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The Governor, Sir Archibald Weigall, officiated and women laid violets at the ceremony.
The railway, which ended at Victoria Square, ran from 2 August 1873 until replaced by new electric trams in 1929.
At the unveiling on 11 August 1894 military bands played and children from schools within the Adelaide City Council area sang the ‘Song of Australia’.
