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  • Duryea Panorama
  • Light’s Plan of Adelaide 1837
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  • Eyre Peninsula, South Australia: A Bibliography

This month in South Australia’s history

Foundation stone laid
Foundation stone laid

The marble foundation stone of the ‘University Building’ was laid by Governor Sir William Jervois on 30 July 1879. The ceremony was attended by over two thousand people.

Violet Day in Burra

The BCLB participated in the festivities, providing entertainment.

The Grosvener Hotel opens
The Grosvener Hotel opens

Opened in July 1920 and designed by Albert Selmar Conrad, the four-storeyed Grosvenor with its 368 bedrooms (each with a wash basin) and marble façade rivalled the South Australian Hotel.

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