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Unveiled by Marjorie Jackson-Nelson AC CVO MBE, then Governor of South Australia, and dedicated as a tribute to all migrant settlers to South Australia by then Lord Mayor the Right Hon. Michael Harbison.
The Adelaide ceremony in 1917 was held on 29 June. There was a ceremony and button day, and a volume of poems titled ‘Violet Verses’ was published.
Adelaide came to a standstill for Sir Ross’ funeral on 15 June.
