Jubilee 150 Walkway

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, South Australia from King William Street to Pulteney Street.

History

Jubilee 150 Walkway (also known as the Jubilee 150 Commemorative Walk, Jubilee 150 Walk, Jubilee 150 Plaques, the Jubilee Walk, or simply J150, 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 on 28 December 1836.^[1][2]

Overview

The plaques, which are placed between ^[1] contain the names and deeds of (initially) 170^{[further explanation needed]} people who made major contributions to the founding and development of the former colony and later state of South Australia.^[3] Since 1986, the Adelaide City Council has added four plaques.^[4]

Most plaques are arranged in alphabetic order,^[5] and stretch from King William Road to Pulteney Street along the north side of North Terrace. The walkway starts at the South African War Memorial, and passes in front of Government House, the National War Memorial, the State Library, the Museum, the Art Gallery and the University of Adelaide. 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.^{[citation needed]}

In 2011 the Adelaide City Council reorganised the area in front of Government House (between King William Road 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 was added to the group.^{[citation needed]}

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,^[6] Mary Lee and Sir Mark Oliphant,^[7] 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

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  First plaque
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  George Fife Angas
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  George French Angas
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  Charles George Everard memorial plaque
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  Sir Henry Ayers
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  Walter Hervey Bagot

South African War Memorial

South African Boer War Memorial by A Jones 1904^[8]

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  Circa 1926
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  Circa 2008
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Government House

This section of North Terrace in front of Government House has been named the Price Henry Gardens.^[9]

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.

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  1988 plaque
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  Gas Lamps in 2008
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  Footpath in 2017

Plaques: Bagshaw – Bonython

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  John Stokes Bagshaw
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  Sir Richard Baker
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  Robert Barr Smith
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  Tom Elder Barr Smith
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  Percy Raymond Begg
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  Dervish Bejah
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  John Bishop
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  John McConnell Black
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  Abraham Tobias Boas
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  Lady Jean Bonython
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  Sir John Langdon Bonython

Statue of Dame Roma Mitchell

The Honourable Dame Roma Mitchell, modelled by Janette Moore, sculpted by John Woffinden and Sally Francis, unveiled 1 July 1999.^[10]

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Plaques: Bradman – Cawthorne

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  Sir Donald Bradman
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  Sir William and
  Sir Lawrence Bragg
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  Hooper Josse Brewster Jones
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  Sir George Brookman
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  Henry John 'Harry' Butler
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  Sir Hugh Cairns
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  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.^[10] It is a copy in Carrara marble of the statue of Venus by Antonio Canova – the original is at the Pitti Palace in Florence. (Photo of the original.) – Pedestal of Sicilian and Kapunda marble. Executed by Fraser & Draysey. Presented by Mr W. A. Horn. Unveiled 3 September 1892, by His Worship the Mayor (F.W. Bullock, Esq.).^[11]

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  Looking west
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  Statue
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  Base

Plaques: Chapman – Cocks

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  Sir Robert Chapman
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  Sir John Cleland
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  Kate Cocks

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,^[10] and unveiled by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor (Robert E Porter, Esq.) on 25 June 1969.^[12]

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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 Lawrence Bragg and later Sir William Henry Bragg) were added to the group.

The three busts in their pre-2011 locations:

Sir Thomas John Mellis Napier by John Dowie, 1970.^[8]
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.^[6]

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Mary Lee by Pat Moseley.

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Sir Mark Oliphant by John Dowie, 1978.^[10]

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Five busts in 2013. Six busts in 2017

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  2013 L to R: Napier, Florey, L Bragg, Oliphant and Lee
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  Sir Lawrence Bragg by John W Mills
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  2017 Venus and L to R: WH Bragg, L Bragg, Napier, Florey, Lee and Oliphant
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  Sir William Henry Bragg by Robert Hannaford
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  Father and son

Plaques: Crocker – Dickinson

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  Sir Walter Crocker
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  Dave Dallwitz
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  Sir Samuel Davenport
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  Sybil Irving memorial plaque
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  Constance Muriel Davey^[13]
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  Peter Dawson
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  Lillian Daphne de Lissa
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  C J Dennis
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  Sir Samuel Benson Dickinson^[14][15]

Statue of Matthew Flinders

Captain Matthew Flinders by F. Brook Hitch, A.R.B.S.^[16] 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.^[17]

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Plaques: Duguid – Gerrard

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  Charles Duguid
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  Sir Lloyd Dumas
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  John Dunn^[15]
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  Don Dunstan
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  Sir Thomas Elder
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  Gladys Elphick
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  Julia Warren Farr^[18] and George Henry Farr^[19]
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  Francis Hardey Faulding
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  Lord Florey
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  Reverend John Flynn
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  David Fowler^[20]
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  Alfred Edward Gerard
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  Looking west

National War Memorial

National War Memorial – Great War – 1914–1918 by Woods, Bagot, Jory & Laybourne Smith; and Rayner Hoff, 1931.^[16]

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  Spirit of Duty
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  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; and the "Australian Armed Forces Memorial", encompassing the Malayan Emergency of 1948–1960, the Korean War, the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation in Borneo, and the Vietnam War. 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 from 1941 and the 10th, 27th, 48th and 50th battalions of 1916.

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  France
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  8th Division
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  Lone Pine and battle.
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  South-East Asia and Korea
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  WWII Honour roll

Plaques: Gibb – Gill

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  Sir Claude Gibb^[21]
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  WWI VC recipients:
  Blackburn, Davey, Inwood, Jensen, Leak, Sullivan, Weathers, Woods
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  WWII VC & GC recipients:
  Derrick, Gosse, Kibby, Matthews
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  Vietnam War VC recipient:
  Major Peter Badcoe
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  Gladys Ruth Gibson^[22]
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  William Anstey Giles
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  S T Gill
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  Walter Gill

Kintore Avenue

The Institute building

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Plaques: Gosse – Hall

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  William Gosse
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  George Goyder
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  Margaret Graham^[23]
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  W. H. Gray^[15]
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  Sir Archibald Grenfell Price
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  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.^[16][24]

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  Back of statue to right
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  Back of statue
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Plaques: Hancock – Hartley

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  Looking east from Edward VII
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  Henry Richard 'Captain' Hancock^[25]
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  Alfred Hannaford^[26]
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  George Hannaford^[27]
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  John Anderson Hartley

State Library of South Australia

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  John Dowie by John Woffinden, 2006
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  Robert Burns by WJ Maxwell 1894^[16]
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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.).^[28]

Plaques: Hassell – Hill-Ling

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  George Frederick Hassell
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  Charles Allen Seymour Hawker
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  Colin Sidney Hayes
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  Sir Edward Hayward
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  Sir Robert Helpmann
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  Sir Hans Heysen
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  Harold Eustace Hill-Ling

Mortlock Library

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Plaques: Holden – Jolly

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  Sir Edward Holden
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  Amos William Howard
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  Sir Walter Hughes
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  Sir Roland Jacobs
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  'Jimmy' James
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  Norman William Jolly

Museum of Natural History

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Plaques: Kavel – Mitchell

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  Pastor August Kavel
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  Sir Sidney Kidman
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  Charles Cameron Kingston
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  Sir George Kingston
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  Andrew Kirkpatrick
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  Essington Lewis
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  Colonel William Light
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  Dame Ruby Litchfield
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  Mary Helen MacKillop
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  Murdoch Stanley McLeod
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  John Abel McPherson
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  Cecil Thomas Madigan
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  James Martin
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  Sir Douglas Mawson
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  Frederick May
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  George Elton Mayo
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  Helen Mary Mayo
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  Sir John Melrose
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  Adelaide Laetitia Miethke
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  May Mills
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  Dame Roma Mitchell

Art Gallery of South Australia

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Plaques: Mitchell – Oliphant

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  Sir William Mitchell
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  Daniel Moriarty
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  William Ranson Mortlock
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  Charles Pearcy Mountford
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  William Muirden
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  Sir Mellis Napier
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  Peter Nelson and Marjorie Jackson-Nelson
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  Paris Nesbit
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  Sir Henry Newland
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  Eldred Norman
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  Sir Mark Oliphant

University of Adelaide

Mitchell Building

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  1869
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  East face
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  Winter 2008

Plaques: Playford – Short

Playford – Price

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  Sir Thomas Playford
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  James Arthur Prescott
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  Margaret Rose Preston
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  Tom Price

Statue of Sir Walter Watson Hughes (1803–1887)

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Ramsay – Short

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  Alexander Maurice Ramsay
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  William Richard Randell
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  Arnold Edwin Victor Richardson
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  Victor York Richardson
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  John Ridley
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  Luther Robert Scammell
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  Richard Moritz Schomburgk
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  Adolf John Schulz
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  Alexandrina Seager
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  Ronald Max'y Sharpe
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  David Shearer
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  Augustus Short

Statue of Sir Samuel Way

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.^[29]

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Elder Conservatorium of Music

Plaques: Simpson – Stow

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  Alfred Muller Simpson
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  Sir Edwin Smith
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  Sir Keith and
  Sir Ross Smith
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  Richard B Smith

Statues of Sir Douglas Mawson^[30] and Sir Thomas Elder on Goodman Crescent in front of the Elder Conservatorium

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  Sir Douglas Mawson
  Unveiled by the Lord Mayor, Dr John Watson, on 16 August 1982.
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  Sir Thomas Elder
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  Sir William Goodman Crescent

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  South face of the base of the statue of Sir Thomas Elder
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  East face
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  North face
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  West face

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  Catherine Helen Spence
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  Sir Edward Stirling
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  Thomas Quinton Stow
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  Mary Lee^[31]

Bonython Hall

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Plaques: Strange – Todd

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  Arthur Thomas 'Padre' Strange
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  John McDouall Stuart
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  Charles Sturt
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  Doris Taylor
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  Julian Edmund Tenison-Woods
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  Norman Tindale
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  Sir Charles Todd

Napier Building

Plaques: Tolmer – Wright

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  Alexander Tolmer
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  Alfred Herman Traeger
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  Sir Robert Torrens^[32]
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  David Unaipon
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  William Charles Douglas Veale
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  Pioneer Vignerons:
  Johann Gramp,
  Richard Hamilton,
  Joseph Seppelt,
  Samuel Smith
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  Pioneer Vignerons:
  Thomas Hardy,
  Christopher Penfold,
  Mary Penfold,
  John Reynell
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  Peter Waite
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  Mary Jane Warnes
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  Sir Samuel Way
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  Lawrence Allen Wells
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  Jochim Matthias Wendt^[33]
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  Sir George Hubert Wilkins^[15]
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  Sir Kenneth Wills^[34][35]
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  Edmund William Wright

Ligertwood Building

Last Plaque

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  Final plaque
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  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. nla, UofA, UofA catalogue, Historical Society of SA. Reprinted 2002. Reprinted 2003. ISBN 0 9579430 0 8 (Note that James Park Woods VC is missing from this book.)
• "South Australian biographies, 1980", Blue Book of South Australia : Biographies Australia, 1980. nla
• "Biographical index of South Australians 1836–1885", editor: Jill Statton, South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society, 1986. nla
• Stewart Cockburn, "Notable lives : profiles of 21 South Australians", Ferguson Publications, 1997. nla
• Stewart Cockburn, "The patriarchs", Ferguson Publications, 1983. nla 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. nla

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