Adelaide & Suburbs
Adelaide (pronounced /ˈædəleɪd/[2]) is the capital and most populous city of the
Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth-largest city in Australia.
Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.28 million. The adjective form
of Adelaide used to describe residents or other qualities of the city is "Adelaidean".
Adelaide is a coastal city situated on the eastern shores of Gulf St Vincent, on
the Adelaide Plains, north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, between Gulf St Vincent and
the low-lying Mount Lofty Ranges. The suburbs reach roughly 20 km (12 mi) from the
coast to the foothills but sprawl 100 km (62 mi) from Gawler at its northern extent
to Sellicks Beach in the south.
Named in honour of Queen Adelaide, the German-born consort of King William IV, the
city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for a freely settled British province
in Australia. Colonel William Light, one of Adelaide's founding fathers, designed
the city and chose its location close to the River Torrens in the area originally
inhabited by the Kaurna people. Light's design set out Adelaide in a grid layout,
interspaced by wide boulevards and large public squares, and entirely surrounded
by parkland. Early Adelaide was shaped by religious freedom and a commitment to political
progressivism and civil liberties, which led to world-first reforms.
As South Australia's seat of government and commercial centre, Adelaide is the site
of many governmental and financial institutions. Most of these are concentrated in
the city centre along the cultural boulevard of North Terrace, King William Street
and in various districts of the metropolitan area.
Today, Adelaide is noted for its many festivals and sporting events, its food, wine
and culture, its long beachfronts, and its large defence and manufacturing sectors.
It continues to rank highly as a livable city, being in the Top 10 in The Economist's
World's Most Livable Cities index.
19th century
South Australia was officially settled as a new British province on 28 December 1836,
near The Old Gum Tree in what is now the suburb of Glenelg North. This day is now
commemorated as Proclamation Day in South Australia. The site of the colony's capital
city was surveyed and laid out by Colonel William Light, the first Surveyor-General
of South Australia, through the design made by the architect George Strickland Kingston.
In 1823, Light had fondly written of the Sicilian city of Catania: "The two principal
streets cross each other at right angles in the square in the direction of north
and south and east and west. They are wide and spacious and about a mile long", and
this became the basis for the plan of Adelaide. Light chose, not without opposition,
a site on rising ground close to the River Torrens, which became the chief early
water supply for the fledgling colony. "Light's Vision", as it has been termed, has
meant that the initial design of Adelaide required little modification as the city
grew and prospered. Usually in an older city it would be necessary to accommodate
larger roads and add parks, whereas Adelaide had them from the start.
Adelaide was established as the centre of a planned colony of free immigrants, promising
civil liberties and freedom from religious persecution, based upon the ideas of Edward
Gibbon Wakefield. Wakefield had read accounts of Australian settlement while in prison
in London for attempting to abduct an heiress, and realised that the eastern colonies
suffered from a lack of available labour, due to the practice of giving land grants
to all arrivals. Wakefield's idea was for the Government to survey and sell the land
at a rate that would maintain land values high enough to be unaffordable for labourers
and journeymen. Funds raised from the sale of land would be used to bring out working
class emigrants, who would have to work hard for the monied settlers to ever afford
their own land. As a result of this policy, Adelaide does not share the convict settlement
history of other Australian cities like Sydney, Perth, Brisbane and Hobart. As it
was believed that as a colony of free settlers there would be little crime no provision
was made for a gaol while the law was enforced by Sheriff Samuel Smart. In early
1838 Sheriff Smart was wounded during a robbery. The South Australia Police was formed
later that year to protect the community and enforce government regulations and the
first gaol was opened on 1 January 1839 with William Baker Ashton as Governor.
Adelaide's early history was wrought by economic uncertainty and incompetent leadership.
The first governor of South Australia, John Hindmarsh, clashed frequently with others,
in particular with the Resident Commissioner, James Hurtle Fisher. The rural area
surrounding Adelaide city was surveyed by Light in preparation to sell a total of
over 405 km2 (156 sq mi) of land. Adelaide's early economy started to get on its
feet in 1838 with the arrival of livestock from New South Wales and Tasmania. The
wool industry served as an early basis for the South Australian economy. Light's
survey was completed in this period, and land was promptly offered to sale to early
colonists. Wheat farms ranged from Encounter Bay in the south to Clare in the north
by 1860.
Governor Gawler took over from Hindmarsh in late 1838 and, despite being under orders
from the Select Committee on South Australia in Britain not to undertake any public
works, promptly oversaw construction of a governor's house, Adelaide Gaol, police
barracks, hospital, customs house and a wharf at Port Adelaide. In addition, houses
for public officials and missionaries, and outstations for police and surveyors were
also constructed during Gawler's governorship. Adelaide had also become economically
self-sufficient during this period, but at heavy cost: as a result of Gawler's public
works the colony was heavily in debt and relied on bail-outs from London to stay
afloat. Gawler was recalled and replaced by Governor Grey in 1841. Grey slashed public
expenditure against heavy opposition, although its impact was negligible at this
point: silver was discovered in Glen Osmond that year, agricultural industries were
well underway, and other mines sprung up all over the state, aiding Adelaide's commercial
development. The city exported meat, wool, wine, fruit and wheat by the time Grey
left in 1845, contrasting with a low point in 1842 when one-third of Adelaide houses
were abandoned.
Trade links with the rest of the Australian states were established with the Murray
River being successfully navigated in 1853 by Francis Cadell, an Adelaide resident.
South Australia became a self-governing colony in 1856 with the ratification of a
new constitution by the British parliament. Secret ballots were introduced, and a
bicameral parliament was elected on 9 March 1857, by which time 109,917 people lived
in the province.
In 1860 the Thorndon Park reservoir was opened, finally providing an alternative
water source to the turbid River Torrens. In 1867 gas street lighting was implemented,
the University of Adelaide was founded in 1874, the South Australian Art Gallery
opened in 1881 and the Happy Valley Reservoir opened in 1896. In the 1890s Australia
was affected by a severe economic depression, ending a hectic era of land booms and
tumultuous expansionism. Financial institutions in Melbourne and banks in Sydney
closed. The national fertility rate fell and immigration was reduced to a trickle.
The value of South Australia's exports nearly halved. Drought and poor harvests from
1884 compounded the problems, with some families leaving for Western Australia. Adelaide
was not as badly hit as the larger gold-rush cities of Sydney and Melbourne, and
silver and lead discoveries at Broken Hill provided some relief. Only one year of
deficit was recorded, but the price paid was retrenchments and lean public spending.
Wine and copper were the only industries not to suffer a downturn.
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Aberfoyle Park
Adelaide
South Australian Visitor and Travel Centre
Monday to Friday 8:30 AM to 5 PM
Saturday, Sunday and public holidays 9 AM to 2 PM
18 King William Street
1300 655276
Rundle Mall Information Centre
Monday to Thursday 10 AM to 5 PM
Friday 10 AM to 9 PM
Saturday 10 AM to 3 PM
Sunday 11 AM to 4 PM
Rundle Mall
08 8203 7611
THINGS TO SEE & DO
Botanic Garden Palm House, Bicentennial Conservatory and
Schomburgk Pavilion
corner of North Terrace and East Terrace
Gates open: Monday to Friday at 8 AM: Saturday and Sunday 9 AM:
Gates closed: December and January 7 PM;
February March October and November 6:30 PM;
April and September 6 PM;
May and August 5:30 PM;
June and July 5 PM
08 8222 9311
State Library of South Australia
North Terrace
08 807 7200
Parliament House
corner of North Terrace and King William Road
the first part, the western portion opened in 1889. The remainder was completed in 1939
Tours: Monday to Friday 10 AM and 2 PM except
public holidays, weekends and when Parliament is sitting
08 8237 9467
Adelaide Festival Centre
King William Road
Admission charged
08 8216 8600
Adelaide Gaol Historic Site
Gaol Road, off Port Road
open weekdays and Sundays 11 AM to 3:30 PM
admission charged
08 231 4062
Adelaide Town Hall
128 King William Street
free admission
08 8203 7302
Holy Trinity Church
the State's oldest church, which features a fully restored clock
Tattersalls Hotel
established 1882
Kelly's heritage bar-with original period decor
The Beehive Corner
Adelaide's historic retail and social icon
Ruthven Mansions-Adelaide's oldest apartment block, built in 1911
Scots Church built in 1850
National War Memorial erected in 1931
Government House the oldest part dates back to 1839
Old Parliament house-South Australia's original Parliament house
Adelaide Casino
situated in the Adelaide Railway Building which was built in 1928
Adelaide Zoo
Frome Road
open daily 9:30 AM to 5 PM
08 8267 3255
Mt Lofty Summit and Cleland Wildlife Park
open daily
Mt Lofty Summit Road
Crafers
Mt Lofty Summit- 08 8370 1054
Cleland Wildlife Park- 08 8339 2444
Prince Henry Gardens
Rundle Mall and the West End
TOUR OPERATORS
Central Bus Station
101-111 Franklin Street
Passenger Transport Infoline
1800 182160
Sealink Travel Group
440 King William Street
45 minute ferry service from Cape Jarvis to Kangaroo Island
Skylink Airport Shuttle sightseeing tours
Air South Regional
Adelaide Airport to Kangaroo Island
08 8234 4988
Prime Mini Tours
Full-Day Winery Tours
1300 667650
Gray Line
sightseeing day tours
24-hour reservations 1300 858687
Renaissance Air
Adelaide scenic flights, wine and cheese flights, outback Tours, lunch in the Flinders ranges
08 8341 5950
MARKETS
Adelaide Central Market
Gouger Street
Tuesday 7 AM to 5:30 PM
Thursday 9 AM to 5:30 PM
Friday 7 AM to 9 PM
Saturday 7 AM to 3 PM
Chinatown
Antique Market
32 Grote Street
08 8212 6421
HOSPITALS
Royal Adelaide Hospital
North Terrace
08 8222 4000
Women's and Children's Hospital
72 King William Road
North Adelaide
LAUNDRIES and DRY CLEANERS
Adelaide city
252 Hindley Street
Adelaide Laundrette
152 Sturt Street
Halifax Laundrette
289 Halifax Street
Shiny Bright's Laundry
81 Carrington Street
MUSEUMS & GALLERIES
Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute
253 Grenfell Street
open Monday to Sunday 10 AM to 5 PM
except Christmas Day and Good Friday
admission charged
08 8223 2467
Migration Museum
82 Kintore Ave
free admission 10 AM to 5 PM weekdays
1 PM to 5 PM weekends
08 8207 7580
History Trust Gallery
Torrens parade ground
Victoria Drive
free admission 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM weekdays
08 8203 9888
Ayres House Museum
a grand colonial museum named after its original owner and 19th-century State Premier, Sir Henry Ayres
Today Ayres House Museum is managed by the National trust. An extensive collection of 19th-century furniture, silver, paintings and costume illustrates life as it was in colonial Adelaide.
288 North Terrace
08 8223 1234
Art Gallery of South Australia
North Terrace
open Monday to Sunday 10 AM to 5 PM except Good Friday and Christmas Day
08 8207 7000
South Australian Museum
Includes the Origin Energy Fossil Gallery
North Terrace (between library and art gallery)
open daily 10 AM to 5 PM except Christmas Day and Good Friday
08 8207 7500
National Wine Centre of Australia
Corner of Botanic and Hackney Roads
open daily 9:30 AM to 5 PM
08 8303 3355
JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design
19 Morphett Street
Monday-Saturday 10 to 5
Saturday/public holidays 1-5
08 8231 0005
T’Arts Collective
open Monday to Saturday 10 AM to 5 PM
gaze arcade, Adelaide Arcade
08 8232 0265
Adelaide Oval Museum and Tours
King William Road
open Monday to Friday 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM
08 8300 3800
Bradman Collection
Institute building, corner of Kintore Ave and North Terrace
open Monday to Friday 9:30 AM to 5 PM; Saturday, Sunday and public holidays 12 noon to 5 PM
08 8207 7595
ACCOMMODATION
Hilton
Oakes Hotels and Resorts
Hotel 208
208-226 South Terrace
08 8223 4355
Adelaide Paringa Motel
15 Hindley Street
08 8231 1000
Majestic Roof Garden Hotel
55 Frome Street
08 8100 4499
The Sebel Playford
120 North Terrace
08 8213 8888
Stamford Plaza
150 North Terrace
08 8461 1111
Hotel Richmond
128 Rundle Mall
08 8215 4444
Mercure Grosvenor Hotel
125 North Terrace
08 8407 8888
Rockford Adelaide
164 Hindley Street
08 8211 8255
BACKPACKERS
Adelaide Central YHA
135 Waymouth Street
08 8414 3010
Blue Galah Hostel
level 1, 62 King William Street
1800 555322
Shakespeare International Backpackers
123 Waymouth Street
08 8231 7655
Adelaide Backpackers Inn
112 Carrington Street
1800 247725
Annie's place
239 Franklin Street
1800 818011
CARAVAN PARKS
Adelaide Airport
Adelaide University
Albert Park
Alberton
Aldinga
Aldinga Community Country Market
1st Saturday of each month 9 AM to 1 PM
Institute Hall, Old Coach Road
08 8556 5614
Aldinga Scrub
Bird Watching
ACCOMMODATION
CARAVAN PARKS
Beach Woods Eco-Tourist Park
2-42 Tuit Road
08 8556 6113
Aldinga Beach
Aldinga Beach Holiday Park
Cox Road
08 8556 3444
Aldgate
ACCOMMODATION
Cladich Pavilions
27-29 Wilpena Terrace
08 8339 8248
Allenby Gardens
Andrews Farm
Angle Park
Angle Vale
Virgara Wines
cellar door open seven days
Heaslip Road
08 8284 7688
Ascot Park
Ashbourne
Ashbourne Golf Club
Ashford
Ashton
Athelstone
Athol Park
Auldana
Banksia Park
Basket Range
ACCOMMODATION
Bishops
Lobethal Road
08 8390 3469
Beaumont
Bedford Park
Flinders Medical Centre
Flinders Drive
Marion Holiday Park
323 Sturt Road
1800 063193
BELAIR, 5052
Belair National Park Caravan Park
Upper Sturt Road
08 8278 3540
Bellevue Heights
Beulah Park
Beverley
Biggs Flat
Birkenhead
Black Forest
Blackwood
Wittunga Botanic Garden
Shepherds Hill Road
open every KE: 8:30 AM to 4 PM weekdays
10 AM to 5 PM weekends and public holidays
08 8222 9311
Blair Athol
Blair Athol West
Blakeview
Bolivar
Highway One Caravan and Tourist Park
925-963 Port Wakefield Road
08 8250 3747
Bowden
Bradbury
Brahma Lodge
Bridgewater
Petaluma
Mount Barker Road
08 8339 9222
St Githa's Garden
Brighton
Brighton Markets
Brighton Public School
2nd Sun : 7am – noon
Broadview
Brompton
Brooklyn Park
Brown Hill Creek
Buchfelde
Buckland Park
Burnside
Burton
Camden Park
Campbelltown
Carey Gully
Castambul
Cavan
Chandlers Hill
Cheltenham
Cherry Gardens
Cherryville
Christie Downs
The Original Open Market
1st and 3rd Sunday of every month: 9 AM to 2 PM
The Reserve-Beach Road
08 8382 5539
Christies Beach Tourist Park
39 Sydney Crescent
08 8326 0311
Christies Beach
Christies Seahorse
1 the Esplanade
0437 133500
Christies Beach Tourist Park
08 8326 0311
Clapham
Clarence Gardens
Clarence Park
Clarendon
Clarendon Country Market
The Old Clarendon Inn
Sun:10am – 4pm
Clearview
Clovelly Park
College Park
Collinswood
Colonel Light Gardens
Coromandel East
Coromandel Valley
Cowandilla
Crafters
Mount Lofty Summit Visitor Information Centre
Mount Lofty Summit Road
open daily: 9 AM to 5 PM
08 8370 1054
Mt Lofty Summit and Cleland Wildlife Park
open daily
Mt Lofty Summit Road
Crafers
Mt Lofty Summit- 08 8370 1054
Cleland Wildlife Park- 08 8339 2444
Crafters Inn Hotel
8 Main Street
08 8339 2050
Craigburn Farm
Craigmore
Croydon
Cumberland Park
Darlington
Sturt River Caravan Park
Brookside Road
08 8296 1113
Davoren Park
Daw Park
Dernancourt
Devon Park
Direk
Dover Gardens
Dry Creek
Dudley Park
Dulwich
Eagle On The Hill
Eastwood
Echunga
Echunga Hills Treasure Market
1st Saturday of each month: 7:30 AM to 12 noon
Echunga Institute car park
08 8388 6457
Hagen Arms Hotel@Echunga
1 Angus Road
08 8388 8223
Eden Hills
Edinburgh
Edwardstown
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Downs
Elizabeth East
Elizabeth Grove
Elizabeth North
Elizabeth Park
Elizabeth South
Elizabeth Vale
Elizabeth West
Enfield
Enfield Plaza
Erindale
Ernabella
Ethelton
Evandale
Evanston
Gawler Markets
Every Wednesday
Gates open 6am
Tiver Rd
Starplex Leisure Centre
Alexander Ave
08 8522 0622
Gawler Aquatic Centre
40 Para Rd
08 8523 0083
Dalkeith Caravan Park
Lot 82, Main North Rd
08 8254 6699
Everard Park
Exeter
Export Park
Fairview Park
Felixstow
Ferryden Park
Findon
Firle
Fitzroy
Flagstaff Hill
Flaxley
Flinders Park
Flinders University
Forest Range
Forestville
Fregon
Frewville
Fulham
Fulham Gardens
Fullarton
Gawler
See also Evanston
Gawler Visitor Information Centre
2 Lyndoch Road,
(08) 8522 9260
MARKETS
Lions Market
Every Sunday
Gawler Railway Station
Open:8am – noon
Open Air Market @ Gawler Park
Every Sunday: 8am – 1pm
Antiques & Collectables
1st Sunday: 9.30am
Gawler Greyhound Pavilion, Nixon Tce
THINGS TO SEE & DO
National Trust Museum
Open: 1pm – 4pm Tue to Friday 1pm – 4pm Sunday
59 Murray St
08 8522 5557
Church Hill State Heritage Walking Tour
Main St Walking Tour
Gawler Community Art Gallery
Gawler Clock Tower
Historic Railway Station
Fielke’s Bats
See cricket bats made from start to finish
Indoor & Outdoor swimming pool
Village Twin Cinema
11 Murray St
08 8523 1633
Gawler Swimming Pool
Victoria Tce
08 8522 2034
PUBS
Willaston Hotel
33 Main North Rd
08 8522 1021
The Exchange Hotel
155 Murray St
08 8522 1889
Old Spot Hotel
77 Murray St
08 8522 1043
Bushmans Hotel
10 Cowan St
Gawler Arms
102 Murray St
08 8522 1856
Southern Hotel
23 Murray St
08 8522 1065
Kingsford Hotel
32 Murray St
08 8522 1687
Prince Albert Hotel
109 Murray St
08 8522 1865
Criterion Tavern
Railway Family Hotel
CLUBS
Gawler Golf Club
Williamstown Rd
Sandy Creek
08 8524 4231
ACCOMMODATION
CARAVAN PARKS
Gawler Caravan Park
Main North Road
08 8522 3805
Hillier Park Residential Village
Hillier Road
08 8522 2511
Gawler Belt
Gepps Cross
Gilberton
Gilles Plains
Gillman
Glandore
Glanville
Glen Osmond
Glenalta
Glenelg
Glenelg Visitor Information Centre
Foreshore
08 8294 5833
Glenelg Market
Moseley Sq
Oct to May
Sat, Sun: 9am to dusk
THINGS TO SEE & DO
Historic Pillar
Commemorating where first settlers came ashore
Mosely Square
The Beachhouse
Entertainment Complex
Colley Terrace
open seven days-Sunday-Thursday 9 AM to 8 PM
Friday and Saturday 9 AM to 10 PM
08 8295 1511
Bay Discovery Centre in the Historic Glenelg Town Hall
Moseley Square
08 8179 9508
Rodney Fox Shark Experience
a unique shark museum celebrating the world's most awesome predator, the Great White Shark
Town Hall
08 8376 3373
Temptation Sailing Dolphin Cruise and swim
swim with dolphins or just watch
0412 811838
Hel-a-va Jet Boat Rides
R 22 Marina Pier
08 8376 8288
HMS Buffalo replica
Old Gum Tree-an original landmark from 1836
Kingston Park Coastal Reserve
ACCOMMODATION