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Gladys Ruth Gibson, CBE
Gladys Ruth Gibson was born in Adelaide, South Australia, on 29th December 1901, the daughter of James Ambrose Gibson and…
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Harold Hubert Salisbury
Harold Hubert Salisbury (1915–1991), a career policeman and winner of the Queen’s Police medal in 1970, was recruited from Yorkshire…
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Henry Newman Barwell
Henry Newman Barwell (1877–1959) was called to the South Australian bar in 1899; successful advocacy for the defence in seven…
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Heritage Conservation
Conserving built heritage incurs passionate debates about the development of society and the physical evidence of the evolution of the…
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Hindley Street riot
Violence and election irregularities marred the process when, in 1855, South Australians got their first chance to elect politicians drawn…
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History Trust of South Australia
In 1981 an act of parliament established the History Trust of South Australia as a statutory authority.
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Housewives’ Association
Quite an association in promoting issues affecting housewives, children and the home, addressing women’s issues and protecting the consumer
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J150 Plaque, Alexander Maurice Ramsay
As general manager of the South Australian Housing Trust, Alexander Maurice Ramsay was energetic and compassionate.
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J150 Plaque, Alfred Muller Simpson
Not content with being the nation’s biggest metal goods manufacturer, Alfred Muller Simpson was prominent in public life too.
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J150 Plaque, Andrew Alexander Kirkpatrick
A union leader, parliamentarian and egalitarian, Andrew Alexander Kirkpatrick pushed for equal rights for women.
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J150 Plaque, Charles Allan Seymour Hawker
Horribly wounded twice in World War One, the tenacious Hawker went on to be a pastoralist and parliamentarian.
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J150 Plaque, Charles Duguid
A medical practitioner, Charles Duguid was also a champion of the underdog who spent many of his 102 years as…
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J150 Plaque, Dame Roma Mitchell
A trailblazing jurist, Dame Roma Mitchell pushed for numerous law reforms and became South Australia’s first female governor.
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J150 Plaque, Doris Taylor
Doris Taylor was the founder and organizer of Meals on Wheels, despite spending most of her life in a wheelchair.
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J150 Plaque, Essington Lewis
Essington Lewis was a hard-working industrialist who substantially developed and expanded B.H.P., and was Director-General of Munitions during the Second…
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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, Gladys Ruth Gibson
Gladys Ruth Gibson was an educationist and president of the National Council of Women – and by all accounts a…
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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, Julia and George Farr
A clergyman and headmaster, George Henry Farr was a champion of gentlemanly behaviour, honesty and good sportsmanship. The plight of…
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J150 Plaque, Paris Nesbit
Barrister, intellectual and proud hedonist, Paris Nesbit was an early starter who allegedly read Milton at three and translated Goethe…
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J150 Plaque, Sir Archibald Grenfell Price
Working with this vivacious geographer, historian and educationist was said to be ‘like hanging on the tail of a comet’.
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J150 Plaque, Sir Edward Holden
Motor car manufacturer and industrialist Sir Edward Holden gave his name to a car, albeit posthumously.
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J150 Plaque, Sir Edward Stirling
Sir Edward Stirling was (among other things) a surgeon, scientist, educationist, curator, lecturer and parliamentarian; in short, a Renaissance Man.
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J150 Plaque, Sir Henry Ayers
A businessman, banker and parliamentarian, Henry Ayers was astute, hard-headed and politically adroit.
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J150 Plaque, Sir Langdon Bonython
Sir Langdon Bonython was a progressive liberal whose long life encompassed being a parliamentarian, newspaper proprietor and philanthropist.
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J150 Plaque, Sir Mark Oliphant
Best known as a governor of South Australia, Sir Mark Oliphant was also a pioneering nuclear physicist who became an outspoken…
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J150 Plaque, Sir Mellis Napier
Sir Mellis Napier was a Chief Justice of South Australia, and arguably a reactionary one.
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