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Mrs Mabel Hayes

Mabel Lorna Hayes was Lady Mayoress of the City of Adelaide (married to the Lord Mayor) between 1971-1973. Early Life…

1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
Mrs Mahalia Philps

Mrs Mahalia Philps Lady Mayoress of the City of Adelaide (married to the Lord Mayor) between 1954-1957. Early Life and…

1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
Mrs Mary Bruce

Mary Bruce was the Mayoress of the City of Adelaide (married to the Mayor) from 1904-1907. Early Life and Career…

1900-1910, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s
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 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 Ursula Hargrave

Mrs Ursula Hargrave was Lady Mayoress (married to the Lord Mayor) from 1957-1960. Early Life and Career Ursula Lloyd was…

1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s
Mrs Valmai Roche

Mrs Valmai Roche was the Lady Mayoress of the City of Adelaide (married to the Lord Mayor) between 1975-1977. Early…

1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
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
Murdoch Stanley McLeod

Murdoch McLeod was born at Carrieton, South Australia, on 18th October 1893, the son of farmer John McLeod and his…

1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
Newmarket Hotel

The Newmarket hotel sits on Adelaide’s north western boundary which is the starting point drawn out by Colonial William Light…

building, pub

1830s, 1880s, 1920s
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
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
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
Percy Begg

Percy Raymond Begg (1898–1983) is a great figure in the history of orthodontics. Born in Coolgardie, Western Australia, he attended…

1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
Percy Raymond Begg AO

Percy Raymond Begg was a brilliant orthodontist who discovered a unique method of moving teeth. He provided many thousands of…

1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
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
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’s College

Designed in 1892, Queen’s School became one of South Australia’s leading private schools.

1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
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
Rex Theatre

Opening in 1933, inheriting the place of a cinema which had existed on the spot since 1910, the Rex Theatre…

1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s
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
Ronald Max’y Sharpe

Ronald Sharpe was born at Goodwood, South Australia, on 11th March 1905, the son of chargeman John Crutchfield Sharpe and…

1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
Roy ‘Mo’ Rene

Roy Rene, known most prominently for his character of Mo McCackie, has been generally hailed as one of Australia’s best…

1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s
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
Sir Archibald Grenfell Price, CMG

Archibald Grenfell Price was born at ‘Tutuila’, near Crafers in the Adelaide hills, on 28th January 1892, the son of…

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

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