Top Things to do in Greater Adelaide
What to do and see in Greater Adelaide, South Australia: The Best Monuments & Statues
Discover the best top things to do in Greater Adelaide, Australia including Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander War Memorial, Sir Douglas Mawson, The Rundle Mall Pigs, Anzac Centenary Memorial Walk, Hills Sculpture Trail, Time Ball Tower, Dame Roma Mitchell, Matthew Flinders, Sir Thomas Mellis Napier, Sir Mark Oliphant.
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1. Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander War Memorial
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Hills Sculpture Trail
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4.5 based on 8 reviews
The Hills Sculpture Trail features 26 contemporary stone sculptures made by sculptors who travelled to the region from around the world for the Adelaide Hills Sculpture Symposium events in 2012, 2014 and 2016. They carved their dreams in stone as they ground, chipped, chiselled and polished under the gum trees at The Cedars in Hahndorf - the property of Sir Hans Heysen. Most of the sculptures are dotted around the beautiful landscape of the Adelaide Hills, with some in the neighbouring region of the Fleurieu Peninsula - linking towns and regions, art and people, nature and beauty. In the Adelaide Hills sculptures can be found in the following townships - Mount Barker (8), Stirling (3), Hahndorf (2), Macclesfield, Balhannah, Lobethal, Meadows, Littlehampton, Mount Torrens, Nairne, Woodside and Bridgewater. On the Fleurieu Peninsula sculptures can be found in Langhorne Creek, Mount Compass, Milang and Strathalbyn. All sculptures are located on public land and are easy to access.
Reviewed By 406brynt - Adelaide, Australia
I love these sculptures. Drive through the lovely Adelaide Hills and check out these sculptural exhibits from artists across the world. Lots of good coffee and wineries on the way,. I love Sylvio Apponyis work and there are a few. Such a treat for a day driving in the hills.
6. Time Ball Tower
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4.5 based on 10 reviews
Reviewed By Michael-4551 - Caloundra, Australia
Visited on Saturday 29th February. No visit to Semaphore would be complete without checking out this piece of early history. Also you get goods views of the beach and jetty from it's raised position.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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!
10. Sir Mark Oliphant
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4.5 based on 2 reviews
Reviewed By robbygc - Toronto, Canada
Sir Mark Oliphant was the first South Australian born Governor. Wow! His bust stands proud in Adelaide. Sir Marcus 'Mark' Laurence Elwin Oliphant was a physicist. He did the first experimental demonstration of nuclear fusion and the development of the atomic bomb. When he was retired, he became the Governor of South Australia. Wow! A physicist and now a Governor!
