ADELAIDE
, the See also:capital of See also:South See also:Australia
.
It is situated in the See also:county to which it gives name, on the See also:banks of the See also:river See also:Torrens, 7 M. from its mouth
.
Its site is a level See also:plain, near the See also:foot of the See also:Mount Lofty range,-in which Mount Lofty itself reaches 2334 ft
.
The broad streets of the See also:city intersect at right angles
.
It is divided into See also:North Adelaide, the residential, and South Adelaide, the business See also:quarter
.
A broad See also:strip of See also:park
lands lies between them, through which runs the river Torrens, crossed by five See also:bridges and greatly improved by a See also:dam on the See also:west of the city
.
The banks are beautifully laid out
.
Broad belts of park lands surround both North and South Adelaide, and as the greater portion of these lands is planted with See also:fine shady trees, this feature renders Adelaide one of the most attractive cities in See also:Australasia
.
South Adelaide is bounded by four broad terraces facing north, south, See also:east and west
.
The See also:main thoroughfare, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Street, runs north and south, passing through See also:Victoria Square, a small park in the centre of the city
.
Handsome public buildings are numerous
.
See also:Government See also:House stands in grounds on the north See also:side of North Ter-See also:race, with several other See also:official buildings in the vicinity; but the See also:majority are in King William Street
.
Here are the See also:town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, with the lofty See also:Albert See also:Tower, and the See also:general See also:post See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office, with the Victoria Tower—which, with the old and new Government offices, the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:cathedral of St See also:Francis See also:Xavier and the See also:court houses, surround Victoria Square
.
On North See also:Terrace are the houses of See also:parliament, and the See also:institute, containing a public library and museum
.
Here is also Adelaide University, established by an See also:act of 1874, and opened in 1876
.
The existing buildings were opened in 1882
.
Munificent gifts have from See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time to time assisted in the See also:extension of its See also:- SCOPE (through Ital. scopo, aim, purpose, intent, from Gr. o'KOaos, mark to shoot at, aim, o ic07reiv, to see, whence the termination in telescope, microscope, &c.)
scope, as for example that of See also:Sir See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Elder (d
.
1897), who took a leading See also:part in the See also:foundation of the university
.
This See also:gift, among other provisions, enabled the Elder Conservatorium of See also:Music to be established, the See also:building for which was opened in 1900
.
In 1903 a building for the See also:schools of See also:engineering and See also:science was opened
.
The See also:total number of students in the university approaches 1000
.
To the east of the university is the building in which the See also:exhibition was held in See also:commemoration of the See also:jubilee of the See also:colony in 1887
.
This building is occupied by the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society, a technical museum, &c
.
The school of mines and See also:industries (1903) stands east of this again
.
The buildings of the numerous important commercial, social and charitable institutions add to the dignity of the city
.
The See also:Anglican cathedral of St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter (1878) is in North Adelaide
.
The Botanical Park, which has an See also:area of 84 acres,.lies on the south See also:bank of the Torrens, on the east of the city
.
It includes the Zoological See also:Garden, is beautifully laid out and forms one of the most attractive features of Adelaide
.
The city has a number of See also:good statues, See also:chief among which are copies of the See also:Farnese See also:Hercules (Victoria Square) and of See also:Canova's See also:Venus (North Terrace), statues of See also:Queen Victoria and See also:Robert See also:Burns, Sir Thomas Elder's statue at the university, and a memorial (1905) over the See also:grave of See also:Colonel See also:Light, founder of the colony, in Light Square
.
Adelaide is governed by a See also:mayor and six aldermen elected by the whole See also:body of the ratepayers, and is the only Australian city in which the mayor is so elected
.
The chief industries are the manufacture of woollen, earthenware and See also:iron goods, See also:brewing, See also:starch-making, See also:flour-milling and See also:soap-boiling
.
Adelaide is also the central See also:share See also:market of Australia, for West Australian See also:gold-mines, for the See also:silver-mines at Broken See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill, and for the See also:copper-mines at See also:Wallaroo, Burra Burra and Moonta; while See also:Port Adelaide, on the neighbouring See also:shore of St See also:Vincent Gulf, ranks as the third in the See also:Commonwealth
.
Adelaide is the See also:terminus of an extensive railway See also:system, the main See also:line of which runs through See also:Melbourne, See also:Sydney and See also:Brisbane to See also:Rockhampton
.
In summer the See also:climate is often oppressively hot under the See also:influence of winds blowing from the interior, but the proximity of the See also:sea on the one side and of the mountains on the other allows the inhabitants to avoid the excessive See also:heat; at other seasons, however, the climate is mild and pleasant; with a mean See also:annual rainfall of 20.4 ins
.
The See also:vice-See also:regal summer See also:residence is at See also:Marble Hill, on the Mount Lofty range
.
Adelaide was founded in 1836 and incorporated in 1843
.
It received its name at the See also:desire of King William IV., in See also:honour of Queen Adelaide
.
See also:Round the city are many pleasant suburbs, connected with it by See also:rail and tramways; the chief of these are See also:Burnside, See also:Beaumont, Unley, See also:Mitcham, See also:Goodwood, Plymton, Hindmarsh, Prospect, St See also:Peters, See also:Norwood and See also:Kensington
.
See also:Glenelg is a favourite watering-See also:place
.
The See also:population of the city proper was 39,240
in 19or; of the city and suburbs within a ro-See also:miles See also:radius, 162,261
.
End of Article: