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Dr Charles George Everard

Charles Everard, accompanied by his wife Catherine and their four children, set sail from England on the Africaine on 28…

1830s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s
Dunmoochin

Dunmoochin, built around 1858, was the home of Irish emigrants John and Honora Griffin and their three children. It is…

1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s
Duryea Panorama

Panorama of Adelaide, 1865. Photographer: Townsend Duryea. Courtesy of the State Library of South Australia, SLSA: B5099 The Duryea Panorama is a…

panoramic view

photograph, photography

1860s
Dutton Family

Founders of ‘Anlaby’ station, featured in McLeod’s Daughters, the Dutton brothers contributed to early mining ventures and pastoralism in the states…

1820s, 1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1990s
East End Market

The East End Market was Adelaide’s first formal fruit and vegetable market.

1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
East Parklands

Despite an inauspicious start as a dumping ground for waste, the East Parklands gradually developed as an attractive centre for recreation…

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
East Terrace

A street in an area of contrasts – the rich, the poor, society figures, outcasts, business, leisure, health and education are…

City & Town Streets

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Aboriginal Country pre-contact, early twenty–first century
East-End Market Hotel

Although this historic hotel has been nearly prevented from opening because of rival hotel owners, and continuing business due to…

1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1990s, 2000-2010
Edmund William Wright

Edmund William Wright was born on 4th April 1824 near London, England, the son of Stephen Wright, who is said…

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s
Elder Family

Elder Family of Scots merchants and ship owners saw the infant South Australia as an opportunity to expand their business…

exploration, industry, pastoralism

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s
Elder Park.

From dumping ground to pleasure gardens

park

1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2020s
Elder, Smith and Co’s Bonded and Free Stores

The Bond Store building once used to store goods is now the South Australian Maritime Museum.

private building

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, early nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Exhibition Building and Grounds

Now lost, the Exhibition Building once dominated North Terrace

exhibition hall

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
Flinders Street

From ‘City of Churches’ to the ‘City of Cars’, Flinders Street reflects changes in Adelaide

City & Town Streets

1830s, 1840s, 1860s, 1870s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, early twenty–first century
Floods

Paradoxically, the only parts of South Australia to experience occasional serious disruption of by flooding are the far distant sparsely…

1840s, 1860s, 1870s, 1890s, 1920s, 1930s, 1950s, 1970s, 2010s
Francis Hardy Faulding

Francis Hardy Faulding, the founder of the pharmaceutical manufacturing company, F.H. Faulding & Co., was born in Swinefleet, Yorkshire, England.…

1840s, 1850s, 1860s, mid nineteenth century
Frederick May

John Frederick May was born in 1840 in Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, the son of copper miner Henry May and his…

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s
George Fife Angas

George Fife Angas was born on 1st May 1789 at Newcastle, England, the son of coachmaker Caleb Angas and his…

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s
George French Angas

George French Angas was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, on 25th April 1822, the eldest son of George Fife…

1840s, 1850s, 1860s
George Hannaford

George William Hannaford was born on 4 January 1852, the son of farmer George Williams Hannaford and his wife Ann…

1860s, 1900-1910, late nineteenth century
Germans in South Australia

Germans have been arriving in South Australia since the beginnings of the new colony in 1836

1860s, late nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Government House

One of Adelaide’s oldest buildings, Government House welcomes thousands of visitors each year

official residence

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1970s, 1980s, 2000-2010
Grote Street

Her Majesty’s Theatre and the Central Market continue to attract people to Grote Street

main street

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
Hart’s Mill Complex

An icon of Port Adelaide’s waterfront and the former home of South Australia’s longest continually operating flour mill, the Hart’s Mill…

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 2000-2010, 2010s
Hindley Street

An eclectic mix since foundation, Hindley Street has seen it all

main street

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
Historical Relics Collection

A collection of nearly 400 objects related to the foundation and settlement of the British colony of South Australia.

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s
Holy Trinity Church

Holy Trinity Church is the earliest surviving Anglican Church building in South Australia, and one of Adelaide’s oldest standing structures.

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
Institute Building

The oldest of North Terrace’s cultural buildings

public history building

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
James Hurtle Fisher

James Hurtle Fisher was a London solicitor active in the colonizing movement. He became a member of the South Australian…

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s
James Martin

Inventor, politician, philanthropist and founder of a famous engineering firm, James Martin was outstanding among the remarkable individuals who established…

1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s

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