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This month in South Australia’s history

The rotunda is erected

The rotunda was made at Macfarlane’s Saracen Foundry in Glasgow and shipped from London. It is constructed of decorative wrought iron with a zinc roof and on arrival it was painted bronze, grey and blue. The rotunda officially opened on 28 November 1882.

Left England

The Vickers-Vimy and her crew left Hounslow, England on 12 November and flew across parts of Europe, the Middle East, India and south east Asia to Australia.

Pageant of Empire

A two-day event at Adelaide Oval which included tableaux by 13,300 schoolchildren on 27-28 November.