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Sir James Hurtle Fisher

Hurtle Square is one of the principal squares in the central business district of Adelaide. It is named after James…

Adelaide Street Names, Colonial Governance

Early 1800s, Mid 1800s
William Wolryche Whitmore

In Adelaide William Wolryche Whitmore’s name is perpetuated in one of the six city squares, along with Queen Victoria, Colonel…

Adelaide Street Names, Colonial Governance, South Australia Act, Street Naming Committee

1810s, 1820s, 1830s, 1850s, Late 1700s

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Abraham Tobias Boas

Abraham Tobias Boas

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Adelaide Laetitia Miethke, OBE

Adelaide Laetitia Miethke, OBE

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Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm

Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm

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Abraham Tobias Boas

Abraham Tobias Boas

Abraham Boas was born on 25th November 1842 in Amsterdam, Holland, the son of Rabbi Tobias Boas and Eva Salomon […]

Adolf John Schulz

Adolf John Schulz

Adolf John Schulz was a significant early twentieth-century educationist who made important contributions to the development of the University Training […]

Alexander Hore-Ruthven

Alexander Hore-Ruthven

1st Earl of Gowrie and one time Governor of South Australia

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