Matthew Moorhouse, a medical practitioner, arrived in South Australia from Staffordshire, England, in June 1839 to take up appointment as the colony’s first permanent protector of Aboriginals.
Morphett Street, named after prominent South Australian colonist Sir John Morphett, was a street in Colonel Light’s Plan of Adelaide in 1837 but in August 1967 it was extended to include Brown Street
The National Wine Centre combines eye-catching architecture and smooth functionality to create an exciting tourism venue which showcases the Australian wine industry ' from the vine to the bottle'.
The Newmarket Hotel occupies town acre 1 on the corner of West Terrace and North Terrace, close to where Colonel William Light began his survey of the city in January 1837.
Historical Place| By Jude Elton, History Trust of South Australia