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In 1836, the capital city of Adelaide was named after her. The Queen Adelaide Club for women is still active, and a bronze statue of Queen Adelaide stands in the foyer of the Town Hall. The Queen Adelaide Society was inaugurated in Adelaide in 1981 by the late Dorothy Howie with the twin objectives of promoting public awareness of Queen ...
The city was named after Queen Adelaide. [31] Adelaide was established as a planned colony of free immigrants, ... Adelaide and Elizabeth Downs. [190]
In the theory officially accepted today by the city, it bears the name of Voortrekker leaders Piet Retief and Gert Maritz. In another theory, the city was originally named after Retief alone, initially "Pieter Mouriets Burg" (after his given names) and transformed to its current form. Pinetown – Sir Benjamin Pine, governor of Natal
Wakefield wanted the colony's capital to be called Wellington, [citation needed] but King William IV preferred it to be named after his wife, Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen. The British government appointed a Board of Commissioners from people nominated by the South Australian Association, with the task of organising the new colony and meeting the ...
The hospital opened in 1954 originally as a maternity hospital and further expanded its services after establishment. At the request of the Government of South Australia, the hospital was named after Queen Elizabeth II, who had recently acceded to the Australian throne. A large portrait of the Queen, together with a letter authorising TQEH name ...
The first Australian Grand Prix held on the Adelaide Street Circuit. Queen Elizabeth 2 visits Adelaide for the first time. 1986: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visited Adelaide. Pope John Paul II visited Adelaide and held Mass to a gathering of hundreds of thousands in the Adelaide Parklands. The South Australian Maritime Museum opened ...
This is a list of places named after famous people in Australia: Adelaide , South Australia – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen [ 1 ] Alice Springs , Northern Territory – Alice Todd, wife of astronomer Charles Todd [ 2 ]
Adelaide is a feminine given name from the English form of a Germanic given name, from the Old High German Adalheidis, meaning "noble natured". The modern German form is Adelheid , famously the first name of Queen Adelaide , for whom many places throughout the former British Empire were named.