Walks Around Adelaide


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A collection of historical walks through the terraces, squares and parks of Adelaide that were designed by William Light, South Australia's first surveyor-general. The author is a retired teacher whose ancestors arrived in Adelaide in the 1840s.










Adelaide


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Not all of Australia's capital cities depended on convicts for their early development. The settlers who went to Adelaide wanted their new town kept free of convicts and resisted accepting them, even though this meant there were often shortages of workers to build roads, work on farms and construct buildings. Adelaide developed into a city that valued freedom. It had its own local government only a few years after founding, and its women were the first in Australia to gain the vote.




Walking the Flinders Ranges


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In and Around Adelaide


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Adelaide is where women were the first in the world to be allowed to run for parliament; where the central business district is completely encircled by parklands; where you can swim with dolphins just 20 minutes from the city centre.




The Adelaide Park Lands


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Adelaide's Park Lands have long been home to large events, as well as numberless small, private encounters. Until now, no book has been published to document this wealth of social activity. In The Adelaide Park Lands, Sumerling recounts tales both enchanting and bizarre from the time of earliest European settlement until present days.







Modernist Adelaide


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Modernist architecture was at the heart of the physical, cultural and social transformation of postwar Adelaide. This architectural revolution was based on new construction technologies, a desire to break away from traditional styles and an unwavering belief in design's ability to shape a better society. Modernist Adelaide: 100 Buildings 1940s-1970s is the first book to provide a large-scale survey of Adelaide's mid-century architecture. By profiling the architects and clients, specific design features and historical points of interest of 100 existing modernist buildings, Modernist Adelaide: 100 Buildings 1940s-1970s reveals South Australia's lesser-known but substantial contribution to the aspirations of this architectural movement.




Adelaide


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