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Mrs Elizabeth Glandfield

Elizabeth Glandfield was the Mayoress of Adelaide from 1859-1862. Elizabeth Ann née Hawkes married Edward Bootle Wilbraham Glandfield in Adelaide…

1820s, 1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s
Mrs Emily Scott

Benefactress, Emily Scott was Mayoress of Adelaide between 1877 and 1878. Early Life Emily Scott was born in 1840 at…

1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s
Mrs Frances Goode

Frances Goode was the Mayoress of Adelaide from 1863 to 1864. Frances Goode née Russell was born in 1838 in…

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s
Mrs Harriet Bullock

Harriet Bullock was Mayoress from 1891-1892. Early Life Harriet Bowen, known to all as Hetty, was born in South Australia…

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910
Mrs Jane Buik

Jane Buik was the Mayoress of Adelaide (married to the Mayor) between 1878-1879. Early Life Jane Clark Buik née Spankie…

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s
Mrs Jane Kerr Peacock

Jane Peacock was the Lady Mayoress of the City of Adelaide (sister-in-law to the Mayor) from 1875-1877. Early Life and…

1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s
Mrs Jane Townsend

Jane Townsend was Mayoress of the City of Adelaide (married to the Mayor) from 1864-1866. Jane Hooper Townsend née Norris…

1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s
Mrs Julia Lazarus

Julia Lazarus was Mayoress of the City of Adelaide (married to the Mayor) from 1855-1858. Julia Lazarus was the wife…

1800-1810, 1820s, 1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s
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
Palm House

Built in 1877 as a greenhouse for tropical plants, the Palm House was immediately hailed as the pride of the…

1870s
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
Poeppel’s Corner Post

Wooden post used to mark the point where the boundaries of South Australia the Northern Territory and Queensland meet.

1870s, 1880s
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
Queen Victoria Monument

Since 1894 Queen Victoria has looked imperiously over the bustle of Victoria Square

monuments and memorials

1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1950s, 1960s