A remarkable and feisty South Australian attorney-general and premier, a father of federation and the first Australian Minster for Trade and Customs is commemorated by this statue
Settlers believed that using land intensively maximised its value and civilised its occupants, and that holdings should be small to allow people to hold land
This compass is believed to have been used by John William Billiatt on the successful 1861-1862 expedition with John McDouall Stuart across Australia, from Adelaide to Chambers Bay, east of the present site of Darwin.
South Australia has been closely involved in the nation’s defence science and industry work for almost a century and continues to seek such opportunities