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J150 Plaque, John Abel McPherson
A union official and social reformer who was not a socialist, John McPherson became the first leader of South Australia’s Parliamentary Labor…
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J150 Plaque, John Anderson Hartley
Though stern and strict, educationist (and first Inspector-General of Schools) John Anderson Hartley favoured progressive and innovative ideas.
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J150 Plaque, John Bishop
Instigator and first Artistic Director of the Adelaide Festival, John Bishop was a musician, teacher and visionary.
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J150 Plaque, John Flynn
Founder of the Australian Inland Mission and Royal Flying Doctor Service, Flynn was a practical and restless innovator.
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J150 Plaque, John McConnell Black
Remembered as an eminent botanist, Black was also an accomplished linguist, who reprimanded his grandchildren in French and his dog…
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J150 Plaque, John McDouall Stuart
Explorer and surveyor John McDouall Stuart was celebrated as a hero for leading the first European expedition to cross Australia…
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J150 Plaque, John Ridley
1986 marked the 150th anniversary of the colonisation of South Australia. To commemorate the sesquicentenary, the Jubilee 150 Board decided…
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J150 Plaque, John Stokes Bagshaw
‘If worth doing, do it well’ was the motto of John Bagshaw, pioneering designer and manufacturer of agricultural machinery.
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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, Julian Edmund Tenison Woods
Julian Woods was the co-founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph, and a creative priest, educationist and scientist.
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J150 Plaque, Kate Cocks
Kate Cocks was both a welfare worker and the first woman police constable in the British Empire.
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J150 Plaque, Lawrence Allen Wells
Explorer and surveyor Lawrence Wells survived gruelling expeditions but died after being struck by a railcar.
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J150 Plaque, Lillian Daphne de Lissa
Hard working, widely read and exceptionally charming, Lillian Daphne de Lissa was an exotically named intellectual and kindergarten pioneer.
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J150 Plaque, Lord Florey
Hundreds of millions of people have lived longer and healthier lives, thanks to medical scientist, Nobel Prize winner and penicillin…
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J150 Plaque, Luther Robert Scammell
Manufacturing chemist Luther Scammell prepared compounds, saved a struggling business, and coined the name ‘Solyptol’.
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J150 Plaque, Margaret Graham
Margaret Graham was an outspoken and forthright nursing sister and army matron, with a strong sense of justice.
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J150 Plaque, Margaret Preston
A highly influential painter and printmaker, Margaret Preston was once described as ‘a natural enemy of the dull’.
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J150 Plaque, Mary Helen MacKillop
An educationist and co-founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Mary MacKillop is now famous as Australia’s only Catholic saint.
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J150 Plaque, Mary Jane Warnes
Deeply affected by the isolation and loneliness of her early married life, Mary Jane Warnes strived to improve conditions for her…
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J150 Plaque, Mary Lee
Suffragist and social reformer Mary Lee was jubilant when, in 1894, South Australia became the first Australian colony to grant…
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J150 Plaque, May Mills
Educationist and sports administrator May Mills believed ‘the wholesome development of a nation’ depended on sport.
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J150 Plaque, Murdoch Stanley McLeod
A very industrious and conservative businessman, Murdoch McLeod was generous but modest and never flamboyant.
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J150 Plaque, Norman Tindale
Norman Tindale was a prodigious anthropologist and polymath who chronicled Aboriginal culture, studied butterflies and moths, and broke Japanese wartime codes.
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J150 Plaque, Norman William Jolly
A forestry scientist by profession, Norman Jolly was also an accomplished scholar known for his integrity and keen critical faculty.
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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, Percy Raymond Begg
Literally born in a tent, Percy Begg became a pioneer orthodontist whose innovations benefit patients to this day.
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J150 Plaque, Peter Nelson and Marjorie Jackson Nelson
A resolute cyclist, Peter Nelson was married to Marjorie Jackson Nelson and died of leukaemia at a young age. A phenomenally successful…
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J150 Plaque, Peter Smith Dawson
A singer of both bush ballads and classics, Dawson was the first to record ‘Waltzing Matilda’.
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J150 Plaque, Peter Waite
A pastoralist who built an empire on sheep and cattle runs, Peter Waite was also a major philanthropist.
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J150 Plaque, Richard Bowyer Smith
Richard Bowyer Smith and his brother Clarence could both rightfully claim distinction as the inventors of the stump-jump plough.
