Cawthorne was a dynamic music seller and concert manager, and is remembered as a genial raconteur.

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

Celebrated at its opening in 1882, and again a century later, the rotunda remains a focus point for events in Elder Park.

Originally painted by Carol Ruff and Barbary O'Brien in 1984 and modified by Driller Jet Armstrong in 1998.

Joachim Wendt was a Danish-born silversmith whose work included extravagant naturalism, Edwardian style, and restrained Regency taste.

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.