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Adelaide is the capital of the Australian state South Australia.
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Aerial views and maps
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central map
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1888 map of Adelaide, showing the gradual development of its urban layout
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Cadastral map of the "District of Adelaide" based on Light's plan, showing the South Australian Company's property, Oct 1838
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1839 plan of Adelaide showing the grid layout
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Satellite imagery of Adelaide taken on 27 January 2017
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Map of major arterial roads of Adelaide
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Aerial photograph of central Adelaide
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Adelaide at night from Mount Lofty.
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Adelaide from the foothills
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CSIRO image of sunset over the Adelaide Plains in 1992
Historic paintings and views
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Aboriginal Family Travelling by W.A. Cawthorne, date unknown
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The Proclamation of South Australia 1836, Charles Hill
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North Terrace, 1839
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North Terrace, 1841
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Sturt's Overland Expedition leaving Adelaide, 10th August, 1844
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Port Adelaide, 1846, George French Angas, State Library of South Australia
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Alexander Schramm, A Tribe of Natives on the Banks of the River Torrens, 1850
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Adelaide from "The Hills", 1853
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Kitchen at the old King Street Bakery
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King William Street Adelaide, looking north from Victoria Square (1872)
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Adelaide Arcade interior, 1886
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Ceremony to mark the unveiling of the statue of Queen Victoria in Victoria Square, Adelaide, on 11 August 1894.
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Victoria Square, 1895
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Municipal Tramways Trust Type B trams in Victoria Square, Adelaide, 1910
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Holden and Frost, Grenfell Street. Adelaide is the birthplace of car manufacturer Holden.
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Glenelg in 1930
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King William Street, 1935
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King William Street from above, looking towards the Town Hall, 1935
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North Terrace, 1938
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City Centre, 1945
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City to Glenelg tram, 1960
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SANFL NthA playing AFL Haw for the 1971 Championship of Australia
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Aerial of Adelaide, 1980
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Qantas Boeing at Adelaide Airport, 1986
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The iconic "Mad Mouse" rollercoaster at the Royal Adelaide Show, 2005
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Adelaide Fringe Festival's 2014 mascot, Stobie the Disco Cuttlefish, after the opening parade.
Skylines of Adelaide
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The Adelaide skyline from the Adelaide Airport (2023).
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Sunset over Adelaide, 2007.
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Adelaide's skyline from Carrick Hill in 2008.
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Adelaide at dusk from Belair.
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Adelaide CBD at night
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Part of the Adelaide city centre skyline at night, May 2013. The street on the left is Waymouth Street.
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Adelaide in August 2007.
Architecture and notable public buildings
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Exhibition Building, North Terrace, c.1887
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Building on Hindley Street with wrought iron balconies, built in Victorian style adapted to suit the hot Adelaide climate
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Brookman Building Grenfell Street, Adelaide, south side. 1907
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Clarence Hotel, 1914
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Gollin & Co building, North Terrace, 1923
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Carclew, North Adelaide
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West's Coffee Palace
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Adelaide Town Hall
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Barr Smith Library
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The University of Adelaide
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Bonython Hall
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The University of South Australia
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Parliament House
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Adelaide Post Office
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Queen's Theatre
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Botanic Hotel
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Theatre Royal, 1881
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Beehive Corner
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Mayfair Hotel, former Colonial Mutual Life Building
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Epworth Building
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Adelaide War Memorial
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AMP Building
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Grenfell Centre
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Festival Centre
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Adelaide's lost buildings. This phone shows the former Grand Central Hotel, replaced by a multi-storey carpark.
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Adelaide Central Plaza
Statues and monuments
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Charles Sturt, Victoria Square
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John McDougall Stuart
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Matthew Flinders
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Roy Rene, Hindley Street
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Edward VII, North Tce
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South African War Memorial
Education and Health
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The Mitchell Building and Bonython Hall, University of Adelaide
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The Hawke Building, part of the UniSA, City West Campus
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Flinders University buildings from the campus hills
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Torrens University
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South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI)
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BioMed City Precinct, North Terrace at night
Parks
[edit]Main category: Parks in Adelaide
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Bicentennial Conservatory
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Interior of Bicentennial Conservatory
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Palm House, Botanic Gardens
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Elder Park
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Himeji Gardens
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Rymill Park
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Donald Bradman statue, Creswell Gardens
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Light's Vision monument
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Veale Gardens
Transport
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King William Street
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Adelaide Railway Station
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Adelaide CBD at peak hour
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North Terrace
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Port Road
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City Bridge
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The Mount Osmond Interchange on the South Eastern Freeway.
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A train from the Seaford railway line travels over a viaduct spanning the Onkaparinga River.
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Seaford station
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Birkenhead Bridge, Port Adelaide
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Adelaide Airport
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North–South Motorway
Beaches
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Aerial of Adelaide's coastline
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Holbrook Shores, Glenelg
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Brighton Beach (1930)
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Birghton Beach (2016)
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Henley Beach
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Port Willunga Beach
Sports
[edit]Main category: Sports in Adelaide
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Football Park
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AAMI Stadium
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2015 Cricket World Cup, Adelaide Oval
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Hindmarsh Stadium hosts Adelaide United.
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The Tour Down Under