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‘Great Fires’ of Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide has been ravaged by fire several times in its history, but three blazes in particular, in 1847, 1857 and…
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Adelaide Benevolent and Strangers’ Friend Society
The first major group to highlight the community’s concern for the destitute and poor was the Adelaide Benevolent and Strangers’…
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Anglican Church
An important shaper of South Australian society, particularly in religious circles, education, welfare, the professions and politics.
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Auditor-General
Independent auditing of Government is established in the position of the colonies first auditor general
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Baptist Church
Baptists are a much higher proportion of regular churchgoers than the rest of the state’s population
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Beehive Corner
Built in 1896, Beehive Corner with its Neo-Gothic facade has been a famous meeting spot since the early 20th century.
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Brown Street
Brown Street, running from South Terrace to Grote Street, morphed into Morphett Street in 1967 but the area retains its out-of-the-way feel
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Captain Charles Sturt
Charles Napier Sturt was born in Bengal, India, on 28th April 1795, the son of judge Thomas Napier Lennox Sturt.…
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Chalmers Church Free Church of Scotland
The second oldest remaining church in Adelaide, Scots Church is still in use today.
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Christian Churches
Its small number of independent evangelical congregations has dwindled to only the one remaining in rural South Australia.
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Colonel William Light Grave and Monument
Colonel William Light’s grave remains in Light Square, while Light’s Monument there has been replaced and embellished over time
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