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Sir Hugh Cairns, KBE

Hugh William Bell Cairns was the only child of a Scottish father and an Australian mother. His father, William, was…

1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s
Sir James Hurtle Fisher

Hurtle Square is one of the principal squares in the central business district of Adelaide. It is named after James…

Adelaide Street Names, Colonial Governance

Early 1800s, Mid 1800s
Sir John Cleland, CBE

John Burton Cleland was born in Norwood, South Australia, on 22nd June 1878, the son of medical practitioner William Lennox…

1890s, 1900-1910, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
Sir John Franklin

Sir John Franklin was introduced to a career in the navy and a lifetime of adventure by his older cousin,…

Adelaide Street Names

Early 1800s, Late 1700s, Mid 1800s
Sir John George Shaw Lefevre

A prima facie case can be made for the inclusion of the name of John George Shaw Lefevre on the…

Adelaide Street Names, Lefevre Terrace, Street Naming Committee

1830s, 1870s, Early 1800s, Mid 1800s
Sir John Jeffcott

Jeffcott Street, which begins atop Montefiore Hill in Adelaide and heads in a northerly direction through and around Wellington Square,…

Jeffcott Street, Street Naming Committee

Early 1800s, Mid 1800s
Sir John Melrose

John Melrose was born on 12th January 1860 at Rosebank station, Mount Pleasant, South Australia, the son of station-owner George…

1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s
Sir John Morphett

At the first big promotional rally in Exeter Hall in London on 30 June 1834, John Morphett stood before more…

Adelaide Street Names, Morphett Street, Street Naming Committee

1830s, Early 1800s, Late 1800s, Mid 1800s
Sir John Pirie

Sir John Pirie was a wealthy British shipping magnate at the time the South Australian Colonization Bill passed in the…

Adelaide Street Names

Early 1800s, Late 1700s, Mid 1800s
Sir Kenneth Wills, KBE, MC

Kenneth Agnew Wills was born in Adelaide on 3rd March 1896. His father, R.J.H. Wills, was a partner in the…

1890s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
Sir Langdon Bonython, AO KCMG

John Langdon Bonython was born in London, England, on 15th October 1848, the son of carpenter and builder George Langdon…

1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1920s, 1930s
Sir Lloyd Dumas

At the end of a long life Sir Lloyd Dumas described himself as ‘the luckiest man in the world’. He…

early twentieth century, mid twentieth century
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…

late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Sir Mellis Napier, KCMG

Thomas John Mellis Napier was born at Dunbar, Scotland, on 24th October 1882, the son of medical practitioner Alexander Disney…

1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
Sir Richard Baker KCMG

Richard Chaffey Baker was a leading conservative politician who played a significant part in the formulation of the Australian Constitution…

1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s
Sir Richard Davies Hanson

Sir Richard Davies Hanson was knighted by Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle in 1869 towards the end of a long…

Adelaide Street Names, Street Naming Committee

1830s, Early 1800s, Late 1800s, Mid 1800s
Sir Robert Chapman

Robert William Chapman was born at Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England, on 27th December 1866, the son of currier Charles Chapman…

1890s, 1900-1910, 1920s, 1930s
Sir Robert Helpmann, CBE

Robert Helpmann was comprehensively described by Ninette de Valois, the head of the Vic-Wells Ballet, as ‘talented, enthusiastic, extremely intelligent,…

early twentieth century, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Sir Robert Richard Torrens

Robert Richard Chute Torrens was born on 31st May 1812 in Cork, Ireland, the son of Robert Torrens, of the…

1840s, 1850s, 1860s
Sir Roland Jacobs

Roland Ellis Jacobs was born at North Adelaide on 28th February 1891, the son of company director Samuel Joshua Jacobs…

1970s, early twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Sir Rowland Hill

Hill Street, North Adelaide is named after Sir Rowland Hill, who was knighted in later life for his contribution to…

Hill Street, Street Naming Committee

Early 1800s, Late 1700s, Mid 1800s
Sir Samuel Davenport, KCMG

Samuel Davenport was born at Shirburn, Oxfordshire, England, on 5th March 1818, the son of banker George Davenport and his…

late nineteenth century, mid nineteenth century
Sir Samuel James Way, Bart, PC

Samuel James Way was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, on 11th April 1836, the son of a poor Bible Christian…

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s
Sir Sidney Kidman

Sidney Kidman was born near Athelstone, South Australia, on 9th May 1857, the son of farmer George Kidman and his…

early twentieth century, late nineteenth century
Sir Thomas Elder GCMG

Thomas Elder was born in 1818 in Kirkaldy, Scotland, the son of merchant George Elder and his wife Joanna (née…

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s
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 Walter Watson Hughes

Shortly before his death on New Year’s Day, 1887, Walter Watson Hughes wrote to his nephew, ‘I have been a…

1840s, mid nineteenth century
Sir William Hutt

William Hutt MA MP (later Sir William) is arguably one of the most neglected figures in the South Australian colonial…

Adelaide Street Names, Hutt Street, Street Naming Committee

Early 1800s, Late 1880s, Mid 1800s

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