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Housewives’ Association
Quite an association in promoting issues affecting housewives, children and the home, addressing women’s issues and protecting the consumer
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Hungarians in South Australia
The first Hungarians arrived in South Australia after the failed 1848 revolution against the Hapsburg rulers of Austria
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Hurtle Square / Tangkaira
Located in the south-east of Adelaide on the Kaurna peoples land of Tandayangga (place of the Red Kangaroo Dreaming), Hurtle Square…
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Indonesians in South Australia
Indonesians had contact with Australia before white settlement
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Industrialisation
For three decades or so from the late 1930s, largely coinciding with the premiership of Tom Playford, rapid industrialisation transformed…
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Invisible Farmer SA Collection
The Invisible Farmer collection is created from contributions from community museums, history groups and individuals throughout South Australia. It consists…
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Italians in South Australia
Antonio Giannoni from Rimini was the first Italian to settle in South Australia
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Jetties
Integral to ease and safety for marine traffic and trade, jetties also have uses as promenades and for fishing
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Jewish in South Australia
Jews are descendants of a nomadic people who lived in the Middle East in ancient times, or adherents of the…
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Jewish People
Small in number over time, Adelaide’s Jews have contributed significantly to the professions, especially medicine, and are well represented in…
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John Flynn, OBE
John Flynn was born on 25th November 1880 at Moliagul, Victoria, the son of Thomas Eugene Flynn, a state school…
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John William Wainwright
John William Wainwright (1880–1948) was born in Naracoorte in the South East, studied accountancy at night and became South Australia’s…
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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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Kindergartens
Based on the philosophy and understanding of child development of the German educator and philosopher Friedrich Froebel, kindergartens in South…
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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…
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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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Latvians in South Australia
In the nineteenth century South Australia was visited by numerous Latvian sailors who worked on Baltic trading ships, carrying mainly…
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Lawrence Bragg
Lawrence Bragg jointly won the 1915 Nobel Prize for Physics with his father, William Bragg for their work in X-Ray…
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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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Logic (Pinba)
Logic (Pinba), a convicted murderer, was described in the Advertiser of 12 December 1885 as ‘one of the most popular…
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Lord Florey, OM
Howard Walter Florey was born in Adelaide, South Australia, on 24th September 1898, the son of boot manufacturer Joseph Florey…
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Magarey Medal
An award for the ‘fairest and most brilliant player’ in South Australia’s major Australian Rules football competition
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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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Margaret Graham, RRC
Margaret Graham, a nurse at the Adelaide Hospital, gained notoriety in 1895 when she supported a group of senior nurses…
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Marriage and divorce
Marriage and divorce rates have fluctuated according to social mores and legislative imposts.
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Methodist Church
Several of the brands of Methodism introduced to colonial South Australia merged in 1977 to become the Uniting Church.
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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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Mothers’ and Babies’ Health Association
Could the problem of infant mortality be dealt with by giving expert advice to mothers? The Mothers’ and Babies’ Health…