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Irascible yet open-minded engineer, industrialist, and ideas man Sir Claude Gibb was responsible for the design of the Centurion tank.
Historical Person | By Gwenyth Moxham | North Terrace | early twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Sir Douglas Mawson became famous as an Antarctic explorer, but the geology of South Australia was his life’s work.
Historical Person | By Dr Simon Cameron | North Terrace | early twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Motor car manufacturer and industrialist Sir Edward Holden gave his name to a car, albeit posthumously.
Historical Person | By June Donovan | North Terrace, Southeast corner | early twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Sir Hans Heysen was a masterly artist, the immortaliser of the gum tree on canvas, and a dedicated conservationist.
Historical Person | By Peter Heysen | North Terrace | 1960s, early twentieth century, mid twentieth century
At the end of his long life, newspaperman Sir Lloyd Dumas described himself as simply ‘the luckiest man in the world’.
Historical Person | By Jim Loudon | North Terrace | early twentieth century, mid twentieth century
His versatility as actor, dancer, producer and choreographer, coupled with flamboyance and wit, made Sir Robert Helpmann a household name.
Historical Person | By Meg Denton | North Terrace, Parklands | early twentieth century, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Jacobs was a businessman, but also a warm and generous philanthropist with no interest in personal wealth.
Historical Person | By The Hon S.J. Jacobs | North Terrace | 1970s, early twentieth century, mid twentieth century
Davenport was a liberal-minded and literate parliamentarian and a promoter of industry, especially in the fields of horticulture and viniculture
Historical Person | By Dr Geoffrey Bishop | North Terrace | late nineteenth century, mid nineteenth century
Abstemious but easy-going, Sir Sidney Kidman was a pastoralist and philanthropist who made friends easily.
Historical Person | By Rob Linn | North Terrace | early twentieth century, late nineteenth century
A pastoralist and mine-owner once accused of fraud, Hughes stated shortly before his death: ‘I have been a sinner all my life’.
Historical Person | By Patricia Sumerling | North Terrace | 1840s, mid nineteenth century
This hotel on North Terrace was first licenced as a public house in 1878 and was closed and demolished in 1971. To many, ‘The South’, the city’s three-storey grand hotel, was Adelaide.
Historical Place | By Patricia Sumerling | North Terrace | early twentieth century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
A conscientious and gifted forestry administrator, Walter Gill was also an enthusiastic nature photographer.
Historical Person | By Dr David Jones | North Terrace | early twentieth century, late nineteenth century
Surgeon William Anstey Giles came from pioneering stock, but was a pioneer himself in medical literature.
Historical Person | By Ian L.D. Forbes | North Terrace | early twentieth century, late nineteenth century
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