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Perry Engineering Co.
Samuel Perry was an Adelaide born manufacturer whose business made munitions during the Second World War.
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Royal Australian Air Force Memorial
The Royal Australian Air Force Memorial is located off of Victoria Drive and was dedicated in recognition to those who have served…
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Rundle Lantern
The Rundle Lantern is 100% green-powered and the light show is carbon neutral.
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Science
Before and after the arrival of Europeans, Aboriginal peoples had a well-developed cultural understanding and practical knowledge of plants, animal…
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Sir Claude Gibb, KBE
Claude Dixon Gibb was a man whose prodigious energy, flair for publicity and wide experience brought him many honours and…
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Sir Douglas Mawson
Sir Douglas Mawson was a colossus of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration who carried the banner of scientific research…
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Sir Douglas Mawson bust
The spirit of Antarctic explorer and professor of geology, Sir Douglas Mawson, is captured in the bust by John Dowie
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Sir Edward Holden
Edward Wheewall Holden was born on 14th August 1885 at College Town, South Australia. He was educated at Prince Alfred…
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Sir Mark Oliphant AC KBE
State Governor from 1971-1976, Sir Mark Oliphant was a man of conscience, not content with the purely ceremonial role of…
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Sir Mark Oliphant bust
The bust of Sir Mark Oliphant on North Terrace honours an eminent scientist and the state’s first South Australian-born governor.
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Sir Robert Chapman
Robert William Chapman was born at Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England, on 27th December 1866, the son of currier Charles Chapman…
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Sir Ross Smith’s landing site
When Sir Ross Smith finally arrived in Adelaide after his epic flight from England to Australia, more than 20,000 people…
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Stobie Poles
Unique to and ubiquitous throughout South Australia, the ugliness of stobie poles is periodically denounced, as also the mortal damage…
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Telegraph
The first Australian telegraph line, built in 1853–54 from Melbourne to Williamstown, demonstrated the power of this technology to speed…
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Telephone
The telephone quickly became an indispensable asset to both the business world and the general public.