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11 unusual facts about North Adelaide


Benacre, Glen Osmond

The colony of South Australia was proclaimed on 28 December 1836 at Holdfast Bay, but with no reliable fresh water supply, the initial settlement was by the River Torrens at Adelaide or more specifically, Adelaide city centre and North Adelaide.

Bevan Spencer von Einem

Kelvin had just seen off a friend at a nearby bus stop on the corner of O'Connell and Marian Streets, North Adelaide and was returning home for dinner.

At around 6pm on 5 June 1983, von Einem (possibly along with other unknown persons) abducted Kelvin in a North Adelaide street, just 60 metres from Kelvin's home in Ward Street.

Big Lobster

Paul Kelly, who had previously built the Big Scotsman in North Adelaide, was employed to design and build the new structure.

Digby Denham

He married Knight's sister Alice Maud at North Adelaide on 16 April 1884: they were to have two daughters and a son.

Elliott Johnston

Johnston was born in North Adelaide to William Stewart and Elsie Vivian Johnston and grew up in Kingston, studying first at public high schools and then Prince Alfred College on scholarship.

Grenfell Price

Price was born at North Adelaide and was the only surviving son of Henry Archibald Price, banker and businessman, and his wife Elizabeth Jane, née Harris.

Malcolm Blue

Malcolm Fraser Blue QC (born 12 August 1954 North Adelaide, South Australia) is a Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia.

Martha Needle

At 17 she married Henry Needle at North Adelaide and in 1882 gave birth to a daughter Mabel followed by Elsie in 1883 and May in September 1886.

O'Connell Street, Limerick

:O'Connell Street is also the main street in Dublin, Ennis, Sligo and in various other towns around Ireland, and also the main street of North Adelaide

Sally Sara

During this time she was resident at St Mark's College in North Adelaide.


Australian rules football in South Australia

The inaugural 1877 season was contested by those 12 clubs: South Park, Willunga, Port Adelaide, Adelaide, North Adelaide, Prince Alfred College, Gawler, Kapunda, Bankers, Woodville, South Adelaide and Victorian.

King William Street, Adelaide

The northern section called King William Road (connecting the Adelaide city centre with North Adelaide) passes several of Adelaide's landmarks, including Government House, Elder Park, the Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide Oval and St Peter's Cathedral.

Light's Vision

Montefiore Hill is a small hill in North Adelaide, South Australia, named after Jacob Montefiore, a Jewish Colonising Commissioner who was a cousin of the British philanthropist, Moses Montefiore.

Torrens Bridge railway station

Torrens Bridge railway station was a short-lived railway station on the Outer Harbor line in North Adelaide.

Will Ashton

The sale of his work, "Boulevard Montparnasse, Paris", to the National Gallery of South Australia enabled him to marry May Millman, on 31 January 1906 at Christ Church, North Adelaide.

William Henry Bragg

Whilst in Adelaide, Bragg played tennis and golf, and as a founding member of the North Adelaide and Adelaide University Lacrosse Clubs, contributed to the introduction of lacrosse to South Australia and was also the secretary of the Adelaide University Chess Assosciation.