This scale model of the spiral staircase in the Newmarket Hotel is just 600 millimetres high, but represents months of careful craftwork. It was made by a young man named Walton Banks and exhibited at the Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition in 1887.
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
This party barge was one of Adelaide's most popular nightspots during the 'Roaring 20s', but fell victim to a series of misfortunes during its brief time afloat
Historical Thing| By James Hunter, History Trust of South Australia