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William Charles Rigby (March 1834 – 14 July 1913) [1] was born in London.His parents had intended for him the life of a hatter, but he was attracted to bookselling, so was apprenticed to Parker & Sons of London and Oxford, [2] where George Robertson and Samuel Mullen (both became bookshop owners in Melbourne) were fellow workers.
The Adelaide Chronicle (full title: The Adelaide Chronicle, and South Australian Literary Record) was an early publication in Adelaide, the capital of the then province of South Australia. It was published between 1839 (185 years ago) ( 1839 ) and 1842 (182 years ago) ( 1842 ) , when it ceased publication as a result of the economic depression ...
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1856 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death. 14 January — J. F. Archibald, journalist and publisher (died 1919) [1]
The next important piece of legislation affecting SLSA was the 1939 number 44 Libraries and Institutes Act, which repealed the Public library, Museum and Art Gallery and Institutes Act and separated the Public Library from the (newly named) Art Gallery of South Australia and South Australian Museum, established its own board and changed its name to the Public Library of South Australia.
Adelaide was divided into two districts north and south of the river with North Adelaide composed of 342 acres (1.38 km 2) and Adelaide 700 acres (2.8 km 2), surrounded by over 2,332 acres (9.44 km 2) set aside as parklands for recreation and public functions. [3] [4] [5]
Defunct prisons in Adelaide (2 P) S. South Australian Company (2 C, 1 P) Pages in category "History of Adelaide" The following 125 pages are in this category, out of ...
The History of South Australia: From Its Foundation to the Year of Its Jubilee: Volume I.]. A Project Gutenberg of Australia eBook (posted 2013). With much material gathered by George Fife Angas used as the basis of this history. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Gouger, Robert (1898). Hodder, Edwin (ed.).
The University of Adelaide has a long history of scientific research and scholarship of international significance, and five Nobel Laureates have been associated with the university: Sir William Henry Bragg (Physics 1915); Sir William Lawrence Bragg (Physics 1915); Sir Howard Walter Florey (Physiology or Medicine 1945); J. M. Coetzee ...