There have been many Adelaide and South Australian icons, some of which still exist, but few of which are still South Australian owned.
With the start of the 21st century, and in conjunction with the National Trust (SA),
BankSA
BankSA, formerly known as the Bank of South Australia, the State Bank of South Australia and the Savings Bank of South Australia is the largest bank in South Australia. It is a subsidiary of Westpac.
History
Bank SA, formerly known as The ...
launched its annual "Heritage Icons List", naming 8 icons per year. The following is a list of some of these and other icons.
List
* Container Deposit Legislation (1996)
* AMSCOL (Adelaide Milk Supply Co-Operative Limited), particularly AMSCOL Vanilla Ice-cream and free school milk in 1/3 pint bottles (~190ml)
**Dandy - a serving of Amscol vanilla ice-cream packaged in a small (perhaps ) waxed-cardboard tub, sealed with an inserted cardboard cover (with lifting tab), and supplied with a thin flat wooden spoon, marketed from 1928, or earlier, to the takeover of the company.
* Balfours - owned by San Remo Macaroni Company since 2008
** Balfours
Frog cake
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s
* The Beachouse family entertainment complex, located in
Glenelg, South Australia
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* Bickford's lime juice cordial
*The Christmas Pageant
* Coopers, particularly Coopers Sparkling Ale and Coopers Pale Ale, still run and tightly held by the 5th generation descendants of the founder
*Farmers Union, particularly Farmers Union Iced Coffee, owned since the 1991 by
National Foods
Bega Dairy & Drinks is a subsidiary of Australian diversified food company Bega Cheese, having been purchased from the Japanese company Kirin (who owns Lion in Australia) in November 2020. While owned by Kirin, it was known as Lion Dairy & D ...
Passiona
Passiona is an Australian passionfruit-flavoured soft drink currently manufactured by Schweppes Australia and originally Cottee's.
History
Originally developed as a cordial by Lismore dairy farmer Spencer Cottee during the 1920s to avoid wast ...
" and "Stonie" ginger beer (non-alcoholic)
**Draft "Stonie" was available at the Norwood Pie Cart
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Hills Hoist
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For decades from 1945 the devices were mainly manufactured in ...
Menz
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, merged into Arnott, Motterham, Menz in the 1960s, now Privately owned by Robern Menz.
**Menz "Yo-Yo" biscuits
**Menz FruChocs
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Popeye
Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar.Pie floaters and Pie carts
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South Australian Brewing Company
The South Australian Brewing Company, Limited is a brewery located in Thebarton, an inner-west suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is a subsidiary of Lion, which in turn is owned by Kirin, a Japan-based beverage company. It manufactures ...
, purchased by
Lion Nathan
Lion is an alcoholic beverage company that operates in Australia and New Zealand, and a subsidiary of Japanese beverage conglomerate Kirin. It produces and markets a range of beer and cider in Australia, and wine in New Zealand and the Unite ...
, now a subsidiary of Kirin
**West End, West End Draught and Southwark Bitter.
**The Brewery Chimney at ThebartonThe Brewery Chimney www.westenddraught.com.au
**The Christmas display on the south bank of the River Torrens at Thebarton.
* Stobie poles - still South Australian
* Tonsley - The suburb where
Chrysler Australia
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and Mitsubishi Motors Australia made cars from 1964 til 2008. The site has been turned into an innovation park and a housing development.
*Vili's, particularly Vili's Pies and "Cafe De Vili's" - still South Australian
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Woodroofe
Woodroofe (often shortened to Woodies) is a brand of soft drinks in South Australia.
History
William Woodroofe and to a lesser extent, Bruce Randall, founded the business in 1878 in Norwood, South Australia. The factory was sited at a natural ...
's, (W Woodroofe & Sons), particularly "Woodies Lemonade", publicly listed in 1983, purchased by SA Brewing Co, and onsold to Cadbury, Fry, Schweppes. Cadbury was acquired by
Kraft Foods
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A merger with Heinz, arran ...
in 2010; Schweppes Australia is now owned by
Asahi
Asahi (朝日, 旭, or あさひ) means "morning sun" in Japanese and may refer to:
Cities
* Asahi, Chiba (旭市; ''Asahi-shi'') Wards
* Asahi-ku, Osaka (旭区; ''Asahi-ku'')
* Asahi-ku, Yokohama (旭; ''Asahi-ku'')
Towns
* Asahi, Aichi (旭� ...
(2009)
**"Woodies Lemonade, the best lemonade made" is still produced in Adelaide
Gallery
See also
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South Australia
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