One of South Australia's earliest buildings and home to over 300 000 people from 1841 to 1988, Adelaide Gaol is one of Australia's longest operating prisons.

The classically styled freestone Adelaide General Post Office was constructed in the late nineteenth century and housed both the post and telegraph offices which connected Australia with the world

The person responsible for the greening of Adelaide in the first decades of the twentieth century.

Botanic Park has blossomed as a place for informal family gatherings and a venue for public events

The powerful sculpture of Catherine Helen Spence in Light Square, Adelaide celebrates the life and work of a formidable South Australian.

Though dogged by scandal, Charles Kingston was a lawyer, parliamentarian and Federalist who steered many reforms through the South Australian Parliament and helped draft Australia’s Constitution.

Colonel William Light’s grave remains in Light Square, while Light's Monument there has been replaced and embellished over time

From dumping ground to pleasure gardens

Care for migrants, the unemployed and the destitute was evident from South Australia’s foundation days.

One of three statues given to Adelaide by WA Horn, Hercules was unveiled in October 1892 in Victoria Square. 

Montefiore Hill, overlooking the city planned by Colonel William Light, was named after South Australian Colonization Commissioner Jacob Montefiore

Pirltawardli, (possum home) is the site of the first Christian mission to Aboriginal people in South Australia.

A botanist, horticulturist and the director of the Adelaide Botanic Garden, Richard Schomburgk was honoured locally as 'the people’s pet'. 

A pastoralist, philanthropist and businessman, Elder supported numerous outback expeditions and Adelaide institutions.

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