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J150 Plaque, Luther Robert Scammell
Manufacturing chemist Luther Scammell prepared compounds, saved a struggling business, and coined the name ‘Solyptol’.
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J150 Plaque, Margaret Graham
Margaret Graham was an outspoken and forthright nursing sister and army matron, with a strong sense of justice.
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J150 Plaque, Margaret Preston
A highly influential painter and printmaker, Margaret Preston was once described as ‘a natural enemy of the dull’.
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J150 Plaque, Mary Helen MacKillop
An educationist and co-founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Mary MacKillop is now famous as Australia’s only Catholic saint.
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J150 Plaque, Mary Jane Warnes
Deeply affected by the isolation and loneliness of her early married life, Mary Jane Warnes strived to improve conditions for her…
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J150 Plaque, May Mills
Educationist and sports administrator May Mills believed ‘the wholesome development of a nation’ depended on sport.
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J150 Plaque, Murdoch Stanley McLeod
A very industrious and conservative businessman, Murdoch McLeod was generous but modest and never flamboyant.
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J150 Plaque, Norman Tindale
Norman Tindale was a prodigious anthropologist and polymath who chronicled Aboriginal culture, studied butterflies and moths, and broke Japanese wartime codes.
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J150 Plaque, Norman William Jolly
A forestry scientist by profession, Norman Jolly was also an accomplished scholar known for his integrity and keen critical faculty.
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J150 Plaque, Paris Nesbit
Barrister, intellectual and proud hedonist, Paris Nesbit was an early starter who allegedly read Milton at three and translated Goethe…
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J150 Plaque, Percy Raymond Begg
Literally born in a tent, Percy Begg became a pioneer orthodontist whose innovations benefit patients to this day.
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J150 Plaque, Peter Nelson and Marjorie Jackson Nelson
A resolute cyclist, Peter Nelson was married to Marjorie Jackson Nelson and died of leukaemia at a young age. A phenomenally successful…
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J150 Plaque, Peter Smith Dawson
A singer of both bush ballads and classics, Dawson was the first to record ‘Waltzing Matilda’.
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J150 Plaque, Peter Waite
A pastoralist who built an empire on sheep and cattle runs, Peter Waite was also a major philanthropist.
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J150 Plaque, Richard Bowyer Smith
Richard Bowyer Smith and his brother Clarence could both rightfully claim distinction as the inventors of the stump-jump plough.
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J150 Plaque, Richard Moritz Schomburgk
A botanist, horticulturist and the director of the Adelaide Botanic Garden, Richard Schomburgk was honoured locally as ‘the people’s pet’.
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J150 Plaque, Robert Barr Smith
Robert Barr Smith had a genius for business. He was also a generous philanthropist, though his modesty dictated that much…
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J150 Plaque, Ronald Max’y Sharpe
1986 marked the 150th anniversary of the colonisation of South Australia. To commemorate the sesquicentenary, the Jubilee 150 Board decided…
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J150 Plaque, Samuel Thomas Gill
Artist Samuel Thomas Gill produced a lively visual record of early South Australia.
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J150 Plaque, Sir Archibald Grenfell Price
Working with this vivacious geographer, historian and educationist was said to be ‘like hanging on the tail of a comet’.
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J150 Plaque, Sir Charles Todd
Sir Charles Todd was a leader in the fields of meteorology, astronomy and communications, and is best remembered for masterminding…
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J150 Plaque, Sir Claude Gibb
An irascible yet open-minded engineer, industrialist and ideas man, Sir Claude Gibb was responsible for the design of the Centurion tank.
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J150 Plaque, Sir Douglas Mawson
Sir Douglas Mawson became famous as an Antarctic explorer, but the geology of South Australia was his life’s work.
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J150 Plaque, Sir Edward Hayward
Known as ‘Bill’, Sir Edward Hayward was a businessman, patron of the arts and the originator of the Adelaide Christmas…
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J150 Plaque, Sir Edward Holden
Motor car manufacturer and industrialist Sir Edward Holden gave his name to a car, albeit posthumously.
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J150 Plaque, Sir Edward Stirling
Sir Edward Stirling was (among other things) a surgeon, scientist, educationist, curator, lecturer and parliamentarian; in short, a Renaissance Man.
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J150 Plaque, Sir Edwin Thomas Smith
Sir Edwin Thomas Smith was a brewer, parliamentarian and, thanks to his philanthropy, Adelaide’s favourite millionaire.
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J150 Plaque, Sir George Brookman
A wealthy businessman and quiet philanthropist, Sir George Brookman was a conservative who was described as ‘hard but fair’ by…
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J150 Plaque, Sir George Kingston
By turns architect, engineer, surveyor and parliamentarian, Sir George Kingston was also Speaker of the House of Assembly for almost…
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J150 Plaque, Sir Hans Heysen
Sir Hans Heysen was a masterly artist, the immortaliser of the gum tree on canvas, and a dedicated conservationist.
