. The generally accepted peak of the…

Great Depression, poverty

1920s, 1930s
The hulk ‘Fitzjames’

Between 1880 and 1891 the hulk Fitzjames, colloquially known as ‘Hell afloat’, served as a Reformatory for over 100 boys aged…

reform, welfare

1880s, 1890s
The Lady Mayoress’ Chain

The Lady Mayoress’ chain was designed and crafted by Wayne MacIntosh, a lecturer in jewellery and silversmithing, who was particularly…

1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
The opening of Parliament 1857

Crowds gathered on 22 April 1857 to watch Governor Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell open South Australia’s first fully elected parliament.

parliament

1850s
The Siege of Tobruk Cross

The Siege of Tobruk cross is one of six commemorative crosses that feature in the Crosses of Memory that form…

Second World War
Tom Price

Tom Price was born on the 19th January 1852 at Brymbo, North Wales, the son of stonemason John Price and…

1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910
Torrens Building

Built in 1881, this heritage-listed building on Victoria Square has long captured the public’s imagination with tales of secret tunnels.

1870s, 1880s
Torrens Island internment camp

During the First World War hundreds of men – ‘enemy aliens’ – were interned on Torrens Island in the Port…

1910s
Torrens Title

The Torrens title system for land ownership was inaugurated in South Australia has led the world in the computerisation of…

1830s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s
Untitled

Many passers-by fail to recognise Donald Judd’s minimalist sculpture as a work of art.

public art

1970s
Victor York Richardson, OBE

Vic Richardson remains South Australia’s greatest all-round sportsman. Educated at Kyre (now Scotch) College, he became an entertaining personality and…

1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
Vietnam War

The Vietnam War had a significant impact on South Australian political life, and the course and character of opposition aroused…

conflict, war

anti-war, vietnam war, war

late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Ville de Bordeaux

Originally designed as a warship, this French merchant vessel’s first—and only—foray into South Australian waters was fraught with illegality and controversy.

1840s, 1850s, 1860s
Wheat

The story of wheat is more than the story of a versatile food grain. In South Australia, the history of…

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
William Alexander Mackinnon

Mackinnon Parade, North Adelaide, was named after William Alexander Mackinnon MP, the Tory member for Dunwich (1830) and later a…

Adelaide Street Names, Mackinnon Parade, Street Naming Committee

1830s, Early 1800s, Mid 1800s
William Charles Douglas Veale, CBE, MC, DCM

William Veale was born on 16th May 1895 at Eaglehawk, near Bendigo, Victoria, the son of John Veale and his…

1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
William Henry Willshire

William Henry Willshire, Adelaide born, joined the South Australian police in 1878 and in 1882 was posted to central Australia.

early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, mid nineteenth century

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Abraham Tobias Boas

Abraham Tobias Boas

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Adelaide Laetitia Miethke, OBE

Adelaide Laetitia Miethke, OBE

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Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm

Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm

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Abraham Tobias Boas

Abraham Tobias Boas

Abraham Boas was born on 25th November 1842 in Amsterdam, Holland, the son of Rabbi Tobias Boas and Eva Salomon […]

Adolf John Schulz

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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