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The Adelaide City Council has a history spanning over 170 years of service to its citizens.
Historical Organisation | By Corinne Ball, Migration Museum | 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
The Adelaide Steamship Company was Australia’s largest shipping company and one of South Australia’s most successful business ventures.
Historical Organisation | By Lindl Lawton, South Australian Maritime Museum | 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, early twentieth century, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
The origins of foster care for disadvantaged children
Historical Organisation | By Mary-Louise Geyer | 1860s, 1870s, 1880s
Several of the brands of Methodism introduced to colonial South Australia merged in 1977 to become the Uniting Church.
Historical Organisation | By Arnold D Hunt | Hindley Street | 1830s, 1840s, early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late nineteenth century, late twentieth century, mid nineteenth century, mid twentieth century
The Presbyterian Church has a long history in South Australia, owing much to the early Scotish community.
Historical Organisation | By John Love | 1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010, 2010s
Colonial factions struggled over the names to bestow on Adelaide's streets
Historical Organisation | By Jude Elton, History Trust of South Australia | 1830s
Founded in 1888, the Women’s Suffrage League was an organisation dedicated to extending the political franchise to South Australian women, which was achieved in 1894.
Historical Organisation | By Craig Middleton & Alexander Parsons | 1880s, 1890s
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Browse some of the themes that contextualise the city's history
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