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Sir Thomas Playford

Thomas Playford was Premier of South Australia from 1938 to 1965. He led his party to victory in eight successive…

1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
Sir Walter Watson Hughes

Shortly before his death on New Year’s Day, 1887, Walter Watson Hughes wrote to his nephew, ‘I have been a…

1840s, mid nineteenth century
Sir Walter Watson Hughes statue

The bronze figure of Sir Walter Watson Hughes by Francis Williamson stands on a massive block of red granite.

statue

mine, sculpture, statue, university

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1900-1910, 2000-2010
Sir William Mitchell, KCMG

William Mitchell was born in Inveravon, Scotland, in March 1861, the son of hill-farmer Peter Mitchell and his wife Margaret…

1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
South African War Memorial

The mounted trooper reining in his horse commemorates South Australians who served in the South African War (1899-1902).

War Memorial

bushman, horse, nurse, sculpture, statue, war

1890s, 1900-1910, 1930s, 2000-2010
Standing Work No. 3

Johnnie Dady’s cast iron work began as a cardboard approximation of a piano.

public art

2000-2010, early twenty–first century
Steam

The steam engine became part of daily life, thanks to its industrial applications, powering modes of transport and agricultural machinery,…

agriculture, boats, engines, ships, steam, trains, transport

early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, mid nineteenth century
Survey Chain

Survey chain used by Isaac Guley in surveying the City of Adelaide with Colonel Light.

1830s
Susan Grace Benny

Susan Grace Benny (1872–1944), known as Grace, was the first woman local government councillor in Australia. Her achievements are honoured…

1870s, 1890s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s
Susan Grace Benny Plaque

The first female local government councillor in Australia, Benny was a Justice of the Peace, a businesswoman and a lobbyist for…

plaques

2000-2010
Target Practice

Hossein Valamenesh reworked existing bricks and space in order to create this inlaid piece.

1980s, late twentieth century
The Immigrants

The Immigrants sculpture has been climbed on, sat on, stood next to and embraced by many people who have walked…

sculpture

migration, monuments, twentieth century

2000-2010
The opening of Parliament 1857

Crowds gathered on 22 April 1857 to watch Governor Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell open South Australia’s first fully elected parliament.

parliament

1850s
Thomas Quinton Stow

Thomas Quinton Stow was born on 7th July 1801 at Hadleigh, Suffolk, England, a descendant of an old farming family.…

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s
Tom Elder Barr Smith

A gentle man and a gentleman, Tom Barr Smith is often described as ‘a chip off the old block’ —…

1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s
Tom Price

Tom Price was born on the 19th January 1852 at Brymbo, North Wales, the son of stonemason John Price and…

1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910
Tourism

The South Australian Tourism Commission, established in 1993, focuses on marketing South Australia as a tourist destination to interstate and…

1880s, 1900-1910, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010
Untitled

Many passers-by fail to recognise Donald Judd’s minimalist sculpture as a work of art.

public art

1970s
Urn

Urn made by Henry Tijou and carried in Queen Adelaide’s funeral procession.

1840s
Venere di Canova

A startled Venus caused consternation as Adelaide’s first public statue in 1892

statue

sculpture, venus

1850s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1920s, 1930s, 1960s
Victor York Richardson, OBE

Vic Richardson remains South Australia’s greatest all-round sportsman. Educated at Kyre (now Scotch) College, he became an entertaining personality and…

1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
Vierge à l’offrande (Virgin of the Offering)

This bronze sculpture, titled Virgin of the Offering or Virgin of Alsace, is one of five casts of the work produced…

public art

1920s, early twentieth century
Walter Gill

When Walter Gill retired in 1923 after thirty-three years as South Australia’s third Conservator of Forests, he encapsulated his life…

early twentieth century, late nineteenth century
Walter Hervey Bagot

Walter Hervey Bagot was born at North Adelaide on 17th March 1880, the son of pastoralist John Bagot and his…

1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
War Memorial

Architect Louis Laybourne-Smith and sculptor George Rayner Hoff created a memorial that conveys the impact of the First World War

commemoration, memorial, sculptor

1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 2000-2010
War Memorial Fountain

South Australia became the first state in Australia to build a memorial for the First World War.

Other

memorial, WWI

1930s
William Anstey Giles

William Anstey Giles came from pioneering stock. He was born in Adelaide on 29th June 1860, one of the 78…

early twentieth century, late nineteenth century
William Charles Douglas Veale, CBE, MC, DCM

William Veale was born on 16th May 1895 at Eaglehawk, near Bendigo, Victoria, the son of John Veale and his…

1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
William Christie Gosse

Thirty-year-old widower William Christie Gosse was employed at the South Australian Survey Office when he was sent, in 1873, by…

1850s, 1860s, 1870s
William Henry Bragg Bust

This bust, sculpted in 2015 by South Australian artist Robert Hannaford, commemorates Professor William Bragg.

bronze sculpture

2010s

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