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Sir Robert Richard Torrens
Robert Richard Chute Torrens was born on 31st May 1812 in Cork, Ireland, the son of Robert Torrens, of the…
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South Australian Jam Company
On 28 September 1869, Mr T Collins held a meeting at the East-End Market Hotel to gauge interest among fruitgrowers…
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The Great Stuart Demonstration
‘A red letter day in the calendar of South Australia’: welcoming home heroes
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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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Voyagers
The lives and cultures of ‘Afghan’ cameleers are recognised in Whitmore Square
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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…
