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The Siege of Tobruk Cross

The Siege of Tobruk cross is one of six commemorative crosses that feature in the Crosses of Memory that form…

Second World War
The Slide

What fun! John Dowie’s work invigorates Rundle Mall

bronze sculpture

sculpture

1970s
The Smith Brothers’ Grave

The Smith brothers’ grave is situated in a prominent position adjoining the Bishop Short Memorial Garden alongside the century-old Chapel…

1920s
The University of Adelaide

Reflecting the province’s progressive founding ideals, the University of Adelaide on North Terrace was South Australia’s first university, established in…
Thomas Bewes Strangways

Strangways Terrace in North Adelaide is named after Thomas Bewes Strangways, one of the junior members of the Street Naming…

Adelaide Street Names, Strangways Terrace, Street Naming Committee

1830s, Early 1800s, Mid 1800s
Thomas Gilbert

Thomas Gilbert, a loyal and faithful believer in the colony established according to the Wakefield principle, was the first colonial…

Adelaide Street Names, Street Naming Committee

Early 1800s, Late 1700s, Mid 1800s
Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy lectured and wrote on the wine business and olive growing, was a member of the Phylloxera Board, Wine…

late nineteenth century, mid nineteenth century
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
Three Rivers Fountain

The Three Rivers fountain in Victoria Square commemorates the Royal Visit in 1963

fountain

fountain, heron, ibis, river, sculpture, swan

1960s, 2010s
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 Kruse

Esmond Gerald ‘Tom’ Kruse was an outback transport operator. Tom began driving the Birdsville Track Mail Run for Harry Ding…

1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1980s, 1990s
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
Torrens Building

Built in 1881, this heritage-listed building on Victoria Square has long captured the public’s imagination with tales of secret tunnels.

1870s, 1880s
Torrens Island internment camp

During the First World War hundreds of men – ‘enemy aliens’ – were interned on Torrens Island in the Port…

1910s
Torrens Lake Fountain

The Torrens Lake Fountain commemorates the first time South Australia was visited by a reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II in…

fountain

1950s
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
Tricycle

Tricycle, painted red and white.

1950s
Tunnels of Adelaide

Adelaide tunnel tales are a perennial favourite in the popular press, and are cheerfully perpetuated by tour operators and publicans everywhere.

thing

building, engineering, tunnels

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Unitarians

Originally a liberal religious faith without dogma or creeds, Unitarians now emphasise the importance of free inquiry, tolerance of religious…

early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Untitled

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

public art

1970s
Urban Cow Studios

Previously situated on Frome Road, near the corner of North Terrace, the Urban Cow Studio has been operating in Adelaide…

1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
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
Vickers Vimy

The Vickers Vimy was flown by Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith on their epic flight from England to Australia in 1919,…

1910s
Victor Richardson Gates

An outstanding all-round sportsman was provided with the rare honour of being memorialised during his lifetime

entrance gates

cricketer, football, gates, relief, sculptor

1920s, 1930s, 1960s, early twenty–first century
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
Victoria Square/ Tarntanyangga

Victoria Square, named after Princess Victoria (later Queen Victoria) in 1836, is the central and most significant of Adelaide’s squares.

city square

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
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
Ville de Bordeaux

Originally designed as a warship, this French merchant vessel’s first—and only—foray into South Australian waters was fraught with illegality and controversy.

1840s, 1850s, 1860s
Violet Day

Before the poppy became the recognised flower for war memorials the violet, in South Australia, was the ‘symbol of perpetual…

commemoration

1910s, 1920s

Featured Thing

‘Street Art Poetry Project’ Location 3

‘Street Art Poetry Project’ Location 3

Featured Thing

‘The Apron’ by Karen Genoff

‘The Apron’ by Karen Genoff

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14 Pieces

14 Pieces

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‘Street Art Poetry Project’ Location 3

‘Street Art Poetry Project’ Location 3

Mark Niehus’ four-part series cemented his status as a prominent poet and artist in Adelaide.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander War Memorial

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander War Memorial

Australia’s first memorial to recognise the service of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples was unveiled in Adelaide on 10 November 2013.

Captain Charles Sturt Memorial

Captain Charles Sturt Memorial

Leaning forward and shielding his eyes from the sun, this bronze figure of Sturt looks over Victoria Square, not the land he explored

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