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Aboriginal Missions
Christianity was first introduced to the Kaurna of the Adelaide plains by two German Lutheran missionaries, Clamor Schürmann and Christian…
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Copper Industry
Copper brought unexpected wealth to the new colony and was an economic mainstay for 70 years, with a resurgence since…
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Elizabeth Woolcock
Elizabeth Lillian Woolcock (née Oliver) was born in 1847 at Burra. Separated from both her parents by the age of…
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Fishing
Especially in coastal and riverine areas, fishing has always played an important role in the cultural, material and social lives…
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George Hannaford
George William Hannaford was born on 4 January 1852, the son of farmer George Williams Hannaford and his wife Ann…
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Henry John (Harry) Butler, AFC
Harry Butler was a charismatic young daredevil whose barnstorming style was the first introduction for thousands of South Australians to…
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HMCS Protector
Built between 1882 and 1884, South Australia’s only colonial warship was a veteran of three major conflicts and still exists today as…
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Ngadlu Padninthi Kamangka (We Walk Together) mural
Narisha Cash’s mural acknowledges and celebrates the Kaurna people as the traditional owners and custodians of Adelaide and the Adelaide…
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Prisons
Although South Australia was proclaimed a free settlement, colonial officials soon found they needed a gaol to house lawbreakers.
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Sir Walter Watson Hughes
Shortly before his death on New Year’s Day, 1887, Walter Watson Hughes wrote to his nephew, ‘I have been a…
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Yorke Peninsula
Life on the ‘ill-shaped leg’ of Yorke Peninsula has revolved around mining, farming, fishing, shipping and tourism, while the region’s…
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