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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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Elements and Being
Akio Makigawa invites audiences to move within and around this 5.8-metre-high marble sculpture.
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Estcourt House
Estcourt House has been a landmark along the seafront, in the area now known as Tennyson, since 1882.
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Exhibitions
Exhibitions have been major occasions in the lives of many South Australians.
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Eyre Peninsula
South Australia’s largest peninsula and best-defined region has a long history but to date no general historian.
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Eyrie
Bronwyn Oliver’s copper and bronze sculpture floats above the walkway that links North Terrace to the River Torrens and Elder Park.
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Farnese Hercules
One of three statues given to Adelaide by WA Horn, Hercules was unveiled in October 1892 in Victoria Square.
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Feminism
Feminism is a politics concerned with advocating rights and opportunities for women; especially any extension of women’s social, economic and…
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FH Faulding & Co.
From a humble origin to major international status within the pharmaceutical industry
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Fishing
Especially in coastal and riverine areas, fishing has always played an important role in the cultural, material and social lives…
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Fleurieu Peninsula
From prehistoric times through the Aboriginal Dreaming to a modern region popular for settlement, farming, tourism and recreation.
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Forestry
With few areas of high rainfall, South Australia lacks abundant native forests.
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Freemasonry
The first South Australian Freemasons lodge formed in England, before the colony of South Australia was settled.
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Gas
Domestic oil and gas exploration and discoveries have been vital for South Australia’s development
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Ghanaian in South Australia
African and Asian Ghanaians have immigrated to Australia since 1973, when the White Australia policy was abolished.
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Gladys Sym Choon
Gladys Sym Choon’s Chinese heritage and her business selling oriental goods were an exotic attraction at a time when the…
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Good Neighbour Council
The South Australian branch of the Good Neighbour Council was founded in 1949. Its aim was to assist in the…
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Greeks in South Australia
Greek arrivals in South Australia increased in the years after the First World War
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Harold Hubert Salisbury
Harold Hubert Salisbury (1915–1991), a career policeman and winner of the Queen’s Police medal in 1970, was recruited from Yorkshire…
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Health
How healthy are South Australians? And what makes the differences?
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Hellenic Club
The Hellenic Club on Morphett Street is one of several social venues established by the Greek community in Adelaide.
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Heritage Conservation
Conserving built heritage incurs passionate debates about the development of society and the physical evidence of the evolution of the…
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Higher education
Higher education has expanded to provide a range of benefits to all.
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Hindmarsh Square / Mukata
Hindmarsh Square, located in the north-east of Adelaide, was one of the six squares designed by Colonel William Light in…
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Historical Societies
While statewide historical societies formed in New South Wales in 1901, Victoria in 1909, Queensland in 1913 and Western Australia…
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History and Historians
Historians of South Australia have asked one question above all others: how is South Australia different?
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History Trust of South Australia
In 1981 an act of parliament established the History Trust of South Australia as a statutory authority.
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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…
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Horseracing
Reputed to be Australia’s third-largest industry, horseracing contributes to the national economy and state government revenues through direct employment and…
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