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St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral

Built in a striking Gothic Revival style, St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral is the Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Metropolitan Archdiocese…

1850s
Stag Hotel

This impressive landmark hotel of the Queen Anne style, rebuilt in 1903, was first licensed in 1849. The hotel conveys…

1840s, 1880s, 1900-1910, 2010s
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
Stanhope Press

The Stanhope press brought to Holdfast Bay in 1836 was used to print the Proclamation of South Australia.

1830s
State Herbarium

Tram Barn A, which once housed part of the tram fleet, is now the State Herbarium, housing over one million…

1900-1910
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
Steam Tug Yelta

Once an integral component of Port Adelaide’s fleet of working vessels, this sole-surviving example of an operational South Australian steam tug…

1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
Street Naming Committee

Colonial factions struggled over the names to bestow on Adelaide’s streets

government committee

Adelaide, map, streets, survey

1830s
Strikes

South Australian workers have usually been less militant than their interstate counterparts.

employment, industry, workers, workers’ rights

1840s, 1890s, 1910s, 1920s, 1940s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Second World War
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
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
Sym Choon Collection

A collection of objects related to the Sym Choon family, reflecting their lives as first generation Australians with Chinese heritage.

1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
Sym Choon Shops

In 1925/26 Thomas Sym Choon bought his four children a shop each.

1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
Synagogue Place

Synagogue Place, named after the Synagogue built in 1850, has been the centre of the Jewish community in South Australia…

early nineteenth century, early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Talking Our Way Home

Inspired by the handwritten letters of nineteenth and twentieth century migrants and the artist’s own experiences, Shaun Kirby’s installation functions…

public art

2000-2010, early twenty–first century
Talking Our Way Home

“Talking Our Way Home” is an art installation in and on the banks of the River Torrens in Elder Park/Tarndanya…

2000-2010
Tandanya

Originally built in 1921 as a power station and office for the Adelaide Electric Supply Company, today this beautiful building…

1920s
Target Practice

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

1980s, late twentieth century
The Athlete

Once dubbed ‘Adelaide’s most active statue’ the Athlete is now safely installed in the Lord Mayor’s Courtyard.

bronze statue

community, culture, statue

early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
The Eternal Question

Word artist Richard Tipping prompts us to consider big ideas in his sculpture ‘The Eternal Question’

art, poetry, sculpture

1940s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010
The first reading of the proclamation

The December 1836 proclamation at Holdfast Bay is South Australia’s best known historical event, despite it often being misunderstood

proclamation documents

European settlement, migration, proclamation

1830s
The Gardeners’ and Market Salesmen’s Association

On 24 November 1883, the East-End Market Hotel reflected the Australian surge in union participation in the 1880s, and increasing…

crops, east end, East End Market, East-End Market Hotel, East-End Market Picnic, gardeners, harvest, Mr Pascoe, Mr Wigzell, produce, salesmen, tradesmen, union, unions

1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s
The Great Stuart Demonstration

‘A red letter day in the calendar of South Australia’: welcoming home heroes

demonstrations, processions

explorers, John McDouall Stuart

1860s
The hulk ‘Fitzjames’

Between 1880 and 1891 the hulk Fitzjames, colloquially known as ‘Hell afloat’, served as a Reformatory for over 100 boys aged…

reform, welfare

1880s, 1890s
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 Lady Mayoress’ Chain

The Lady Mayoress’ chain was designed and crafted by Wayne MacIntosh, a lecturer in jewellery and silversmithing, who was particularly…

1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
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
The Proclamation

South Australia’s first vice-regal proclamation was read at Holdfast Bay on 28 December 1836

proclamation documents

British settlement

1830s

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Adelaide

The city of Adelaide refers here to the area within the outer boundary of the parklands; that is, the ‘square mile’ of the commercial centre, plus North Adelaide, the city’s first suburb.

Adelaide Brewery

Adelaide Brewery

Adelaide Brewery was an early colonial enterprise. While brewing has long ceased there, the building survives in a different guise.

Adelaide City Baths

Adelaide City Baths

Adelaide’s City Baths were a prominent and important social institution for more than a century from their opening in 1861

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