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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, 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, 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 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 John Melrose
Despite going blind, pastoralist and philanthropist Sir John Melrose continued to work with stock and managed properties.
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J150 Plaque, Sir Thomas Elder
A pastoralist, philanthropist and businessman, Elder supported numerous outback expeditions and Adelaide institutions.
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J150 Plaque, William Light
Remembered as the founder of the City of Adelaide, Light was South Australia’s first surveyor-general.
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J150 Plaque, William Muirden
William Muirden founded the Muirden College for Business Training, and was known for his well-balanced and harmonious nature.
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JH & GF Angas Memorial
The Angas Memorial was completed in 1915 as a tribute to the memory of George Fife Angas and John Howard…
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Jimmy James, OAM
Jimmy James was born in the hot spinifex desert of Central Australia, at his father’s waterhole, west of Ernabella. He…
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John Abel McPherson
John Abel McPherson was born on the 28th January 1860 in Aberdeen, Scotland, the son of domestic servant Ann McPherson.…
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John Anderson Hartley
John Anderson Hartley was a man who made a difference. For twenty-five years he dominated the educational development of South…
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John Harvey
John Harvey (1821–1899) emigrated from Scotland and arrived in South Australia in 1839. He drove a coach between Gawler and…
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John McDouall Stuart
On 26th November 1862 ten exhausted, gaunt and ragged men, on their limping, emaciated horses, arrived at a remote stock…
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John Morphett
John Morphett, namesake of the Adelaide suburb Morphettville, contributed widely to the cultural and economic support of early south Australia.
