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The Adelaide Festival of Arts, also known as the Adelaide Festival, an arts festival, takes place in the South Australian capital of Adelaide in March each year. Started in 1960, it is a major celebration of the arts and a significant cultural event in Australia.
The first Adelaide Writers' Week was held in 1960 as part of the Adelaide Festival of Arts, biennially in March. [1] It is the longest-running dedicated writers' festival in Australia. [2] The first event was organised by a committee headed by state librarian Hedley Brideson, in collaboration with the Fellowship of Australian Writers (SA).
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1960 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
Founded in 1960 as a loose collection of official (coordinated by the Festival of Arts) and unofficial events run by local artists, and initially seen as adjunct to the main Festival of Arts, the Fringe became an incorporated body in 1975, with the 1976 festival named Focus and later Adelaide Festival Fringe, before the 1992 change to Adelaide ...
1960: First Adelaide Festival of Arts held. 1962: Myponga Reservoir opened and connected to Happy Valley Reservoir. 1963: Port Stanvac Refinery began operations. Queen Elizabeth II visited. 1964: Record wind gust of 148 kilometres per hour noted in Adelaide. 1966: Flinders University opened at Bedford Park by the Queen Mother. Happy Valley ...
Adelaide Festival of Arts: Adelaide: 1960: Was biennial, annual since 2012; aka Adelaide Festival Adelaide Festival of Ideas: Adelaide: 1999: Biennial Adelaide Film Festival: Adelaide: 2003: Biennial Adelaide Food Fringe [101] South Australia: 2020: One of South Australia's largest food and beverage festivals. [102] Adelaide Fringe: Adelaide ...
1960: Adelaide Festival of Arts held for the first time. 1962: State Election: The Liberal Party, led by Thomas Playford, holds onto government. 1963: Port Stanvac Refinery begins operations. 1963: Queen Elizabeth II visits Adelaide. 1963: Gas discovered in the Cooper Basin. 1964: Record wind gust of 148 kilometres per hour recorded in Adelaide.
The Adelaide Festival Theatre Act 1964 provided for the erection of the Festival Theatre building. [5] The originally proposed site was the Carclew building in North Adelaide , which had been purchased from the Bonython family by the Adelaide City Council for the purposes of building a Festival Hall.