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Kaurna language (Kaurna warra)
Kaurna, the original language of Adelaide and the Adelaide Plains, is once again being heard.
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Kaurna People
The original people of the Adelaide Plains are still here – and once again speaking the Kaurna language.
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Land
Aboriginal people were conservative and conservationist land managers; European settlers and their descendants expected land to be the backbone of society…
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Letters Patent
South Australia’s founding document is once again the source of intense political and legal debate.
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Light Square/ Wauwi
Originally intended as a recreational garden oasis from the surrounding city, Light Square, however, developed a reputation for prostitution, drinking…
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Magazines
The first South Australian magazine to focus on local content was the South Australian Magazine, first published in 1841. Other magazines published…
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Marriage and divorce
Marriage and divorce rates have fluctuated according to social mores and legislative imposts.
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Matthew Moorhouse
Matthew Moorhouse, a medical practitioner, arrived in South Australia from Staffordshire, England, in June 1839 to take up appointment as…
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Mid North
As the Mid North has developed and prospered in accordance with the opportunities and restraints of transport and technology, so…
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Nursing
On-the-job experience was the only training for the earliest nurses, but the profession is now part of the higher education…
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Overlanders
The one viable alternative to importing live stock by sea was the droving of stock overland from New South Wales,…
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Philanthropy
‘South Australia’, wrote the early twentieth-century author of The Cyclopedia of South Australia, ‘owes its existence to a movement which…
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Population
South Australia’s demography is in many ways the most distinctive of all Australia’s states, but the wealth of historical population…
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Prisons
Although South Australia was proclaimed a free settlement, colonial officials soon found they needed a gaol to house lawbreakers.
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Pubs
JM Freeland characterises Australian pubs as among ‘the most socially significant, historically valuable, architecturally interesting and colourful features of Australian…
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Retail Trade
In the early years of European settlement the distinction between retail trade, wholesale trade and importing in South Australia was…
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River Murray
The River Murray has been central to South Australia’s existence. Named in 1830 by Charles Sturt after Sir George Murray,…
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Roads
This is the story of how an efficient road system was created in South Australia
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Rundle Street
Rundle Street has been a centre of shops and arcades, theatre and cafes, as well as acrimonious debate
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Science
Before and after the arrival of Europeans, Aboriginal peoples had a well-developed cultural understanding and practical knowledge of plants, animal…
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Synagogue Place
Synagogue Place, named after the Synagogue built in 1850, has been the centre of the Jewish community in South Australia…
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Temperance
The temperance movement saw the abolition of alcohol as a cure for society’s ills – and also believed it was…
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Theatre
South Australia’s theatrical beginnings were commercial and entrepreneurial: trade as much as art drove public houses and performance together.
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Victoria Square/ Tarntanyangga
Victoria Square, named after Princess Victoria (later Queen Victoria) in 1836, is the central and most significant of Adelaide’s squares.
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Viticulture
The growing of grape vines dates from the earliest years of European settlement in South Australia.
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Wealth
In South Australia, the prime key to wealth has been land. From its inception as a European colony, ownership (or…
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Wheat
The story of wheat is more than the story of a versatile food grain. In South Australia, the history of…
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