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Colonel Robert Torrens

Robert Torrens’ accomplishments by most standards were formidable. He was a writer of more than ninety books, a decorated military…

Adelaide Street Names, River Torrens, Street Naming Committee

1800s, 1810s, 1820s, 1830s, 1840’s
Edward Gibbon Wakefield

For some 150 years Edward Gibbon Wakefield has confounded the city fathers of Adelaide, and some contemporary writers still don’t…

19th century politics, Adelaide Street Names, Colonial Politics, Durham Report, Prison Reform

1810s, 1830s, 1840s, 1860s
William Wolryche Whitmore

In Adelaide William Wolryche Whitmore’s name is perpetuated in one of the six city squares, along with Queen Victoria, Colonel…

Adelaide Street Names, Colonial Governance, South Australia Act, Street Naming Committee

1810s, 1820s, 1830s, 1850s, Late 1700s

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Abraham Tobias Boas

Abraham Tobias Boas

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Adelaide Laetitia Miethke, OBE

Adelaide Laetitia Miethke, OBE

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Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm

Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm

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Abraham Tobias Boas

Abraham Tobias Boas

Abraham Boas was born on 25th November 1842 in Amsterdam, Holland, the son of Rabbi Tobias Boas and Eva Salomon […]

Adolf John Schulz

Adolf John Schulz

Adolf John Schulz was a significant early twentieth-century educationist who made important contributions to the development of the University Training […]

Alexander Hore-Ruthven

Alexander Hore-Ruthven

1st Earl of Gowrie and one time Governor of South Australia

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