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Giordano Collection

A collection held by the Migration Museum documenting the life of Antonio Giordano.

1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
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
Hardwicke Girls College

An inclusive girls school just outside the Adelaide city centre that educated girls on par with their brothers. Unheard of…

building, educational & research establishments, school

1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1920s, 1930s
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
Helen Mary Mayo, OBE

Helen Mary Mayo was born in Adelaide, South Australia, on 1st October 1878, the daughter of civil engineer George Gibbes…

1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
Henley-on-Torrens Regatta

In 1910 thousands of people lined the Torrens to see the carnival of lavishly decorated boats in the first Henley-on-Torrens…

boating, regatta

Adelaide, boating, celebration, community, Henley-on-Torrens, history, regatta, rowing, Torrens

1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
Henry John (Harry) Butler, AFC

Harry Butler was a charismatic young daredevil whose barnstorming style was the first introduction for thousands of South Australians to…

1910s, 1920s
Henry Newman Barwell

Henry Newman Barwell (1877–1959) was called to the South Australian bar in 1899; successful advocacy for the defence in seven…

1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1940s, early twentieth century
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
HMCS Protector

Built between 1882 and 1884, South Australia’s only colonial warship was a veteran of three major conflicts and still exists today as…

1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 2010s, early twenty–first century, late twentieth century
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
Ian Mudie

Ian Mudie (1911–1976) was a poet and publisher, and fiercely nationalistic. He was involved in his youth with the ill-fated…

1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
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
Ivor Henry Thomas Hele

Ivor Henry Thomas Hele (1912–1993) was born in the Adelaide suburb of Edwardstown. An official war artist in North Africa,…

1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s
J Reedman Memorial Drinking Fountain

The J Reedman Memorial Drinking Fountain was erected in Creswell Gardens on 7 September 1929. It is made of Angaston marble and signifies…

monuments and memorials

fountain

1920s
James Arthur Prescott, CBE

James Arthur Prescott was born on 9th October 1890 at Bolton, Lancashire, England, the son of textile engineer Joseph Arthur…

1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
Jean, Lady Bonython, OBE

Lady Bonython once said, when addressing a meeting of the ladies committee of the Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital, ‘I do…

1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
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
Jessie Mary Cooper

Jessie Mary Cooper (née McAndrew) (1914–1993) was the first woman elected to South Australia’s parliament. Sydney-born, she graduated from the…

1850s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s
John Bishop OBE

John Bishop was born Lionel Albert Jack Bishop at Aldinga, South Australia, on 26th October 1903, the son of saddler…

1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
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
Juliet Mary Clampett

Juliet Clampett was Lady Mayoress of the City of Adelaide (married to the Lord Mayor) between 1973-1975. Early Life and…

1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, Second World War
King Edward VII Memorial

Creating and installing King Edward VII’s statute took eight months longer than the period of his reign

statue

king, sculpture, statue

1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1920s
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
Knot

The shining steel and simple form of Knot typifies the work of sculptor Herbert (Bert) Flugelman.

sculpture

1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
Lady Constance Jean Bonython

Lady Constance Jean Bonython was the Mayoress of the City of Adelaide in 1913 and the Lady Mayoress 1927-1930. The…

1830s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, early twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Lady Deborah Moulden

Lady Deborah Moulden was Lady Mayoress of the City of Adelaide (married to the Lord Mayor) between 1919-1921. Lady Hackett…

1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
Lady Deborah Vernon Moulden

Lady Deborah Vernon Moulden was Lady Mayoress (married to the Lord Mayor) between 1919-1921. Early Life and Career Deborah Vernon…

1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
Lady Eileen McLeay

Lady Eileen McLeay was Lady Mayoress of the City of Adelaide (married to the Lord Mayor) between 1946 and 1950.…

1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s

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