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Adelaide Festival of the Arts

This festival is widely recognised as one of the great international arts festivals, while its accompanying Writers’ Week is the…

festival, public art

art, celebration, festival, literature

1960s, 1970s, 1990s, 2000-2010
Henley-on-Torrens Regatta

In 1910 thousands of people lined the Torrens to see the carnival of lavishly decorated boats in the first Henley-on-Torrens…

boating, regatta

Adelaide, boating, celebration, community, Henley-on-Torrens, history, regatta, rowing, Torrens

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

The lives and cultures of ‘Afghan’ cameleers are recognised in Whitmore Square

commemorative sculpture

art, camel, cameleer, celebration, mosque

1860s, 1870s, 2000-2010

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Armistice Day 1918

Armistice Day 1918

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Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday

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Bay to Birdwood

Bay to Birdwood

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First World War

First World War

The tragedy of war was compounded by disturbance on the homefront in wartime and post-war reconstruction activities.

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