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St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral
Built in a striking Gothic Revival style, St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral is the Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Metropolitan Archdiocese…
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The opening of Parliament 1857
Crowds gathered on 22 April 1857 to watch Governor Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell open South Australia’s first fully elected parliament.
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Thomas Quinton Stow
Thomas Quinton Stow was born on 7th July 1801 at Hadleigh, Suffolk, England, a descendant of an old farming family.…
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Tunnels of Adelaide
Adelaide tunnel tales are a perennial favourite in the popular press, and are cheerfully perpetuated by tour operators and publicans everywhere.
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Ville de Bordeaux
Originally designed as a warship, this French merchant vessel’s first—and only—foray into South Australian waters was fraught with illegality and controversy.
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William Christie Gosse
Thirty-year-old widower William Christie Gosse was employed at the South Australian Survey Office when he was sent, in 1873, by…
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William Wolryche Whitmore
In Adelaide William Wolryche Whitmore’s name is perpetuated in one of the six city squares, along with Queen Victoria, Colonel…
