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The verdant universities, also referred to as the “gumtree” universities, are a group of Australian universities founded in the 1960s and 1970s. [1] These tertiary institutions were established in their respective state capitals, often next to native bushland (today’s nature reserves), and were usually centred around lush vegetative campuses, to which the term verdant refers.
The sandstone universities are an informally defined group comprising Australia 's oldest tertiary education institutions. [1] Most were founded in the colonial era, the exceptions being the University of Queensland (1909) and University of Western Australia (1911). All the universities in the group have buildings constructed primarily of ...
Construction of the Adelaide Festival Centre began in 1970 and South Australia's Sir Robert Helpmann became director of the Adelaide Festival of Arts. [ 74 ] [ 75 ] The South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) was established by the Don Dunstan government in 1972 and played a significant role in the revival of Australian cinema , with such ...
Mount Gambier is the second most populated city in South Australia, with an estimated urban population of 26,878 as of 2021.The city is located on the slopes of Mount Gambier, a volcano in the south east of the state, about 450 kilometres (280 mi) south-east of the capital Adelaide and just 17 kilometres (11 mi) from the Victorian border.
South Australian Museum. The South Australian Museum is a natural history museum and research institution in Adelaide, South Australia, founded in 1856 and owned by the Government of South Australia. It occupies a complex of buildings on North Terrace in the cultural precinct of the Adelaide Parklands.
Woolworths Group Limited is an Australian multinational retail and finance company, primarily known for the operation of its retail chain Woolworths Supermarkets across Australia, Woolworths (previously known as Countdown) in New Zealand and its discount department store Big W. Headquartered in Bella Vista, Sydney, it is the largest company in ...
Adelaide (/ ˈ æ d ɪ l eɪ d / ⓘ AD-il-ayd, [8] [9] locally [ˈædəlæɪd]; Kaurna: Tardanya, pronounced [ˈd̪̥aɳɖaɲa]) is the capital and most populous city of South Australia, [10] and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. The name "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide ...
List of Adelaide suburbs. Appearance. Fergusson Square in Toorak Gardens, a leafy inner eastern suburb. This is a list of the suburbs of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia, with their postcodes [ 1 ] and local government areas (LGAs). This article does not include suburbs and localities within the Adelaide Hills region.