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Flinders University
Flinders University, established as The Flinders University of South Australia is a public university, public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia, with a footprint extending across a number of locations in South Australia and the Northern Territory. The main campus is in Bedford Park, South Australia, Bedford Park, about south of the Adelaide city centre. Other campuses include Tonsley, South Australia, Tonsley, Adelaide central business district, Renmark, South Australia, Renmark, Alice Springs, and Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin. Founded in 1966, it was named in honour of British navigator Matthew Flinders, who explored and surveyed the Australian and South Australian coastline in the early 19th century. In 2022, there were 25,247 students enrolled at the university. History Origins and construction By the late 1950s, the University of Adelaide's North Terrace campus was approaching capacity. In 1960, Premier Thomas Playford IV, Thomas Playford announ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emblem
An emblem is an abstract art, abstract or representational pictorial image that represents a concept, like a moral truth, or an allegory, or a person, like a monarch or saint. Emblems vs. symbols Although the words ''emblem'' and ''symbol'' are often used interchangeably, an emblem is a pattern that is used to represent an idea or an individual. An emblem develops in concrete, visual terms some abstraction: a deity, a tribe or nation, or a virtue or vice. An emblem may be worn or otherwise used as an identifying badge or Embroidered patch, patch. For example, in America, police officers' badges refer to their personal metal emblem whereas their woven emblems on uniforms identify members of a particular unit. A real or metal Cockle (bivalve), cockle shell, the emblem of St James the Great, James the Great, sewn onto the hat or clothes, identified a medieval pilgrim to his shrine at Santiago de Compostela. In the Middle Ages, many saints were given emblems, which served to ide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UniSport
UniSport Australia (UniSport) is the national body of university sports in Australia. They are responsible for the Australian team at the International University Sports Federation events. Competitions UniSport Nationals The UniSport Nationals is the flagship multi-sport competition of UniSport. It is held annually in Australia, with forty-three Australian universities participating in the competition. Since its inception, seven universities have won the overall champion title; University of Sydney (12), University of Melbourne (6), Monash University (3), University of Queensland (2), University of Technology Sydney (2), University of Western Australia (1) and University of Wollongong (1). Nationals Snow The Nationals Snow is the main multi-sport competition for sports played on snow. Indigenous Nationals The Indigenous Nationals is the main multi-sport competition for Indigenous Australians Indigenous Australians are people with familial heritage from, or recognised mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Walsh
Francis Henry Walsh (6 July 1897 – 18 May 1968) was the 34th Premier of South Australia from 10 March 1965 to 1 June 1967, representing the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party. Early life One of eight children, Walsh was born into an Irish Catholic family in O'Halloran Hill, South Australia. After an education at Christian Brothers College, Walsh left school at fifteen to work as a stonemason, which sparked his interest in the trade union movement. Walsh would serve as President of the South Australian Stonemason's Society and the national stonemason body and as a member of the United Trades and Labour Council of South Australia, while still finding the time to continue working as a stonemason and marry on 29 December 1925. Parliament At the 1938 state election, Walsh first stood for Labor in the safe conservative electorate of Mitcham and while losing to the Liberal and Country League (LCL) member, impressed senior ALP figures sufficiently to gain e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HASSELL
Hassell is a multidisciplinary architecture, design and urban planning practice with offices in Australia, China, Singapore, USA and the United Kingdom. Founded in 1937/8 in Adelaide, South Australia, the firm's former names include Claridge, Hassell and McConnell; Hassell, McConnell and Partners; and Hassell and Partners Pty. Ltd. They are particularly known for the Adelaide Festival Centre complex, which opened in 1973. History Hassell was founded in Adelaide, South Australia in 1938. From 1937, Colin Hassell worked with Philip R. Claridge and Associates, with Claridge, Hassell and McConnell being established as a partnership which included Jack McConnell. Hassell served in the Australian Army during the Second World War, resuming his place in the firm in 1945. After Claridge retired in 1949, the firm became Hassell, McConnell and Partners, and established offices in Melbourne and Canberra. In 1962 John Morphett joined the practice, who was very influenced by the Bauhaus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Karmel
Peter Henry Karmel (9 May 192230 December 2008) was an Australian economist and professor. He chaired the Interim Committee for the Australian Schools Commission that produced the report ''Schools in Australia'' in 1973. Biography Karmel was educated at Caulfield Grammar School and the University of Melbourne, where he won a non-resident Exhibition to Trinity College in 1940. He graduated BA in the School of Economics in 1942, winning the Wyselaskie Scholarship and the Aitcheson Travelling Scholarship. After working at the Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics in Canberra, Karmel accepted a lectureship in Economics and Economic History at the University of Melbourne in 1946. In that year, he was awarded the Rouse Ball studentship at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, where he completed a PhD on Male and Female Fertility Rates. He was awarded a Rockefeller Grant that enabled him to visit America before his return to Melbourne as senior lecturer in 1949. At the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Playford IV
Sir Thomas Playford (5 July 1896 – 16 June 1981) was an Australian politician from the state of South Australia. He served as Premier of South Australia and leader of the Liberal and Country League (LCL) from 5 November 1938 to 10 March 1965. Though controversial, it was List of Australian heads of government by time in office#Historical heads of government, the longest term of any elected government leader in Australian history. His tenure as premier was marked by a period of population and economic growth unmatched by any other States and territories of Australia, Australian state. He was known for his parochial style in pushing South Australia's interests, and was known for his ability to secure a disproportionate share of federal funding for the state as well as his shameless haranguing of federal leaders. His string of election wins was supported by a system of Apportionment (politics), malapportionment later dubbed the "Playmander". Born into the Playford family, an ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darwin, Northern Territory
Darwin ( Larrakia: ') is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. The city has nearly 53% of the Northern Territory's population, with 139,902 at the 2021 census. It is the smallest, wettest, and most northerly of the Australian capital cities and serves as the Top End's regional centre. Darwin's proximity to Southeast Asia makes it a key link between Australia and countries such as Indonesia and Timor-Leste. The Stuart Highway begins in Darwin and extends southerly across central Australia through Tennant Creek and Alice Springs, concluding in Port Augusta, South Australia. The city is built upon a low bluff overlooking Darwin Harbour. Darwin's suburbs extend to Lee Point in the north and to Berrimah in the east. The Stuart Highway extends to Darwin's eastern satellite city of Palmerston and its suburbs. The Darwin region, like much of the Top End, has a tropical climate, with a wet and dry season. A period known locally as "the build up" leading up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Springs
Alice Springs () is a town in the Northern Territory, Australia; it is the third-largest settlement after Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin and Palmerston, Northern Territory, Palmerston. The name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William Mills (surveyor), William Whitfield Mills after Alice, Lady Todd (), wife of the telegraph pioneer Sir Charles Todd (pioneer), Charles Todd. Known colloquially as The Alice or simply Alice, the town is situated roughly in Australia's Geographical centre, geographic centre. It is nearly equidistant from Adelaide and Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin. The area is also known locally as to its Indigenous Australians, original inhabitants, the Arrernte people, Arrernte, who have lived in the Central Australian desert in and around what is now Alice Springs for tens of thousands of years. Alice Springs had a population of 33,990 as of June 2024. The town's population accounts for approximately 10 percent of the population of the Northern Terr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renmark, South Australia
Renmark is a town in South Australia's rural Riverland area, and is located northeast of Adelaide, on the banks of the River Murray. The Sturt Highway between Adelaide and Sydney runs through the town; Renmark is the last major town encountered in South Australia when driving this route. It is a few kilometers west of the SA–Victoria and SA–NSW borders. It is above sea level. History It has been suggested that the name Renmark refers to a local Australian Aboriginal languages, Aboriginal word meaning "red mud" (the original inhabitants of the area were the Erawirung people). However, the mud at Renmark is not red. Alternatively, it could be derived from the name Bookmark, later Calperum Station, Calperum, the station founded by the Chambers brothers (pastoralists), Chambers brothers, from which was excised for the town and irrigation project. Another possibility is the name of an early settler in the district, William Renny. Wool was shipped from "Renmark" in 1878, Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide Central Business District
Adelaide city centre () is the inner city locality of Adelaide, Greater Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. It is known by locals simply as "the City" or "Town" to distinguish it from Greater Adelaide and from the City of Adelaide local government area (which also includes North Adelaide and from the Adelaide Park Lands, Park Lands around the whole city centre). The residential population was 18,202 in the , with a local worker population of 130,404. Adelaide city centre was planned in 1837 on a Greenfield land, greenfield site following a Grid plan, grid layout, with streets running at right angles to each other. It covers an area of and is surrounded by of park lands.The area of the park lands quoted is based, in the absence of an official boundary between the City and North Adelaide, on an east–west line past the front entrance of Adelaide Oval. Within the city are five parks: Victoria Square, Adelaide, Victoria Square in the exact centre and four other, smal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonsley, South Australia
Tonsley is a southern suburb of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. History The suburb of Tonsley was created on 27 January 2017 by dividing the suburb of Clovelly Park in half. The southern part of the suburb was separated from Clovelly Park and named Tonsley at that time. Named after England's Tonsley Hall, it includes the former vehicle assembly plant, which was often called ''Tonsley Park''. The Chrysler Australia car plant was opened in 1964. The factory was taken over by Mitsubishi Motors Australia in 1980 and closed in 2008. The former vehicle factory is being developed as the Tonsley Innovation District with light industry, campuses of TAFE and Flinders University Flinders University, established as The Flinders University of South Australia is a public university, public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia, with a footprint extending across a number of locations in South Australia and ... as well as residential development. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide City Centre
Adelaide city centre () is the inner city locality of Adelaide, Greater Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. It is known by locals simply as "the City" or "Town" to distinguish it from Greater Adelaide and from the City of Adelaide local government area (which also includes North Adelaide and from the Adelaide Park Lands, Park Lands around the whole city centre). The residential population was 18,202 in the , with a local worker population of 130,404. Adelaide city centre was planned in 1837 on a Greenfield land, greenfield site following a Grid plan, grid layout, with streets running at right angles to each other. It covers an area of and is surrounded by of park lands.The area of the park lands quoted is based, in the absence of an official boundary between the City and North Adelaide, on an east–west line past the front entrance of Adelaide Oval. Within the city are five parks: Victoria Square, Adelaide, Victoria Square in the exact centre and four other, smal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
