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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
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 McDouall Stuart statue

The statue of inland explorer John McDouall Stuart at the corner of Victoria Square and Flinders Street, Adelaide, commemorates his place…

statue

explorer, sculpture, statue

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1960s
Jonas Vanagas

Jonas Vanagas lived in Lobethal after migrating from Europe after the Second World War. He and his family settled in…

1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, Second World War
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 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
Lady June Porter

The quintessential lady, exuding warmth and embracing life and all it has to offer, Lady June Porter was Lady Mayoress…

1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
Lady Margaret Rymill

Lady Margaret Rymill was Lady Mayoress, Married to the Lord Mayor, from 1950-1953. Early Life Lady Margaret Rymill was born…

1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010
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
League of Women Voters

The League of Women Voters (so named from 1939), earlier entitled the Women’s Non-Party Political Association, was established in South…

political group

1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
Lithuanian House

Lithuanian house is a meeting place and cultural centre established by the Lithuanian community in Adelaide.

archives, buildings, community organisation

1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
Lord Florey bust

Adelaide-born Lord Florey won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1945 for his part in making the infection-fighting penicillin available

bust

bust, prize, scientist, sculpture

1890s, 1920s, 1940s, 1960s
Lyell Alexander McEwin

Lyell Alexander McEwin (1897–1988) received a frugal Mid North upbringing which taught him the motto, ‘waste not, want not’, that…

1890s, 1900-1910, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
Madley Theatre Glass Mosaic

The principal of the Adelaide Teachers College commissioned this work for the college’s Kintore Avenue building.

public art

1960s, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Marjorie Jackson Nelson, AO, MBE

Marjorie Jackson was born on 13th September 1931 at Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, the daughter of fitter and turner…

1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s

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