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Mrs Mary Bruce
Mary Bruce was the Mayoress of the City of Adelaide (married to the Mayor) from 1904-1907. Early Life and Career…
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Mrs Rosa Ware
Rosa Ware was the Mayoress of the City of Adelaide from 1898-1901. Early Life Rosa Henrietta Ware was the second…
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Nicolas Thomas Baudin
French cartographer, Nicolas Thomas Baudin surveyed and named much of South Australia’s Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island coastal areas.
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Norman William Jolly
Norman Jolly was born on August 5th 1882 at Mintaro, South Australia, the son of storekeeper Henry Jolly and his…
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Percy ‘Jack’ Brookfield
Percy “Jack” Brookfield (1875–1921), English-born, settled in Broken Hill before World War I, 20 years after jumping ship in Melbourne.
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Peter John Badcoe VC
Peter John Badcoe was born on 11th January 1934 at Malvern, South Australia, the son of public servant Leslie Allen…
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Peter Smith Dawson
Peter Smith Dawson said of himself, ‘I am a man of the soil, I come from the people and what…
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Poltpalingada Booboorowie
From the 1880s Tommy Walker, or Poltpalingada Booboorowie, was a leading figure among the community of Aboriginal people who lived…
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Queen Adelaide
The City of Adelaide was named after Adelaide, Queen Consort of King William IV of the United Kingdom. She married…
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Robert Barr Smith
When Robert Barr Smith died in 1915 at the age of 91, long obituaries extolled his role as an astute…
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Robert Gouger
Robert Gouger was one of the first and most influential advocates for South Australia. The son of a wealthy London…