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Dr Charles George Everard
Charles Everard, accompanied by his wife Catherine and their four children, set sail from England on the Africaine on 28…
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Dr Ruby Davy
Ruby Claudia Emily Davy, a prodigiously talented child born to musical parents in Salisbury, South Australia, in 1883, was one…
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Duke of Wellington
It is tempting to speculate that Wellington Square was deliberately set aside from the other squares in Adelaide because the…
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Edmund William Jerningham
Jerningham Street in North Adelaide is named after Edmund William Jerningham, a Roman Catholic banker of noble lineage whose family…
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Edmund William Wright
Edmund William Wright was born on 4th April 1824 near London, England, the son of Stephen Wright, who is said…
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Edward Bates Scott
Edward Bates Scott migrated to New South Wales in 1838 from England, he later settled in the Murray Region, establishing…
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Edward Geoffrey Stanley
Edward Geoffrey Stanley, otherwise known as the 14th Earl of Derby, was three times a Tory Prime Minister of Great…
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Edward George Barnard
It is easy to conclude that Edward George Barnard MP is memorialised in Barnard Street, North Adelaide simply because he…
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Edward Gibbon Wakefield
Edward Gibbon Wakefield was born into a family of English Quaker reformers. Following his elopement with a young heiress who…
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Edward Gibbon Wakefield
For some 150 years Edward Gibbon Wakefield has confounded the city fathers of Adelaide, and some contemporary writers still don’t…
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Edward John Eyre
Edward John Eyre (1815–1901) was English-born and educated for a military career but decided to travel to Australia instead. Arriving…
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Edward Woods
Edward John Woods began his architectural career in London before emigrating to Adelaide in 1860. Woods worked in both private…
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Elizabeth Woolcock
Elizabeth Lillian Woolcock (née Oliver) was born in 1847 at Burra. Separated from both her parents by the age of…
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Essington Lewis, CH
An outstanding work ethic drove Essington Lewis to devote his whole life to developing industry in Australia, in particular the…
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Francis Hardy Faulding
Francis Hardy Faulding, the founder of the pharmaceutical manufacturing company, F.H. Faulding & Co., was born in Swinefleet, Yorkshire, England.…
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Genevieve Theseira-Haese
Genevieve Theseira-Haese is the former Lady Mayoress of the City of Adelaide (2014-2018). She is the instigator of the HerStory…
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George Cockburn Henderson
George Cockburn Henderson (1870–1914), historian, son of a Newcastle coal-miner, was educated at Sydney’s Fort Street School. Entering the University…
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George Elton Mayo
George Elton Mayo was born in Adelaide, South Australia, on 26th December 1880, the son of engineer George Gibbes Mayo…
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George Fife Angas
George Fife Angas was born on 1st May 1789 at Newcastle, England, the son of coachmaker Caleb Angas and his…
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George Fife Angas
Euphemistically and eulogistically described as the ‘Father of South Australia’, George Fife Angas still speaks to us through the church…
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George Frederick Hassell
George Frederick Hassell was born on 22nd February 1869 at Leicester, England, the son of printer George Hassell and his…
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George French Angas
George French Angas was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, on 25th April 1822, the eldest son of George Fife…
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George Grote
Grote and Wakefield streets are paired together in the city of Adelaide and provide the central east/west axis and points…
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George Hall
George Hall displayed considerable foresight when he founded one of South Australia’s first aerated waters companies in Marryatville in 1851.…
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George Hannaford
George William Hannaford was born on 4 January 1852, the son of farmer George Williams Hannaford and his wife Ann…
