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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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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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Indians in South Australia
The first known Indian immigrants arrived in South Australia in the late 1830s
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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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Iranians in South Australia
According to oral history sources Kamran Eshraghian was the first known Iranian to settle in South Australia
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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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Japanese in South Australia
South Australia’s earliest contact with Japan was in 1876, when the South Australian government began negotiations to settle Japanese sugar…
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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 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 Miller Tregenza
John Miller Tregenza (1931–1999), historian, born in Port Lincoln, was educated at Nuriootpa and Adelaide, where he studied and briefly…
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Jordanians in South Australia
Most Jordanian South Australians have come to the state since the Second World War.
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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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Koreans in South Australia
Most Korean South Australians are from the Republic of Korea (known as South Korea). They first began arriving in South…
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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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Laotians in South Australia
The first large scale arrival of Laotians in Australia was in 1976. Only a few made their way to South…
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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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Lebanese in South Australia
Lebanese immigrants began arriving in Australia in the late nineteenth century. They emigrated from what was then the province of…
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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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Madley Theatre Glass Mosaic
The principal of the Adelaide Teachers College commissioned this work for the college’s Kintore Avenue building.
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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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Mandorla
This bronze sculpture by Marea Gazzard was commissioned by the Adelaide Station and Environs Redevelopment (ASER) Property Trust in 1992.
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Maralinga
The main site for joint Australian–British nuclear weapons tests in Australia lies 800 kilometres north-west of Adelaide on the southern…
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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…