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Royal Adelaide Show

The Royal Adelaide Show has become the annual meeting place for country and city.

agricultural show

agricultural show

early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Rundle Street

Rundle Street has been a centre of shops and arcades, theatre and cafes, as well as acrimonious debate

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Saint Mary’s Dominican Convent and School

Saint Mary’s Convent and School is one of several historically significant Catholic church buildings and religious community residences based on Franklin Street and…

early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Saint Patrick’s Church

Saint Patrick’s Church on Grote Street is one of several historically significant Catholic church buildings in the southwest corner of…

early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Sarah Young

Sarah Jane (Jeanna) Young (née Foster) (1866–1955), inspired by Catherine Helen Spence, became secretary of the Effective Voting League (1897),…

early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Scandinavians in South Australia

Geographic Origins Scandinavia is a region in northern Europe. It includes Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Community Activities A number of…

1890s, early twentieth century, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Science

Before and after the arrival of Europeans, Aboriginal peoples had a well-developed cultural understanding and practical knowledge of plants, animal…

science

biology, chemistry, physics, science

Aboriginal Country pre-contact, early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Singaporeans in South Australia

Singaporean migration to South Australia has occured from the early nineteenth century, however, when the Restriction Act 1901 was relaxed…

early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Sir Claude Gibb, KBE

Claude Dixon Gibb was a man whose prodigious energy, flair for publicity and wide experience brought him many honours and…

early twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Sir Douglas Mawson

Sir Douglas Mawson was a colossus of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration who carried the banner of scientific research…

early twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Sir Edward Hayward

Edward Waterfield Hayward (known as ‘Bill’) was born in Adelaide, South Australia, on 10th November 1903, the son of Arthur…

early twenty–first century, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Sir Edward Holden

Edward Wheewall Holden was born on 14th August 1885 at College Town, South Australia. He was educated at Prince Alfred…

early twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Sir Hans Heysen, OBE

Wilhelm Ernst Hans Franz Heysen was born in Hamburg, Germany, on 8th October 1877, the son of Louis Heinrich Wilhelm…

1960s, early twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Sir Lloyd Dumas

At the end of a long life Sir Lloyd Dumas described himself as ‘the luckiest man in the world’. He…

early twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Sir Mark Oliphant AC KBE

State Governor from 1971-1976, Sir Mark Oliphant was a man of conscience, not content with the purely ceremonial role of…

late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Sir Robert Helpmann, CBE

Robert Helpmann was comprehensively described by Ninette de Valois, the head of the Vic-Wells Ballet, as ‘talented, enthusiastic, extremely intelligent,…

early twentieth century, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Sir Roland Jacobs

Roland Ellis Jacobs was born at North Adelaide on 28th February 1891, the son of company director Samuel Joshua Jacobs…

1970s, early twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Six o’clock Swill

From 1915 to 1967 bars and hotels in South Australia closed at 6pm in the evening.

nightlife

early twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Slovaks in South Australia

The first known Slovak to arrive in Australia was Brother Jakub Longa, a Jesuit, who was sent to Australia in 1888…

1880s, early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Slovenians in South Australia

The first Slovenians arrived in South Australia in 1946. They emigrated as Displaced Persons from camps in Italy, Austria and…

1940s, early twenty–first century, mid twentieth century
Social structure

Social structure and class are more than income and wealth and involve status, religion and ethnicity too

class, community, people, social structure, workers

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Song of Australia

‘Song of Australia’ became the accepted national song in South Australia and, for a time, throughout Australia.

late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
South Australian Brewing Co. Ltd

Still brewing strong: Lion’s West End Brewery at Thebarton.

breweries

alcohol, beer, brewery

early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
South Australian Hotel

This hotel on North Terrace was first licenced as a public house in 1878 and was closed and demolished in…

hotels

early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
South Australian Liberal Party

South Australia’s major non-Labor political party has gone from a record period of governing to years in the political wilderness.

early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
South Australian National Party

The National Party: A changing party in a changing political, social and rural environment

South Australian Country Party, South Australian National Party

early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Stobie Poles

Unique to and ubiquitous throughout South Australia, the ugliness of stobie poles is periodically denounced, as also the mortal damage…

electricity

early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Stuart Case

National attention was focused on the conduct of justice in South Australia in December 1958 when the Stuart case took…

mid twentieth century
Sturt Street School

Sturt Street Primary School, built in 1883, was the local primary school for families living in the South West of…

early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Sylvia Birdseye

Sylvia Birdseye was born Sylvia Jessie Catherine Merrill near Port Augusta on 26 January 1902, the daughter of station-hand Charles…

Great Depression, mid twentieth century, Second World War

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mid twentieth century

Royal Adelaide Show

Rundle Street

Saint Mary’s Dominican Convent and School

Saint Patrick’s Church

Sarah Young

Scandinavians in South Australia

Science

Singaporeans in South Australia

Sir Claude Gibb, KBE

Sir Douglas Mawson

Sir Edward Hayward

Sir Edward Holden

Sir Hans Heysen, OBE

Sir Lloyd Dumas

Sir Mark Oliphant AC KBE

Sir Robert Helpmann, CBE

Sir Roland Jacobs

Six o’clock Swill

Slovaks in South Australia

Slovenians in South Australia

Song of Australia

South Australian Brewing Co. Ltd

South Australian Hotel

South Australian Liberal Party

South Australian National Party

Stobie Poles

Stuart Case

Sturt Street School

Sylvia Birdseye

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Armistice Day 1918

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Ash Wednesday

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Bay to Birdwood

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