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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
Jervois Bridge

For over half a century Port Adelaide’s Jervois Bridge was the only link by which pedestrians and wheeled vehicles could transit…

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
Joachim Matthias Wendt

Joachim Matthias Wendt was Danish, born in Dägeling, Holstein, on 26th June 1830, the son of Joachim Matthias Wendt, a…

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

John Dunn, who in later life made it a rule to give away at least 500 pounds a year in…

1800-1810, 1820s, 1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s
John McConnell Black, MBE

John McConnell Black was born on 28th April 1855 in Wigtown, Scotland, the son of procurator fiscal and banker George…

1870s, 1880s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s
John Morphett

John Morphett, namesake of the Adelaide suburb Morphettville, contributed widely to the cultural and economic support of early south Australia.

1830s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s
John Stokes Bagshaw

Born in Chetwynd, Shropshire, England, on 15th August 1808, John Stokes Bagshaw was the son of farmers, Edward and Margaret…

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s
Julian Edmund Tenison Woods

This creative priest who has left an enduring legacy to education, to science and to the history of the Catholic…

1850s, 1860s, 1870s
King William Street

Celebration, commemoration and protest happen amid the grand buildings that line Adelaide’s main thoroughfare

main street

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

Lady Elizabeth Smith was twice the Mayoress of the City of Adelaide (married to the Mayor), from 1879-1882 and 1886-1888.…

1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s
Lady Mary Colton

Lady Mary Colton was the Mayoress of the City of Adelaide from 1874-1875. Early life Mary Colton was born on…

1820s, 1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s
Lavington Bonython fountain

Affectionately known as the ‘Bonython bath’, this fountain stood outside the South Australian Museum from 1965 to 2005

fountain

fountain, memorial, sculpture

1870s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1920s, 1930s, 1960s
Lawrence Allen Wells, OBE

Lawrence Allen Wells was born on 30th April 1860 at Yallum Station, near Penola, South Australia, the son of squatter…

1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s
Legal Profession

The evolving profession in South Australia retained some centuries-old practices.

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1980s
Lunatic Asylum

The Adelaide Lunatic Asylum was located on North Terrace at Hackney, at the location where the National Wine Centre now…

1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s
Luther Robert Scammell

Luther Robert Scammell was born at Hindmarsh, South Australia, on 20th March 1858, the son of pharmacist Luther Scammell and…

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s
Mahomet Allum

Mahomet Allum was described in glowing testimonials as ‘the wonder man’ and by his adversaries as a ‘quack’. One of…

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s
Margaret Preston

Margaret Rose Preston was born on 29th April 1875 at Port Adelaide, South Australia, the daughter of marine engineer David…

1870s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s
Mary Jane Warnes, MBE

Although financial hardship was seldom the personal problem for Mary Warnes that it was for many of her contemporaries, she…

1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s
Mary Lee bust

‘My aim is to leave the world better for women’ – Mary Lee was an activist, suffragist and unionist

bust

bust, sculpture, union, wages, women, work

1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1990s
MC ‘Thistle’ Anderson

MC ‘Thistle’ Anderson (b. 1879) was best known for her 1905 attack on self-satisfied Edwardian Adelaide through her pamphlet Arcadian…

1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s
McLaren Wharf

Built between 1839 and 1840, McLaren Wharf was the first element of maritime infrastructure established at Port Adelaide.

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

South Australia’s rich mineral wealth is reflected in the state’s long mining history

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1940s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s
Mitchell Building

The ‘University Building’ has served many functions since it opened in 1882

university building

1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1920s, 1930s, 1960s, 1970s
Mrs Ada Cain

Ada Cain was Lady Mayoress of the City of Adelaide (married to the Lord Mayor) between 1933-1935 Early Life and…

1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s
Mrs Adela (Ada) Solomon

Adela Solomon was the Mayoress of Adelaide between 1869-1871. Early Life Adela (Ada) Solomon was born in December 1841, in…

1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s
Mrs Agnes Wright

Agnes Wright was Mayoress in 1859. Early Life Agnes Wright came to South Australia with her first husband, Henry Stuckey,…

1820s, 1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s
Mrs Amelia Fuller

Amelia Fuller was twice the Mayoress of the City of Adelaide (married to the Mayor), from 1866-1869 and 1882-1883. Early…

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s
Mrs Anna Bartels

Anna Bartels was Mayoress of the City of Adelaide (married to the Mayor) between 1871 and 1873. Early Life Anna…

1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910

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