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Augustus Short

Augustus Short (1802–83) was South Australia’s first Anglican bishop. Born in Devon, he was educated at Westminster School, London, and…

1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s
Austral Hotel

Constructed from east to west in January 1880, Adelaide’s most distinctive commercial complex of14 shops and hotel, heading west along…

early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Aviemore

158 Stephen Terrace, Walkerville, known as Aviemore, was the family home of Australian aviators Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith.158 Stephen…
Ayers House

Acquired and extended on the back of copper mining from the mid 1840s, Ayers House has had three main occupancies…

early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Ayers House

The last mansion of its era on the south side of North Terrace

1870s
Bank of Adelaide

This building at 81 King William Street was home to the Bank of Adelaide from its opening in 1880. A…

1880s
Baptist Church

Baptists are a much higher proportion of regular churchgoers than the rest of the state’s population

1830s, 1840s, early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
Beaches

With their carnivals and regattas, bathing-beauty competitions, amusements, sea and sand, beaches were one of the key gathering places for South…

1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1920s, 1930s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
Beef Riot

In January 1931, during the Great Depression, more than 1000 unemployed men clashed with police in protest at the replacement…

Great Depression, protest, work

1930s
Beehive Corner

Built in 1896, Beehive Corner with its Neo-Gothic facade has been a famous meeting spot since the early 20th century.

1840s, 1890s, 1990s
Bejah Dervish

Bejah Dervish, son of Dervish Bejah, was born in Baluchistan, India (now Pakistan), in about 1862. He served in the…

1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s
Bent Street Mural

Tony Rosella and Ash Rundle’s environmentally and historically inspired artwork on the South Australian Police Building on Grenfell Street.

2010s
Big Scotsman

The Big Scotsman has adorned Scotty’s Motel since 1963.

1960s
Bill’s Fountain – State Library of South Australia

This fountain is a memorial to William Faulding Scammell, AO, CBE who was Chancellor of Adelaide University from 1991 to 1998.

Other

fountain, library

2000-2010
Birkenhead Bridge

Opened in 1940 as a replacement for the original Jervois Bridge, the Birkenhead Bridge was the first to employ a double-bascule…

1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
Boarding Out Society

The origins of foster care for disadvantaged children

1860s, 1870s, 1880s
Bonython Hall

Since 1936 this hall in Gothic style has served the University of Adelaide and the community

university hall

1920s, 1930s, 2000-2010
Book Plan of South Adelaide

Book Plan of South Adelaide. Courtesy of the State Library of South Australia, SLSA: B1578746 Prior to the development of…

plan

cottages, rubbish, sanitation

1880s
Botanic Hotel and Chambers

This land was originally inhabited by Mr W Harcus in the 1860s, specifically where the Botanic Hotel now stands. The…

1860s, 1870s, 1880s
Botanic Park

Botanic Park has blossomed as a place for informal family gatherings and a venue for public events

park

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s, 2020s, Aboriginal Country pre-contact
Bottle

Bottle of herbal lotion sold by Mahomet Allum. (a) A small, oblong, clear glass bottle with screw top. There is…

1940s, 1950s
Boyle Travers Finniss

Boyle Travers Finniss (1807–1893), South Australia’s first premier, was born at sea off the Cape of Good Hope and educated…

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1880s
British Hotel (Port Adelaide)

Port Adelaide’s British Hotel is the longest continuously licensed hostelry in the Port, and also the only remaining pub on…

1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
Bronze Sculpture No. 714

Bronze Sculpture No. 714 is the culmination of forty years of research into the mechanical aspects of industrial equipment.

public art

1980s, late twentieth century
Brookman Building

Developing technical education via a School of Mines and Industries leading to SAIT and then UniSA

university hall

1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910
Brown Street

Brown Street, running from South Terrace to Grote Street, morphed into Morphett Street in 1967 but the area retains its out-of-the-way feel

City & Town Streets

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, early twenty–first century
Bushrangers

No bushrangers to threaten the utopian dream, but criminal activity led to Australia’s first police force

1830s
Captain Charles Sturt

Charles Napier Sturt was born in Bengal, India, on 28th April 1795, the son of judge Thomas Napier Lennox Sturt.…

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s
Captain Charles Sturt Memorial

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

statue

farewell, sculpture

1830s, 1840s, 1900-1910, 1910s
Carclew

The youth arts centre Carclew was the starting point of McDouall Stuart’s expedition across Australia in 1861

1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s

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