The Jubilee 150 Walkway, also variously known as the Jubilee 150 Commemorative Walk, the Jubilee 150 Walk, Jubilee 150 Plaques, the Jubilee Walk, or simply J150, is a series of (initially) 150 bronze plaques set into the pavement of

North Terrace, Adelaide North Terrace is one of the four terraces that bound the central business and residential district of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. It runs east–west, along the northern edge of "the square mile". The western end cont ...

from King William Street to

Pulteney Street Pulteney Street is a main road which runs north-south through the middle of the eastern half of the Adelaide city centre, in Adelaide, South Australia. It runs north-south from North Terrace, through Hindmarsh and Hurtle Squares, to South ...

. It was officially opened on 21 December 1986. It was commissioned as part of the celebrations commemorating the 150th anniversary of the founding of the

British Province of South Australia British colonisation of South Australia describes the planning and establishment of the colony of South Australia by the British government, covering the period from 1829, when the idea was raised by the then-imprisoned Edward Gibbon Wakefield ...

on 28 December 1836. The plaques contain the names and deeds of (initially) 170 people who made major contributions to the founding and development of South Australia. Since 1986, the Adelaide City Council has added four plaques. The plaques are arranged in alphabetic order, and stretch from

King William Road King William Street is the part of a major arterial road that traverses the CBD and centre of Adelaide, continuing as King William Road to the north of North Terrace and south of Greenhill Road; between South Terrace and Greenhill Road it i ...

along the north side of North Terrace. The walkway starts at the South African War Memorial, and passes in front of

Government House Government House is the name of many of the official residences of governors-general, governors and lieutenant-governors in the Commonwealth and the remaining colonies of the British Empire. The name is also used in some other countries. Gover ...

, the National War Memorial, the

State Library A national library is established by the government of a nation to serve as the pre-eminent repository of information for that country. Unlike public libraries, they rarely allow citizens to borrow books. Often, they include numerous rare, valuab ...

, the

Museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...

, the

Art Gallery An art gallery is a room or a building in which visual art is displayed. In Western cultures from the mid-15th century, a gallery was any long, narrow covered passage along a wall, first used in the sense of a place for art in the 1590s. The lon ...

and the

University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide (informally Adelaide University) is a public research university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third-oldest university in Australia. The university's main campus is located on N ...

. This portion of North Terrace also contains more than a dozen statues, busts and other memorial plaques, plus numerous public seating benches, some drinking fountains and some water features in front of the Museum and Art Gallery. In 2011 the Adelaide City Council reorganised the area in front of Government House (between King William Rd and the National War Memorial). The plaques and the major statues were not moved, but the avenue of gas lamps was removed, the various busts were moved from King William Road to an area between the statues of Venere Di Canova and Matthew Flinders, and a bust of Sir

Lawrence Bragg Sir William Lawrence Bragg, (31 March 1890 – 1 July 1971) was an Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallography, X-ray crystallographer, discoverer (1912) of Bragg's law, Bragg's law of X-ray diffraction, which is basic for t ...

was added to the group.

King William Street

The walkway starts near the corner of North Terrace and King William Street, in front of the front gates and gatehouse of Government House. The very corner is occupied by the South African War Memorial. Also on that corner, starting from the gatehouse and walking SE, were (prior to 2011) the busts of Sir Thomas John

Mellis Napier Sir Thomas John Mellis Napier (24 October 1882 – 22 March 1976) was an Australian judge and academic administrator. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia between 28 February 1924 and 28 February 1967, Chief Justice of South ...

,The Honourable Sir Mellis Napier
Statues of the City of Adelaide, Adelaide City Council. Mary Lee and Sir

Mark Oliphant Sir Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant, (8 October 1901 – 14 July 2000) was an Australian physicist and humanitarian who played an important role in the first experimental demonstration of nuclear fusion and in the development of nuclear weapon ...

,Sir Mark Oliphant
Statues of the City of Adelaide, Adelaide City Council. all of whom have plaques on the walkway. These busts have been moved further east to the vicinity of the bust of Lord Florey, between the plaques for Kate Cocks and Sir Walter Crocker, and been replaced by the first six plaques of the walkway and seating.

Start of the Walkway

Plaques: Angas – Bagot

File:J150W-aaFirst.jpg , First plaque File:J150W-Angas-G-Fife.jpg ,

George Fife Angas George Fife Angas (1 May 1789 – 15 May 1879) was an English businessman and banker who, while residing in England, played a significant part in the formation and establishment of the Province of South Australia. He established the South Aus ...

File:J150W-Angas-G-French.jpg ,

George French Angas George French Angas (25 April 1822 – 4 October 1886), also known as G.F.A., was an English explorer, naturalist, painter and poet who emigrated to Australia. His paintings are held in a number of important Australian public art collections. ...

File:J150W-ccEverard.jpg ,

Charles George Everard Dr Charles George Everard MD (29 August 1794 – 30 March 1876) was a physician, pioneer farmer and Member of the Legislative Council, in the early days of South Australia. Early life Charles was born in Marshfield Gloucestershire on 29 Au ...

memorial plaque File:J150W-Ayers.jpg , Sir

Henry Ayers Sir Henry Ayers (now pron. "airs") (1 May 1821 – 11 June 1897) was the eighth Premier of South Australia, serving a record five times between 1863 and 1873. His lasting memorial is in the name Ayers Rock, also known as Uluru, which was en ...

File:J150W-Bagot.jpg , Walter Hervey Bagot

South African War Memorial

South African Boer War Memorial by A Jones 1904 File:Boer War Memorial, 1926.jpg, Circa 1926 File:Boer War Memorial, 2008.jpg, Circa 2008 File:Boer adelaide.jpg File:Boer_War_Memorial_detail,_Adelaide.JPG File:SAWM-text1.jpg File:SAWM-text2.jpg File:SAWM-text3.jpg File:SAWM-text4.jpg

Government House

This section of North Terrace in front of Government House has been named the Price Henry Gardens. Prior to 2011, running along the fence of Government House, there was an "Avenue of Gas Lamps". This has been replaced by a broader footpath. File:J150W-aaGovHouseGates-COA.jpg File:Government House Adelaide.jpg File:J150W-gaslights-text.jpg , 1988 plaque File:J150W-gaslights-avenue.jpg , Gas Lamps in 2008 File:J150W-aa-Govt-House-footpath.jpg , Footpath in 2017

Plaques: Bagshaw – Bonython

File:J150W-Bagshaw.jpg , John Stokes Bagshaw File:J150W-Baker.jpg , Sir Richard Baker File:J150W-BarrSmith-R.jpg ,

Robert Barr Smith Robert Barr Smith (4 February 1824 – 20 November 1915) was an Australian businessman and philanthropist in Adelaide, South Australia. He was a partner in Elder Smith and Company from 1863 (now now Elders Limited). Early life and education Smi ...

File:J150W-BarrSmith-TE.jpg ,

Tom Elder Barr Smith Thomas Elder Barr Smith (8 December 1863 – 26 November 1941) was a South Australian pastoralist and philanthropist. Tom Barr Smith was born in Woodville, South Australia, the son of Robert Barr Smith, and his wife Joanna Lang, ''née'' Elder ...

File:J150W-Begg.jpg , Percy

Raymond Begg Percival Raymond Begg AO (10 October 1898 – 18 January 1983) was a professor at the University of Adelaide School of Dentistry and a well known orthodontist, famous for developing the "Begg technique".Dervish Bejah Dervish Bejah Jakhrani Baloch (1862–1957), also known as Bejah Dervish, or simply Dervish, was an "Afghan" camel driver who played a significant role in the exploration and development of outback Australia, before settling in Marree, South Au ...

File:J150W-Bishop.jpg ,

John Bishop John Marcus Bishop (born 30 November 1966) is an English comedian, presenter, actor and former footballer. Bishop formerly played football as a midfielder for Winsford United F.C., Crewe Alexandra F.C., Runcorn F.C., Rhyl F.C., Witton Al ...

File:J150W-Black.jpg ,

John McConnell Black John McConnell Black (28 April 1855 – 2 December 1951) was a Scottish botanist who emigrated to Australia in 1877 and eventually documented and illustrated thousands of flora in South Australia in the early 20th century. His publications assi ...

File:J150W-Boas.jpg ,

Abraham Tobias Boas Abraham Tobias Boas (25 November 1842 – 20 February 1923) was a rabbi of a Hebrew congregation in Adelaide, South Australia. Biography Early life Abraham Tobias Boas was born at Amsterdam, the Netherlands, son of Tobias Eliesar Boas, rabbi, an ...

File:J150W-Bonython-Jean.jpg ,

Lady Jean Bonython Sir John Lavington Bonython (10 September 1875 – 6 November 1960) was a prominent public figure in Adelaide, known for his work in journalism, business and politics. In association with his father, he became involved in the management of n ...

File:J150W-Bonython-Langdon.jpg , Sir

John Langdon Bonython Sir John Langdon Bonython (;Charles Earle Funk, ''What's the Name, Please?'' (Funk & Wagnalls, 1936). 15 October 184822 October 1939) was an Australian editor, newspaper proprietor, philanthropist, journalist and politician who served a ...

Statue of Dame Roma Mitchell

The Honourable Dame

Roma Mitchell Dame Roma Flinders Mitchell, (2 October 1913 – 5 March 2000) was an Australian lawyer, judge and state governor. She was the first woman to hold a number of positions in Australia – the country's first woman judge, the first woman to be a ...

, modelled by Janette Moore, sculpted by John Woffinden and Sally Francis, unveiled 1 July 1999. File:Dame roma mitchell.jpg File:J150W-statue-Mitchell2.jpg File:Roma Mitchell 005.JPG File:J150W-statue-Mitchell-text1.jpg File:J150W-statue-Mitchell-text2.jpg

Plaques: Bradman – Cawthorne

File:J150W-Bradman.jpg , Sir

Donald Bradman Sir Donald George Bradman, (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), nicknamed "The Don", was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. Bradman's career Test batting average of 99.94 has bee ...

File:J150W-Bragg.jpg , Sir

William William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

and
Sir

Lawrence Lawrence may refer to: Education Colleges and universities * Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States * Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States Preparator ...

Bragg File:J150W-BrewsterJones.jpg , Hooper Josse Brewster Jones File:J150W-Brookman.jpg , Sir

George Brookman Sir George Brookman KBE (15 April 1850 – 20 June 1927) was a South Australian businessman who made a fortune from a gold discovery in Western Australia, and is remembered as a generous benefactor of the South Australian School of Mines and In ...

File:J150W-Butler.jpg , Henry John 'Harry' Butler File:J150W-Cairns.jpg , Sir Hugh Cairns File:J150W-Cawthorne.jpg , Charles Witto-Witto Cawthorne

Statue: Venere Di Canova

Statue of Venus (Venere di Canova) donated by W. A. Horn in 1892. Somewhat controversial at the time of its unveiling in 1892, this piece was the first of Adelaide's street statues. It is a copy in

Carrara marble Carrara marble, Luna marble to the Romans, is a type of white or blue-grey marble popular for use in sculpture and building decor. It has been quarried since Roman times in the mountains just outside the city of Carrara in the province of Massa ...

of the statue of Venus by

Antonio Canova Antonio Canova (; 1 November 1757 – 13 October 1822) was an Italian Neoclassical sculptor, famous for his marble sculptures. Often regarded as the greatest of the Neoclassical artists,. his sculpture was inspired by the Baroque and the cl ...

– the original is at the

Pitti Palace The Palazzo Pitti (), in English sometimes called the Pitti Palace, is a vast, mainly Renaissance, palace in Florence, Italy. It is situated on the south side of the River Arno, a short distance from the Ponte Vecchio. The core of the present ...

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...

. (

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of the original.) – Pedestal of Sicilian and

Kapunda Kapunda is a town on the Light River and near the Barossa Valley in South Australia. It was established after a discovery in 1842 of significant copper deposits. The population was 2,917 at the 2016 Australian census. The southern entrance ...

marble. Executed by Fraser & Draysey. Presented by Mr W. A. Horn. Unveiled 3 September 1892, by His Worship the Mayor (F.W. Bullock, Esq.). File:J150W-statue-VenereDiCanova-in-situ.jpg, Looking west File:J150W-statue-VenereDiCanova.jpg, Statue File:J150W-statue-VenereDiCanova-text.jpg, Base

Plaques: Chapman – Cocks

File:J150W-Chapman.jpg , Sir Robert Chapman File:J150W-Cleland.jpg , Sir

John Cleland John Cleland (c. 1709, baptised – 23 January 1789) was an English novelist best known for his fictional '' Fanny Hill: or, the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure'', whose eroticism led to his arrest. James Boswell called him "a sly, old malcont ...

File:J150W-Cocks.jpg ,

Kate Cocks Kate Cocks (born Fanny Kate Boadicea Cock; 5 May 1875 – 20 August 1954) was a welfare worker and one of two of the state's first female police officers in South Australia. She is best known for her work with unmarried mothers and their babies ...

Busts

Prior to 2011, the bust of Lord Florey stood alone in this portion of the Price Henry Gardens. The bust was completed by John Dowie in 1969,Refer page 8. and unveiled by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor (Robert E Porter, Esq.) on 25 June 1969.Lord Florey
Statues in the City of Adelaide, Adelaide City Council. File:J150W-statue-Florey-1.jpg File:J150W-statue-Florey-2.jpg File:J150W-statue-Florey-text.jpg After the 2011 reorganisation of the area, the bust of Florey was joined by the busts of Oliphant, Lee and Napier relocated from King William Street, and new busts (of Sir

and later Sir

William Henry Bragg Sir William Henry Bragg (2 July 1862 – 12 March 1942) was an English physicist, chemist, mathematician, and active sportsman who uniquelyThis is still a unique accomplishment, because no other parent-child combination has yet shared a Nobel ...

) were added to the group. The three busts in their pre-2011 locations: Sir Thomas John

by John Dowie, 1970.Refer page 9.
Unveiled by His Excellency the Governor-General of Australia, The Right Honourable Sir Paul Hasluck, C.M.G., G.C.V.O., K.St.J, 2 July 1970. File:J150W-statue-Napier.jpg File:J150W-statue-Napier-text9.jpg File:J150W-statue-Napier-text.jpg Mary Lee by Pat Moseley. File:J150W-statue-Lee.jpg File:J150W-statue-Lee-text9.jpg File:J150W-statue-Lee-text.jpg Sir

by John Dowie, 1978. File:OliphantHeadStatue.jpg File:J150W-statue-Oliphant-text9.jpg File:J150W-statue-Oliphant-text.jpg Five busts in 2013. Six busts in 2017 File:J150W-bb-relocated-busts.jpg , 2013 L to R: Napier, Florey, L Bragg, Oliphant and Lee File:J150W-bb-LBragg.jpg , Sir Lawrence Bragg by John W Mills File:J150W-bb-LBragg-text.jpg File:J150W-bb-2017-AllSix.jpg , 2017 Venus and L to R: WH Bragg, L Bragg, Napier, Florey, Lee and Oliphant File:J150W-bb-WHBragg.jpg , Sir William Henry Bragg by

Robert Hannaford Robert Lyall "Alfie" Hannaford , (born 9 November 1944) is an Australian realist artist notable for his drawings, paintings, portraits and sculptures. He is a great-great-great-grandson of Susannah Hannaford. Family Hannaford was born a ...

File:J150W-bb-WHandWLBragg.jpg , Father and son

Plaques: Crocker – Dickinson

File:J150W-Crocker.jpg , Sir

Walter Crocker Sir Walter Russell Crocker (25 March 190214 November 2002) was an Australian diplomat, writer and war veteran. Life and career Crocker was born in Broken Hill, New South Wales, the eldest son of Robert Crocker and Alma Bray. He served in World ...

File:J150W-Dallwitz.jpg ,

Dave Dallwitz David Friedrich Dallwitz (25 October 1914 – 24 March 2003) was a South Australian jazz and classical musician, bandleader, composer, painter, and art teacher whose work spanned almost seven decades. He led jazz, Dixieland, and ragtime b ...

File:J150W-Davenport.jpg , Sir

Samuel Davenport Sir Samuel Davenport (5 March 1818 – 3 September 1906) was one of the early settlers of Australia and became a landowner and parliamentarian in South Australia. Davenport was fourth son of George Davenport, a wealthy English banker, an ...

File:J150W-Irving.jpg , Sybil Irving memorial plaque File:J150W-Davey.jpg , Constance Muriel Davey File:J150W-Dawson.jpg , Peter Dawson File:J150W-DeLissa.jpg , Lillian Daphne de Lissa File:J150W-Dennis.jpg ,

C J Dennis Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis (7 September 1876 – 22 June 1938), better known as C. J. Dennis, was an Australian poet and journalist known for his best-selling verse novel '' The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke'' (1915). Alongside ...

File:J150W-Dickinson.jpg , Sir Samuel Benson DickinsonThese plaques are additional to the original 150.

Statue of Matthew Flinders

Captain

Matthew Flinders Captain Matthew Flinders (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was a British navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then called New Holland. He is also credited as being the first person to u ...

by F. Brook Hitch, A.R.B.S. Pedestal of Murray Bridge red granite from Kirchel's quarry at Swanport. Paving of Tea Tree Gully freestone. Architect, A.E. Simpson, I.S.O., F.R.A.I.A. (Architect-in-Chief of subscription.) Unveiled 12 April 1934. File:J150W-statue-Flinders.jpg File:J150W-statue-Flinders-base-text.jpg File:J150W-statue-Flinders-baseSA.jpg File:J150W-statue-Flinders-baseAus.jpg

Plaques: Duguid – Gerrard

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File:J150W-Dumas.jpg , Sir

Lloyd Dumas Sir Frederick Lloyd Dumas (15 July 1891 – 24 June 1973), generally known as "Lloyd Dumas" or "F. Lloyd Dumas", was a journalist and politically influential newspaperman in Victoria and South Australia. Early history Dumas was born in Mount Ba ...

File:J150W-Dunn.jpg , John Dunn File:J150W-Dunstan-Don.jpg ,

Don Dunstan Donald Allan Dunstan (21 September 1926 – 6 February 1999) was an Australian politician who served as the 35th premier of South Australia from 1967 to 1968, and again from 1970 to 1979. He was a member of the House of Assembly (MHA) for th ...

File:J150W-Elder.jpg , Sir

Thomas Elder Sir Thomas Elder, (5 August 1818 – 6 March 1897), was a Scottish-Australian pastoralist, highly successful businessman, philanthropist, politician, race-horse owner and breeder, and public figure. Amongst many other things, he is notable fo ...

File:J150W-Elphick.jpg ,

Gladys Elphick Gladys Elphick (27 August 1904 – 19 January 1988) was an Aboriginal Australians, Australian Aboriginal woman of Kaurna people, Kaurna and Ngadjuri descent, best known as the founding president of the Council of Aboriginal Women of South Aust ...

File:J150W-Farr.jpg , Julia Warren Farr and George Henry Farr File:J150W-Faulding.jpg , Francis Hardey Faulding File:J150W-Florey.jpg , Lord Florey File:J150W-Flynn.jpg , Reverend John Flynn File:J150W-Fowler.jpg , David Fowler File:J150W-Gerard.jpg , Alfred Edward Gerard File:J150W-WM-west.jpg , Looking west

National War Memorial

National War Memorial – Great War – 1914–1918 by Woods, Bagot, Jory & Laybourne Smith; and Rayner Hoff, 1931. File:Adelaide War Memorial.jpg File:Kintore memorial.jpg File:Spirit of Duty.JPG , Spirit of Duty File:Spirit of Compassion.jpg , Spirit of Compassion Although the National War Memorial was initially proposed as a memorial to those who served in "The Great War", the site has since grown to incorporate a number of smaller memorials. These include a memorial to the Battle of Lone Pine; the "French Memorial", which commemorates those who fought and died in France during the first and second World Wars; an honour roll of those who died in

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

; and the "Australian Armed Forces Memorial", encompassing the

Malayan Emergency The Malayan Emergency, also known as the Anti–British National Liberation War was a guerrilla war fought in British Malaya between communist pro-independence fighters of the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA) and the military forces o ...

of 1948–1960, the

Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...

, the

Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation The Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation or Borneo confrontation (also known by its Indonesian / Malay name, ''Konfrontasi'') was an armed conflict from 1963 to 1966 that stemmed from Indonesia's opposition to the creation of the Federation of ...

in Borneo, and the

Vietnam War The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...

. In addition, the wall which surrounds the northern and western sides of the site features the six "Crosses of Memory" – a series of "simple wooden crosses" commemorating the

Siege of Tobruk The siege of Tobruk lasted for 241 days in 1941, after Axis forces advanced through Cyrenaica from El Agheila in Operation Sonnenblume against Allied forces in Libya, during the Western Desert Campaign (1940–1943) of the Second World War. ...

from 1941 and the 10th, 27th, 48th and 50th battalions of 1916. File:NWMSA-looking-northwest.jpg File:NWMSA-France2.jpg , France File:NWMSA-8Div.jpg,

8th Division 8th Division, 8th Infantry Division or 8th Armored Division may refer to: Infantry divisions * 8th Division (Australia) * 8th Canadian Infantry Division * 8th Air Division (People's Republic of China) * 8th Division (1st Formation) (People's Repu ...

File:NWMSA-WWI-LonePine-tree.jpg, Lone Pine and

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. File:NWMSA-SEAsia.jpg,

South-East Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainland ...

and

Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...

File:NWMSA-WWII.jpg, WWII Honour roll

Plaques: Gibb – Gill

File:J150W-Gibb.jpg , Sir

Claude Gibb Sir Claude Dixon Gibb (29 June 1898 – 15 January 1959) was a South Australian engineer with a considerable career in Great Britain. History Gibb was born in Queenstown, South Australia, a son of John Gilbert Gibb (1867–1935) and his wife C ...

File:J150W-WWI.jpg , WWI VC recipients:

Blackburn Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and north-n ...

, Davey, Inwood, Jensen,

Leak A leak is a way (usually an opening) for fluid to escape a container or fluid-containing system, such as a tank or a ship's hull, through which the contents of the container can escape or outside matter can enter the container. Leaks are usuall ...

, Sullivan, Weathers, Woods File:J150W-WWII.jpg , WWII VC & GC recipients:

Derrick A derrick is a lifting device composed at minimum of one guyed mast, as in a gin pole, which may be articulated over a load by adjusting its guys. Most derricks have at least two components, either a guyed mast or self-supporting tower, and a ...

, Gosse, Kibby,

Matthews Matthews may refer to: People * Matthews (surname) Places * Matthews Island, Antarctica * Matthews Range, Kenya * Mount Matthews, New Zealand United States * Matthews, Georgia * Matthews, Indiana * Matthews, Maryland * Matthews, Missouri * Mat ...

File:J150W-WVietnam.jpg , Vietnam War VC recipient:
Major

Peter Badcoe Peter John Badcoe, (11 January 1934 – 7 April 1967) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in battle that could be awarded at that time to a member of the Australian armed forces. Badcoe, born Pet ...

File:J150W-Gibson.jpg , Gladys Ruth Gibson File:J150W-Giles.jpg , William Anstey Giles File:J150W-Gill-ST.jpg , S T Gill File:J150W-Gill-Walter.jpg , Walter Gill

Kintore Avenue

The Institute building

File:AdelaideOldStateLibraryAug08.jpg

Plaques: Gosse – Hall

File:J150W-Gosse.jpg , William Gosse File:J150W-Goyder.jpg ,

George Goyder George Woodroffe Goyder (24 June 1826 – 2 November 1898) was a surveyor in the Colony of South Australia during the latter half of the nineteenth century. He rose rapidly in the civil service, becoming Assistant Surveyor-General by 1856 ...

File:J150W-Graham.jpg , Margaret Graham File:J150W-Gray.jpg , W. H. Gray File:J150W-Grenfell-Price.jpg , Sir Archibald Grenfell Price File:J150W-Hall.jpg , George Hall

Statue of Edward VII

Huge bronze statue of Edward VII by Sir Bertram Mackennal, K.C.V.O., R.A.
Pedestal designed by sculptor. Paid for by public subscription. Unveiled 15 July 1920. File:AdelaideNorthTce-EastFromKintoreAve-Aug08.jpg, Back of statue to right File:King Edward VII.jpg, Back of statue File:J150W EdwardVII 2010-04 0226.JPG File:J150W EdwardVII 2010-04 0231.JPG File:Edward VII Adelaide.jpeg

Plaques: Hancock – Hartley

File:J150W-zWalkway.jpg, Looking east from Edward VII File:J150W-Hancock.jpg, Henry Richard 'Captain' Hancock File:J150W-Hannaford-A.jpg, Alfred Hannaford File:J150W-Hannaford-G.jpg, George Hannaford File:J150W-Hartley.jpg,

John Anderson Hartley John Anderson Hartley (27 August 1844 – 15 September 1896) was an Australian educator and Vice Chancellor of the University of Adelaide from 1893 to 1896. Hartley was the son of the Rev. John Hartley, governor of the Wesleyan College, Handswor ...

State Library of South Australia

File:J150W-statue-Dowie.jpg , John Dowie by John Woffinden, 2006 File:J150W-statue-Dowie-text.jpg File:AdelaideStateLibraryComplexAug08.jpg File:State library.jpg File:J150W-statue-RobbieBurns.jpg ,

Robert Burns Robert Burns (25 January 175921 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who hav ...

by WJ Maxwell 1894Refer page 7. File:J150W-statue-RobbieBurns-text.jpg The statue of Robert Burns bears the honour of being the first statue carved in Adelaide. It was presented by the Caledonian Society, and unveiled on 5 May 1894 by the Chief of the Caledonian Society (Hon. J. Darling, M.L.C.).

Plaques: Hassell – Hill-Ling

File:J150W-Hassell.jpg , George Frederick Hassell File:J150W-Hawker.jpg , Charles Allen Seymour Hawker File:J150W-Hayes.jpg , Colin Sidney Hayes File:J150W-Hayward.jpg , Sir Edward Hayward File:J150W-Helpmann.jpg , Sir

Robert Helpmann Sir Robert Murray Helpmann CBE ( Helpman, 9 April 1909 – 28 September 1986) was an Australian ballet dancer, actor, director, and choreographer. After early work in Australia he moved to Britain in 1932, where he joined the Vic-Wells Ballet (n ...

File:J150W-Heysen.jpg , Sir Hans Heysen File:J150W-Hill.jpg , Harold Eustace Hill-Ling

Mortlock Library

File:J150W-Mortlock-Library.jpg File:AdelaideMortlockLibraryAug08.jpg

Plaques: Holden – Jolly

File:J150W-Holden.jpg , Sir

Edward Holden Sir Edward Wheewall Holden (14 August 1885 – 17 June 1947) was an Australian industrialist who took his family carriage and saddlery business, Holden & Frost, into a partnership with General Motors to create Australia's first automobile manuf ...

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Amos William Howard Amos William Howard (31 May 1848 2 March 1930) pioneered the introduction of subterranean clover as a fodder plant in Australia. Born in England on 31 May 1848, Amos William Howard was the son of gardener William and Ann (née Hester) Howard. ...

File:J150W-Hughes.jpg , Sir Walter Hughes File:J150W-Jacobs.jpg , Sir Roland Jacobs File:J150W-James.jpg , 'Jimmy' James File:J150W-Jolly.jpg , Norman William Jolly

Museum of Natural History

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Plaques: Kavel – Mitchell

File:J150W-Kavel.jpg , Pastor

August Kavel August Ludwig Christian Kavel (3 September 1798 – 12 February 1860) was a founder of Lutheranism in Australia. Training and early ministry Kavel was born in Berlin, where he attended the '' Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster'' school and went on to ...

File:J150W-Kidman.jpg , Sir

Sidney Kidman Sir Sidney Kidman (9 May 18572 September 1935), known as Sid Kidman and popularly named "the Cattle King", was an Australian pastoral farming, pastoralist and entrepreneur who owned or co-owned large areas of land in Australia in his lifetime. ...

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Charles Cameron Kingston Charles Cameron Kingston (22 October 1850 – 11 May 1908) was an Australian politician. From 1893 to 1899 he was a Political radicalism, radical liberalism, liberal Premier of South Australia, occupying this office with the support of Austra ...

File:J150W-Kingston-G.jpg , Sir George Kingston File:J150W-Kirkpatrick.jpg , Andrew Kirkpatrick File:J150W-Lewis.jpg ,

Essington Lewis Essington Lewis, CH (13 January 18812 October 1961) was a prominent Australian industrialist. He was the Director-General of the Department of Munitions during World War II. Biography Early life Essington Lewis was born in Burra, South Aust ...

File:J150W-Light.jpg , Colonel

William Light William Light (27 April 1786 – 6 October 1839), also known as Colonel Light, was a British- Malayan naval and army officer. He was the first Surveyor-General of the new British Province of South Australia, known for choosing the site o ...

File:J150W-Litchfield.jpg , Dame Ruby Litchfield File:J150W-MacKillop.jpg , Mary Helen MacKillop File:J150W-McLeod.jpg , Murdoch Stanley McLeod File:J150W-McPherson.jpg , John Abel McPherson File:J150W-Madigan.jpg , Cecil Thomas Madigan File:J150W-Martin.jpg , James Martin File:J150W-Mawson.jpg , Sir

Douglas Mawson Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS FAA (5 May 1882 – 14 October 1958) was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Sir Ernest Shackleton, he was a key expedition leader during ...

File:J150W-May.jpg , Frederick May File:J150W-Mayo-George.jpg , George Elton Mayo File:J150W-Mayo-Helen.jpg , Helen Mary Mayo File:J150W-Melrose.jpg , Sir John Melrose File:J150W-Miethke.jpg , Adelaide Laetitia Miethke File:J150W-Mills.jpg , May Mills File:J150W-Mitchell-Roma.jpg , Dame

Art Gallery of South Australia

File:AGSAfront.jpg File:Art gallery sa.jpg

Plaques: Mitchell – Oliphant

File:J150W-Mitchell.jpg , Sir

William Mitchell William Mitchell may refer to: People Media and the arts * William Mitchell (sculptor) (1925–2020), English sculptor and muralist * William Frederick Mitchell (1845–1914), British naval artist * William M. Mitchell, American writer, ministe ...

File:J150W-Moriarty.jpg , Daniel Moriarty File:J150W-Mortlock.jpg ,

William Ranson Mortlock William Ranson Mortlock (1821 – 10 May 1884) was a grazier and politician in colonial South Australia.H. Kempe'Mortlock, William Ranson (1821 - 1884)' Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, Melbourne University Press, 1974, pp 301-302. ...

File:J150W-Mountford.jpg ,

Charles Pearcy Mountford Charles Pearcy Mountford OBE (8 May 189016 November 1976) was an Australian anthropologist and photographer. He is known for his pioneering work on Indigenous Australians and his depictions and descriptions of their art. He also led the Americ ...

File:J150W-Muirden.jpg , William Muirden File:J150W-Napier.jpg , Sir

File:J150W-Nelson.jpg , Peter Nelson and

Marjorie Jackson-Nelson Marjorie Jackson-Nelson (13 September 1931) is a former Governor of South Australia and a former Australian athlete. She finished her sporting career with two Olympic and seven Commonwealth Games Gold Medals, six individual world records an ...

File:J150W-Nesbit.jpg , Paris Nesbit File:J150W-Newland.jpg , Sir

Henry Newland Henry Newland ( – 7 March 1862) was an Anglican clergyman in the Church of Ireland. He was the incumbent at Gorey and Dean of Ferns from 1842 until his death at age 66."Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries" ''Freeman's Journal The '' ...

File:J150W-Norman.jpg , Eldred Norman File:J150W-Oliphant.jpg , Sir

University of Adelaide

Mitchell Building

File:Mitchell Building, Adelaide.JPG File:University of Adelaide around 1882.jpg, 1869 File:University of Adelaide.jpg, East face File:UofAdelaide-MitchellBuilding-Aug08.jpg, Winter 2008

Plaques: Playford – Short

;Playford – Price File:J150W-Playford.jpg , Sir Thomas Playford File:J150W-Prescott.jpg ,

James Arthur Prescott James Arthur Prescott, CBE, FRS, (7 October 1890 – 6 February 1987) was an agricultural scientist. Prescott was born in England, educated at the University of Manchester achieving Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours in 1911. The follo ...

File:J150W-Preston.jpg , Margaret Rose Preston File:J150W-Price.jpg , Tom Price ;Statue of Sir

Walter Watson Hughes Sir Walter Watson Hughes (22 August 1803 – 1 January 1887),Dirk Van Dissel,Hughes, Sir Walter Watson (1803 - 1887), ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 4, MUP, 1972, pp 440-441. Retrieved 11 August 2009 who before his knighthood wa ...

(1803–1887) File:J150W-statue-Hughes.jpg File:J150W-statue-Hughes-base.jpg ;Ramsay – Short Image:J150W-Ramsay.jpg , Alexander Maurice Ramsay Image:J150W-Randell.jpg ,

William Richard Randell William Richard Randell "Captain Randell" (2 May 1824 – 4 March 1911), was an Australian politician and pioneer born in Devon, England, who emigrated to the newly founded colony of South Australia in 1837 with his family. He was a pioneer ...

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Arnold Edwin Victor Richardson Arnold Edwin Victor Richardson MA, BSc., (12 September 1883 – 5 December 1949) was an Australian scientist noted for dry farming research, who became founding director of Waite Research Institute then director of the organisation now known as ...

Image:J150W-Richardson-V.jpg , Victor York Richardson Image:J150W-Ridley.jpg ,

John Ridley John Ridley IV (born 1965) is an American screenwriter, television director, novelist, and showrunner, known for '' 12 Years a Slave'', for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He is also the creator and showrunner of the a ...

Image:J150W-Scammell.jpg , Luther Robert Scammell Image:J150W-Schomburgk.jpg , Richard Moritz Schomburgk Image:J150W-Schulz.jpg , Adolf John Schulz Image:J150W-Seager.jpg , Alexandrina Seager Image:J150W-Sharpe.jpg , Ronald Max'y Sharpe Image:J150W-Shearer.jpg ,

David Shearer David James Shearer (born 28 July 1957) is a New Zealand United Nations worker and politician. He was a member of the New Zealand Parliament for the Labour Party from 2009 to 2016, serving as Leader of the Opposition from 2011 to 2013. Shea ...

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Augustus Short Augustus Short (11 June 1802 – 5 October 1883) was the first Anglican bishop of Adelaide, South Australia. Early life and career Born at Bickham House, near Exeter, Devon, England, the third son of Charles Short, a London barrister, offs ...

;Statue of Sir

Samuel Way Sir Samuel James Way, 1st Baronet, (11 April 1836 – 8 January 1916) was an English-Australian jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia from 18 March 1876 until 8 January 1916. Background Way was born in P ...

:The Right Hon. Sir S.J. Way, Bart., P.C, D.C.L., LL.D. by Alfred Drury, R.A., A.R.C.A. 1924 :Designed by Walter Bagot, F.R.I.B.A., F.R.A.I.A. Erected by J. Tillett. :Pedestal of granite. Paid for by public subscription. Unveiled 17 November 1924. File:J150W-statue-Way.jpg File:J150W-statue-Way-base.jpg

Elder Conservatorium of Music

Plaques: Simpson – Stow

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Alfred Muller Simpson Alfred Muller Simpson (4 April 1843 – 28 September 1917), invariably known as Alfred M. Simpson or A. M. Simpson, was a South Australian industrialist, a principal of the manufacturing firm of A. Simpson & Son. He was a member of the South A ...

Image:J150W-Smith-E.jpg , Sir Edwin Smith Image:J150W-Smith-K&R.jpg , Sir

Keith Keith may refer to: People and fictional characters * Keith (given name), includes a list of people and fictional characters * Keith (surname) * Keith (singer), American singer James Keefer (born 1949) * Baron Keith, a line of Scottish barons ...

and
Sir

Ross Ross or ROSS may refer to: People * Clan Ross, a Highland Scottish clan * Ross (name), including a list of people with the surname or given name Ross, as well as the meaning * Earl of Ross, a peerage of Scotland Places * RoSS, the Republic of Sou ...

Smith Image:J150W-Smith-R.jpg , Richard B Smith Statues of Sir Douglas MawsonProfessor Sir Douglas Mawson
Statues in the City of Adelaide, Adelaide City Council. and Sir

on Goodman Crescent in front of the

Elder Conservatorium The Elder Conservatorium of Music, also known as "The Con", is Australia's senior academy of music and is located in the centre of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It is named in honour of its benefactor, Sir Thomas Elder. Dating in ...

File:UofAdelaide-Mawson&Conservatorium-Aug08.jpg , Sir Douglas Mawson
Unveiled by the Lord Mayor, Dr John Watson, on 16 August 1982. File:J150W-statue-Elder-in-situ.jpg , Sir Thomas Elder File:J150W-statue-Elder.jpg File:J150W-uni-Goodman.jpg , Sir William Goodman Crescent File:J150W-statue-Elder-south.jpg , South face of the base of the statue of Sir Thomas Elder File:J150W-statue-Elder-east.jpg , East face File:J150W-statue-Elder-north.jpg , North face File:J150W-statue-Elder-west.jpg , West face Image:J150W-Spence.jpg ,

Catherine Helen Spence Catherine Helen Spence (31 October 1825 – 3 April 1910) was a Scottish-born Australian author, teacher, journalist, politician, leading suffragist, and Georgist. Spence was also a minister of religion and social worker, and supporter of ...

Image:J150W-Stirling.jpg , Sir Edward Stirling Image:J150W-Stow.jpg , Thomas Quinton Stow Image:J150W-Lee.jpg , Mary Lee

Bonython Hall

File:J150W-BonythonHall-plusPlaque.jpg File:UofAdelaide-BonythonHall&LawBld-front-Aug08.jpg File:Bonython_Hall.jpg File:UofAdelaide-BonythonHall&Conservatorium-front-Aug08.jpg

Plaques: Strange – Todd

Image:J150W-Strange.jpg , Arthur Thomas 'Padre' Strange Image:J150W-Stuart.jpg ,

John McDouall Stuart John McDouall Stuart (7 September 18155 June 1866), often referred to as simply "McDouall Stuart", was a Scottish explorer and one of the most accomplished of all Australia's inland explorers. Stuart led the first successful expedition to tra ...

Image:J150W-Sturt.jpg ,

Charles Sturt Charles Napier Sturt (28 April 1795 – 16 June 1869) was a British officer and explorer of Australia, and part of the European exploration of Australia. He led several expeditions into the interior of the continent, starting from Sydney and la ...

Image:J150W-Taylor.jpg , Doris Taylor Image:J150W-Tenison-Woods.jpg , Julian Edmund Tenison-Woods Image:J150W-Tindale.jpg ,

Norman Tindale Norman Barnett Tindale AO (12 October 1900 – 19 November 1993) was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist, entomologist and ethnologist. Life Tindale was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1900. His family moved to Tokyo and lived ther ...

Image:J150W-Todd.jpg , Sir Charles Todd

Napier Building

Plaques: Tolmer – Wright

Image:J150W-Tolmer.jpg ,

Alexander Tolmer Alexander Tolmer (1815 – 7 March 1890) was a South Australian police officer and Police Commissioner. He was educated at Plymouth, Rouen, Maidstone and Hawkhurst. He migrated to South Australia in 1840 where he was made sub-inspector by Govern ...

Image:J150W-Traeger.jpg , Alfred Herman Traeger Image:J150W-Torrens.jpg , Sir Robert Torrens Image:J150W-Unaipon.jpg ,

David Unaipon David Ngunaitponi (28 September 1872 – 7 February 1967), known as David Unaipon, was an Aboriginal Australian man of the Ngarrindjeri people. He was a preacher, inventor and author. Unaipon's contribution to Australian society helped to bre ...

Image:J150W-Veale.jpg ,

William Charles Douglas Veale Brigadier William Charles Douglas Veale, (16 May 1895 – 17 August 1971), generally known as W. C. D. Veale, was an Australian engineer, surveyor and soldier. He is best known as the longtime (1947–1965) town clerk of the Adelaide City Counc ...

Image:J150W-Vignerons1.jpg , Pioneer Vignerons:

Johann Gramp Johann Gramp (28 August 1819 – 9 August 1903) was a Bavarian-born Australian winemaker, local politician and citrus-grower. He is best known for founding Orlando Wines in the Barossa Valley, South Australia, Australia. Biography Early life Jo ...

,
Richard Hamilton,
Joseph Seppelt,
Samuel Smith Image:J150W-Vignerons2.jpg , Pioneer Vignerons:

Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Word ...

Christopher Penfold Christopher Penfold is an English scriptwriter and editor. Television shows on which he has worked include '' Pathfinders'', '' One by One'', '' All Creatures Great and Small'', '' EastEnders'', ''Casualty'', '' The Brack Report'', the second s ...

Mary Penfold Mary Penfold, née Holt (1820 – 1895), was an English businesswoman, pioneering winemaker and co-founder of Penfolds Winery. Early life Mary Holt, born 1820 in Edmonton England, was the only daughter of a London medical practitioner, Dr ...

John Reynell John Reynell (9 February 1809 – 15 June 1873) was an English-born emigrant to the colony of South Australian where he became established as a wheat farmer, a sheep and cattle breeder, and a vigneron and winemaker. Reynell was born in Ilfraco ...

Image:J150W-Waite.jpg , Peter Waite Image:J150W-Warnes.jpg , Mary Jane Warnes Image:J150W-Way.jpg , Sir

Image:J150W-Wells.jpg ,

Lawrence Allen Wells Lawrence Allen "Larry" Wells (30 April 1860 – 11 May 1938), frequently spelled Laurence Allen Wells, was an Australian explorer. Wells was born at Yallum Station near Penola, South Australia and grew up in the Mount Gambier, South Australia ...

Image:J150W-Wendt.jpg , Jochim Matthias Wendt Image:J150W-Wilkins.jpg , Sir

George Hubert Wilkins Sir George Hubert Wilkins MC & Bar (31 October 188830 November 1958), commonly referred to as Captain Wilkins, was an Australian polar explorer, ornithologist, pilot, soldier, geographer and photographer. He was awarded the Military Cross afte ...

Image:J150W-Wills.jpg , Sir Kenneth Wills Image:J150W-Wright.jpg ,

Edmund William Wright Edmund William Wright (4 April 1824 – 5 August 1888) was a London-born Australian architect, engineer and businessman who was Mayor of Adelaide in 1859. Early life Wright was the third son of Stephen Amand Wright who may have been Master of ...

Ligertwood Building

Last Plaque

Image:J150W-Xlast.jpg , Final plaque File:Jubilee 150 Walkway - Napier and Ligertwood buildings.jpg , Napier and Ligertwood buildings, with last plaque in foreground. ;End of Walkway

References and notes

*Emily Potter
''"How can you live in a city of monuments?": Reading Commemoration and Forgetting in Adelaide's North Terrace Precinct
Altitude vol 2, 2002. * "S.A.'s greats : the men and women of the North Terrace plaques", edited by John Healey, Historical Society of South Australia, 2001
nlaUofAUofA catalogueHistorical Society of SA
Reprinted 2002. Reprinted 2003. (Note that

James Park Woods James Park Woods (4 January 1886 – 18 January 1963) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War I; the Victoria Cross was the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that could be awarded to members of t ...

VC is missing from this book.) * "South Australian biographies, 1980", Blue Book of South Australia : Biographies Australia, 1980
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* "Biographical index of South Australians 1836–1885", editor: Jill Statton, South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society, 1986
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* Stewart Cockburn, "Notable lives : profiles of 21 South Australians", Ferguson Publications, 1997
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*Stewart Cockburn, "The patriarchs", Ferguson Publications, 1983
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Back cover sub-title: ''The lives and philosophies of 30 distinguished South Australians.'' * "Late picking : vintage Jubilee 150", edited by Stella Guthrie, South Australian Council on the Ageing, 1986
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