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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander War Memorial
Australia’s first memorial to recognise the service of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples was unveiled in Adelaide on 10…
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Adelaide
The city of Adelaide refers here to the area within the outer boundary of the parklands; that is, the ‘square…
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Adelaide Benevolent and Strangers’ Friend Society
The first major group to highlight the community’s concern for the destitute and poor was the Adelaide Benevolent and Strangers’…
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Adelaide City Council plaques
Adelaide City Council plaques promote the city’s heritage and some South Australian identities.
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Adelaide Mosque
For over a century the Adelaide Mosque has provided a centre for prayer, community and celebration.
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Adelaide Steamship Company
Collection held by the South Australian Maritime Museum relating to Australia’s largest shipping company and one of South Australia’s most successful…
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Architecture
The distinctive architectural character of Adelaide and its suburbs has disappeared since 1980 – city high-rise offices and derivative styles…
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Art Galleries
Adelaide’s art galleries contribute to its reputation as a city of the arts. The South Australian Society of Arts, established…
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Australian Democrats
The Australian Democrats have been arguably the most successful minor party in Australia’s political history and one that (unlike the…
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Australian Rules Football
The structure of local Aussie Rules football competitions has changed over time, just as the game itself has continued to…
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Ayers House
Acquired and extended on the back of copper mining from the mid 1840s, Ayers House has had three main occupancies…
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Baptist Church
Baptists are a much higher proportion of regular churchgoers than the rest of the state’s population
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Bay to Birdwood
Standing on the side of the road, waving at a cavalcade of heritage vehicles parading past is an experience many…
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Bicycles
From ‘boneshakers’ to penny-farthings to mountain bikes, bicycles have certainly changed since the 1860s.
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Breweries and beer
How did Lion and Coopers come to be South Australia’s only major brewers of beer today?
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Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd
South Australia has very close historic and daily links to the mining and processing activities of BHP Billiton.
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Brown Street
Brown Street, running from South Terrace to Grote Street, morphed into Morphett Street in 1967 but the area retains its out-of-the-way feel
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Carrick Hill
An Elizabethan-style house from the 1930s with a large garden set in Adelaide’s foothills, Carrick Hill is now a museum…
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Central Market
The Central Market is a distinctively Adelaide institution, renowned for fine food and produce and a bustling cosmopolitan atmosphere
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Christian Science
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, traditionally regarded as unorthodox, has a wider influence than its numerically small size suggests
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City Sign
The artwork, commissioned in 1973 and opened in 1977 was created by sculptor Otto Hajek.
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Closer Settlement
Settlers believed that using land intensively maximised its value and civilised its occupants, and that holdings should be small to…
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Coopers Brewery
Coopers Brewery has survived where many others have failed; it is now the only Australian-owned major brewing company.
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Copper Industry
Copper brought unexpected wealth to the new colony and was an economic mainstay for 70 years, with a resurgence since…
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Defence Science and Industry
South Australia has been closely involved in the nation’s defence science and industry work for almost a century and continues…
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East Terrace
A street in an area of contrasts – the rich, the poor, society figures, outcasts, business, leisure, health and education are…
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Elections
Elections to select members of parliament or local councillors are an important part of the democratic system. Who is allowed…
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Electricity
Although amateur scientists had tinkered with it, electricity was not put to public use in South Australia until the arrival…
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Estcourt House
Estcourt House has been a landmark along the seafront, in the area now known as Tennyson, since 1882.