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Climate

Climate was and still is an important factor in how and where South Australia first settled.

1800-1810, 1830s
Frenchman’s Rock

EXPEDI/TION DE DE/COUVERTE/PAR LE COMMEND/ANT BAUDIN/SUR LE GEOGRAPHE/1803 is carved into the boulder known as Frenchman’s Rock.

1800-1810
John Dunn

John Dunn, who in later life made it a rule to give away at least 500 pounds a year in…

1800-1810, 1820s, 1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s
Maritime Exploration

The rapid European maritime exploration of South Australia takes place in the early 19th century

1790s, 1800-1810
Matthew Flinders

Matthew Flinders, British explorer, charter of South Australia’s coast and namesake of Flinders University

1790s, 1800-1810
Matthew Flinders Memorial

A statue to honour Matthew Flinders, the first explorer to circumnavigate Australia, was a long time coming in Adelaide

memorial

circumnavigate, coast, explorer, memorial, sculpture, statue

1790s, 1800-1810, 1840s, 1900-1910, 1920s, 1930s
Mrs Elizabeth Fisher

Mrs Elizabeth Fisher was Mayoress of the City of Adelaide from 1840-1842, and again from 1852-1854. Early Life Elizabeth Ann…

1790s, 1800-1810, 1820s, 1830s, 1840s, 1850s
Mrs Julia Lazarus

Julia Lazarus was Mayoress of the City of Adelaide (married to the Mayor) from 1855-1858. Julia Lazarus was the wife…

1800-1810, 1820s, 1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s
Nicolas Thomas Baudin

French cartographer, Nicolas Thomas Baudin surveyed and named much of South Australia’s Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island coastal areas.

1800-1810
Paint Box

This paint box is believed to have belonged to soldier, public servant and explorer, Captain Charles Sturt.

1800-1810, 1830s, 1840s

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‘Great Fires’ of Port Adelaide

‘Great Fires’ of Port Adelaide

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19th Century Childbirth

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Aboriginal Land Rights

Aboriginal Land Rights

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Afghans

Afghans

A transcontinental train, ‘The Ghan’, now commemorates the Afghan cameleers and their beasts who helped to pioneer the Outback

Bicycles

Bicycles

From ‘boneshakers’ to penny-farthings to mountain bikes, bicycles have certainly changed since the 1860s.

Copper Industry

Copper Industry

Copper brought unexpected wealth to the new colony and was an economic mainstay for 70 years, with a resurgence since the 1980s at Olympic Dam

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