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The 10 Best Monuments & Statues in Adelaide, South Australia
The capital city of South Australia is simply enchanting, a treasure trove of shopping, fine arts, gastronomy and outdoor activity. Adelaide is the heart of the world's opal industry, selling gorgeous stones from South Australian mines. Be sure to hike the aptly named Mt. Lofty Ranges and catch a wave off the Fleurieu Peninsula. Indulge your adventurous palate and traipse into nearby wine regions like the famed Barossa Valley to pick up a deliciously drinkable souvenir.
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1. Charles Sturt Statue
2. John Cole "Jack" Reedman
3. Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander War Memorial
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
4. Sir Douglas Mawson
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5.0 based on 3 reviews
Reviewed By Q7840EUdanl - Bunbury, Australia
This sculpture by John Dowie commemorates the great explorer and is inscribed; "Sir Douglas Mawson O.B.E. B.E. D.Sc. F.R.S. F.A.A. 1882 1958 Professor of Geology and Mineralogy Antarctic scientist and explorer" The bronze bust is mounted on a marble base and on each side is a boulder; pegmatite from Mawson Valley in the Flinders Ranges and charnoktite, from Mawson, Antarctica.
5. South African War Memorial
6. The Rundle Mall Pigs
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4.5 based on 682 reviews
Reviewed By brockp686 - North Haven, Australia
Walking through riundle mall, onee of the great sights other then the buskers and people are the smiles and joy bought to the faces of people of all ages from the rundle mall pigs. Everyone loves to have their pictures taken with these pigs. You must go see.
7. Anzac Centenary Memorial Walk
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4.5 based on 14 reviews
Reviewed By 353bobd - Adelaide, Australia
Interesting walk from the city to the river down Kintore Avenue close to the wall of Government House. Panels alongside the walk are polished black stone with images of Australian servicemen and women who lost their lives in war. It's a quiet, peaceful and reflective experience.
8. Dame Roma Mitchell
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4.5 based on 4 reviews
Reviewed By Q7840EUdanl - Bunbury, Australia
Roma Mitchell had a keen sense of social justice and an aversion to the discrimination practiced against women. She participated in student politics at Adelaide University and helped formed the Women Law Students’ Society. In 1962 she became Australia’s first female Queen’s Counsel and in 1965 Australia’s first female judge of the Supreme Court. More success followed and in 1981 she was the founding Chairwoman of the Australian Human Rights Commission. She certainly burst through some male dominated bastions when in 1983 she became the first female Chancellor of the University of Adelaide and in 1991 the first woman appointed Governor of South Australia. A remarkable lady who lived a remarkable life. The bronze sculpture by Janette Moore shows Dame Roma seated in a chair, book in hand and other books beside the chair, all mounted on stone pedestal and base. The statue was unveiled in 1999.
9. Matthew Flinders
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4.5 based on 6 reviews
Reviewed By Q7840EUdanl - Bunbury, Australia
This sculpture by Frederick Brook Hitch is a bronze statue of Flinders mounted atop a granite plinth and was inaugurated in 1934. Flinders served as midshipman under Captain William Bligh before reaching NSW to map the coastline of the colony. From 1798 to his death in 1814 he was extensively involved in chartering the coastline including the circumnavigation of Australia and proving it a continent. The plinth is inscribed; Matthew Flinders, Explorer and Navigator, Terra Australis, 1744 - 1814.
10. Sir Thomas Mellis Napier
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4.5 based on 2 reviews
Reviewed By robbygc - Toronto, Canada
Sir Thomas Mellis Napier was the former Lieutenant-Governor and Chief Justice of South Australia. He had a lot of admirers. These admirers are the ones who wanted a bust of his. The City Council gave the pedestal. I admire when a memorial is put on place thanks to people who like them. That is cool. Worthwhile to see!
