Archbishop’s House, formerly known as Bishop’s Palace, was built in 1845 as the residence for the Roman Catholic Bishop of Adelaide, Francis Murphy. 

The classical building of the Art Gallery of South Australia, with its gracious colonnaded portico, is one of the cultural landmarks on North Terrace. 

Brown Street, running from South Terrace to Grote Street, morphed into Morphett Street in 1967 but the area retains its out-of-the-way feel

Dame Roma Mitchell is depicted surrounded by her books looking relaxed and at home on North Terrace.

A trailblazing jurist, Dame Roma Mitchell pushed for numerous law reforms and became South Australia’s first female governor.

As premier, Dunstan’s agenda of social and political reform transformed South Australia.

Works by the renowned and unpretentious artist John Dowie enhance many public places

Dunmoochin, built around 1858, was the home of Irish emigrants John and Honora Griffin and their three children. It is an example of the many workers’ cottages built in the West End. 

Within Catherine Truman’s work, Fish for the Slate Pool Walkway, the tentative nature of life is captured brilliantly from the depths of Truman’s imagination.

Holy Trinity Church is the earliest surviving Anglican Church building in South Australia, and one of Adelaide’s oldest standing structures.

The oldest of North Terrace’s cultural buildings

The shining steel and simple form of Knot typifies the work of sculptor Herbert (Bert) Flugelman.

A phenomenally successful athlete, Marjorie Jackson Nelson went on to become a governor of South Australia

Adelaide’s longest running gay venue, located at 120 Gouger Street and known, until recently, as the Mars Bar, first opened in December 1976.

‘My aim is to leave the world better for women’ – Mary Lee was an activist, suffragist and unionist

Opened in 1986 the Migration Museum in Adelaide was a world first.

North Terrace east is Adelaide’s premier cultural boulevard

Stretching from Adelaide’s first survey point to Parliament House, the character of this part of North Terrace continues to evolve

The site of countless debates, Old Parliament House dates from 1855

‘Construction’, ‘Thought’ and ‘Optimism’ make up the three elements of this bronze sculpture by Victor Meertens. 

One of many around the world, this statue of Scottish poet Robert Burns was unveiled in 1894

The South Australian Tourism Commission, established in 1993, focuses on marketing South Australia as a tourist destination to interstate and overseas markets.

A temporary camping ground for the early European settlers, the West Parklands developed to host most notably a cemetery and a school.

At the time of its installation in 1995, Yerrakartarta was the largest public commission of Aboriginal artwork in Australia.