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Flinders Street

From ‘City of Churches’ to the ‘City of Cars’, Flinders Street reflects changes in Adelaide

City & Town Streets

1830s, 1840s, 1860s, 1870s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, early twenty–first century
Floods

Paradoxically, the only parts of South Australia to experience occasional serious disruption of by flooding are the far distant sparsely…

1840s, 1860s, 1870s, 1890s, 1920s, 1930s, 1950s, 1970s, 2010s
Flower Day

Every year between 1938 and 1975 Adelaidians showed pride in their city by beautifying it with mass displays of flowers…

floral displays

Flower Day

1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
Frank Tennyson Perry

Frank Tennyson Perry (1887–1965) was born in Gawler and educated at Prince Alfred College before joining his uncle’s engineering business…

1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
Gerard and Goodman

Gerard and Goodman became Gerard Industries, or Clipsal, under Alfred Gerard and his son Geoff’s leadership

1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
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
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
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 Jefferson Bray Memorial Fountain

The John Jefferson Bray Memorial Fountain commemorates the life of a senior judge, scholar and poet

court, judge, poet

1910s, 1930s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1990s
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
Kate Cocks, MBE

‘Look out! Here comes Miss Cocks!’ was the catchword in Adelaide after the much publicized appointment on 1st December 1915…

1900-1910, 1910s, 1930s, 1950s
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 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

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Adelaide Brewery

Adelaide Brewery

Adelaide Brewery was an early colonial enterprise. While brewing has long ceased there, the building survives in a different guise.

Adelaide Fruit and Produce Exchange

Adelaide Fruit and Produce Exchange

The striking facade from Adelaide’s private produce market in the north east corner of the city remains a city landmark, though the market itself no longer operates.

Migration Museum

Migration Museum

Opened in 1986 the Migration Museum in Adelaide was a world first.

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