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The Adelaide plains were inhabited by the Kaurna people before the colonisation of South Australia, their territory extending from what is now Cape Jervis to Port Broughton. The Kaurna lived in family groups called yerta , a word which also referred to the area of land which supported the family group.
Media in category "Images of Adelaide people" The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. J. File:John Reynell.jpg; W. File:WP Adelaide meetup3 ...
People [ edit ] After a historic meeting at Exeter Hall on 30 June 1834, where the principles, objects, plan and prospects of the new Colony of South Australia were explained to the public, hundreds of enquiries from prospective immigrants started to arrive at the South Australian Association 's headquarters in London .
The extended family groups of the Adelaide Plains, who spoke dialects of a common language, were named according to locality, such as Kawanda Meyunna (North men), Wirra Meyunna (Forest People), Pietta Meyunna (Murray River people), Wito Meyunna (Adelaide clan's former name), Tandanya (South Adelaide people), etc. – but they had no common name ...
The West Terrace Cemetery, formerly Adelaide Public Cemetery is a cemetery in Adelaide, South Australia. It is the state's oldest cemetery, first appearing on Colonel William Light 's 1837 plan of the Adelaide city centre , to the south-west of the city.
The Ash Wednesday fires razed the Adelaide Hills, claiming twenty-eight lives throughout the state. Wendy Chapman elected the first woman Lord Mayor of Adelaide. 1984: Population of Adelaide reaches one million people. Keswick Railway Terminal opened. The Indian Pacific, Trans-Australian and The Ghan first run into Adelaide.
Image credits: Detroit Photograph Company Historians date the oldest photograph to 1826 France. At least that's the oldest one that we know of today. That's when Joseph Nicéphore Niépce started ...
Adelaide Road: Mount Barker: Mt Barker: Wallis Cinemas, tavern & function centre: Built 1860 as Lachlan MacFarlane's Oakfield Hotel [11] 1922: Methodist Rest and Convalescent Home. Ayers House: 1855: Sir Henry Ayers: 288: North Terrace: Adelaide: Adelaide: National Trust: Originally named Austral House [12] Restored and open for public use in ...