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Mrs Margaret Shaw

Margaret Shaw was Mayoress of Adelaide between 1888 and 1889. Early Life Margaret Shaw (also her maiden name) was born…

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s
Mrs Marianne Sabben

Marianne Sabben was Mayoress of the City of Adelaide (married to the Mayor) from 1858-1859. Marianne Sabben née Ballard was…

1820s, 1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s
Mrs Mary Mayfield

Mary Mayfield was the Mayoress of the City of Adelaide (sister of the Mayor) from 1907-1909. Mary Emily Mayfield nee…

1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s
Mrs Sarah Allott

Sarah Allott was the Mayoress of Adelaide (married to the Mayor) between 1873-1874. Early Life Sarah Allott née Smith was…

1820s, 1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s
Mrs Sarah English

Mrs Sarah English was the Lady Mayoress of the City of Adelaide (married to the Mayor) from 1862-1863. Sarah English…

1820s, 1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s
Mrs Selina Cohen

Selina Cohen was the Mayoress of the City of Adelaide (married to the Mayor) between 1889-890, 1901-1904, 1909-1911, and Lady…

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s
Mrs Zelinda Rosetta Isaacs

Zelinda Rosetta Isaacs was the Mayoress of the City of Adelaide from 1915-1917. Early Life and Career Zelinda Rosetta Raphael…

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, First World War
North Terrace East

North Terrace east is Adelaide’s premier cultural boulevard

main street

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

Stretching from Adelaide’s first survey point to Parliament House, the character of this part of North Terrace continues to evolve

main street

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, early twenty–first century
Northern Territory

A territory foregone – practical decision or economic and social development opportunities lost?

1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s
Old Parliament House

The site of countless debates, Old Parliament House dates from 1855

parliamentary building

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

Pannikin used by William Keckwick on expedition with John McDouall Stuart.

1860s
Paris Nesbit, KC

Edward Pariss Nesbit — he re-invented himself as Paris Nesbit at the age of 44 — was a leading light…

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s
Parliament House

The scene of pomp and ceremony, debates and demonstrations

parliamentary building

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1930s, 1950s
Peter Waite

Peter Waite was born on 9th May 1834 at Pitcairn, near Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, the son of farmer James Waite…

1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s
Pilgrim Uniting Church

The Church is a beautiful example of Revival Gothic, quite rare in South Australia. Features include the largest church pipe…

1860s
Port Adelaide Ferries

Originally an informal service provided by a ragtag assortment of ‘watermen’ and their rowboats, Port Adelaide’s ferries evolved into the preferred link between…

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s
Port Adelaide Institute

The Port Adelaide Institute served as a centre for social and cultural activities within Port Adelaide for over a century,…

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
Port Adelaide Lighthouse

Installed in the 1860s as Port Adelaide’s first fixed navigational beacon, and later used at South Neptune Island, the Port…

1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
Presbyterian Church

The Presbyterian Church has a long history in South Australia, owing much to the early Scotish community.

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

Professor William Bragg was born in Cumbria, England, and came to Adelaide in 1886 as a young man of 23,…

1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s
Railway Hotel (Port Adelaide)

The two-storey historic building located at 247 St. Vincent Street was the second in Port Adelaide to bear the name…

Hospitality establishment

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
Richard Bowyer Smith

Richard Bowyer Smith was born in London, England, in 1837, the son of carpenter Owen Smith and his wife Mary…

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s
Richard Moritz Schomburgk

Richard Schomburgk was born on 5th October 1811 in Freyburg, Saxony, the son of Johann Friedrich Ludwig Schomburgk, an assistant…

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

The River Torrens has dominated the development of Adelaide and its metropolis, often in subtle or little recognised ways

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
Sailors’ Aid Societies (Port Adelaide)

Sailors’ aid societies were first established at Port Adelaide in the 1860s to provide accommodation, entertainment, moral guidance and religious instruction to…

1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
Samuel Thomas Gill

Samuel Thomas Gill was born on 21st May 1818 at Perriton, Somerset, England, the son of Reverend Samuel Gill and…

1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s
Sarah Francisco

Sarah Francisco (née Whelan) was one of Port Adelaide’s most notorious residents during the latter half of the nineteenth century.…

1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s
Sawtell’s Nautical Optician

The Port Adelaide business known colloquially as Sawtell’s ‘Nautical Optician’ was founded in 1853.

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910
Sir Charles Todd

Charles Todd was one of the most notable public servants of Australia in the nineteenth century. Superintendent of Telegraphs, Government…

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910

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