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Adelaide Steamship Company

The Adelaide Steamship Company was Australia’s largest shipping company and one of South Australia’s most successful business ventures.

1870s, 1880s, 1890s, early twentieth century, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Adelaide Town Hall

The classically inspired Adelaide Town Hall was opened in 1866 and accommodates council chambers and civic reception rooms. It remains…
Adelaide Workers’ Homes Inc.

Providing housing for ‘industrious and deserving’ workers since 1899

philanthropic

aged, pensioner, philanthropy, worker

1890s, 1930s, 2010s
Adelaide Workmen’s Homes

Cottages built for workers through a bequest from businessman and philanthropist Sir Thomas Elder

terrace houses

1890s, 1900-1910, 1960s, 1970s
Adolf John Schulz

Adolf John Schulz was a significant early twentieth-century educationist who made important contributions to the development of the University Training…

1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s
Advanced School for Girls

The pioneering Advanced School for Girls of 1879 evolved to be a central part of Adelaide High School from 1908.

school

education, girls’ education

early twentieth century, late nineteenth century
Albert Bridge

Albert Bridge is a cast-iron bridge across the River Torrens at Frome Road, built in 1879.

1870s
Albion Hotel Ball

My third great-grandfather’s Grand Opening Ball at the Albion Hotel, 1864.

balls, hotel

1860s
Alexander Maurice Ramsay, CBE

Alexander Maurice Ramsay was born in Adelaide, South Australia, on 27 October 1914, the son of boot machinist Alexander Ramsay…

1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
Alexander Tolmer

By any account, Alexander Tolmer was a colourful character whose thirst for action and adventure was matched only by his…

1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s
Alexandrine Seager

Alexandrine Seager was born at Ballarat, Victoria, on 10th November 1870, the daughter of miner and farmer William Laidlaw and…

First World War
Alfred Edward Gerard

Alfred Edward Gerard was born on 11th August 1877 at Aberdeen, near Burra, South Australia, the son of labourer William…

early twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Alfred Hannaford, MBE

Alfred Hannaford was born on the 23rd June 1890 at ‘Wattle Vale’ near Riverton, South Australia, the son of farmer…

early twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Alfred Hermann Traeger, OBE

In 1928 a friendly but self-effacing Adelaide man, Alf Traeger, revolutionized communications in the Australian outback by inventing the pedal…

1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
Alfred Muller Simpson

Like his father before him, Alfred Muller Simpson began his working life as a tinsmith. During his apprenticeship in his…

1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s
Alice

Who, or what, is following Alice in Rymill Park?

bronze statue

children, fountain, picnic, playground, sculpture

1950s, 1960s
Amos William Howard

Amos William Howard was born on 31st May 1848 at Silk Mills, Watford, Hertfordshire, England, the son of gardener William…

early twentieth century, late nineteenth century
Andrew Alexander Kirkpatrick

Andrew Alexander Kirkpatrick was born in London, England, on 4th January 1848. His mother, Mary Ann Gildin (née Stinton), was…

early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, mid nineteenth century
Anglican Church

An important shaper of South Australian society, particularly in religious circles, education, welfare, the professions and politics.

religious, institution, Christian

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
Anna Moir Rennie

Anna Moir Rennie served the Port Adelaide community for nineteen years as Councillor and eventually as the Port’s first female…
Anzac Arch

Anzac Arch was built as a monument of appreciation to the men who fought in the First World War.

1910s, 1920s
apron

The apron was worn by Joan Mallen when she worked at the Cheer Up Hut on the banks of the Torrens,…

1940s
Archbishop’s House

Archbishop’s House, formerly known as Bishop’s Palace, was built in 1845 as the residence for the Roman Catholic Bishop of…

early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, mid nineteenth century
Archie Badenoch

Not many historic vessels in the care of maritime museums around the world still work as hard as South Australia’s…

1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s, Second World War
Archives

Archives in South Australia have grown and changed in the years since Professor Henderson’s 1915 report to the South Australian government.

early twentieth century, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Armistice Day 1918

Huge crowds gathered on the streets of Adelaide on 11 November 1918 to celebrate the armistice of the First World…

Adelaide, armistice, First World War, peace

1910s
Arnold Edwin Victor Richardson, CMG

Arnold Edwin Victor Richardson was born in Thebarton, South Australia, on 12th September 1883, the son of ironfounder George Edwin…

1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s
Art Gallery of South Australia

The classical building of the Art Gallery of South Australia, with its gracious colonnaded portico, is one of the cultural…

art galleries

1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
August Kavel

August Ludwig Christian Kavel was born in Berlin, Prussia, on 3rd September 1798. After training at Berlin University, where he…

1830s, 1840s, 1850s
August Wilhelm Pelzer

Landscape gardener and horticulturalist August Wilhelm Pelzer was appointed by the Adelaide City Council as ‘City Gardener’ in August 1899.…

1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s

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Adelaide Festival Centre

Often considered as the ‘Heart of the Arts’ the Adelaide Festival Centre is home to an eclectic range of cultural performances. The building was erected in 1973 on the banks of the River Torrens in support of the unity of South Australia and Adelaide communities and the thriving culture of the arts. It was under the architectural vision of John Morphett and the profound enthusiasm of the general public that the Festival Centre was built.

Coopers Brewery

Coopers Brewery has survived where many others have failed; it is now the only Australian-owned major brewing company.

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