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South Australian Migration Museum
82 Kintore Ave
ADELAIDE, SA, 5000
Telephone: 08 8207
7570
Email address: migration@history.sa.gov.au
Fax: 08 8207 7591
Mobile phone: 0401 124 948
Mobile phone: 0429 671 920
Email address: vszekeres@history.sa.gov.au
The Migration Museum - a social history museum of South
Australian immigration and settlement. Journey through the
Museum's galleries and encounter the immigrants who have
settled in South Australia since 1836.
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State Library of South Australia
North Terrace
ADELAIDE, SA, 5000
Telephone: 08 8207
7202
Mobile phone: 0418 831 598
Email address: halliday.bronwyn@slsa.sa.gov.au
Come into our one-stop-shop for worldwide information. For
tourists and visitors, our White Gloves Treasures Tours will
give you a unique experience of South Australia.
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Sturt House
Jetty Street
GRANGE, SA, 5022
Fax: 08 8356 8185
Telephone: 08 8356 8185
Email address: sturthouse@optusnet.com.au
The Grange was the home of Captain Charles Sturt and his
family from when it was built in 1840 until they returned to
England in 1853. Captain Sturt was one of Australia?s most
famous explorers and a Founder of South Australia.
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The Australian Museum of Childhood
95 Dale Street
PORT ADELAIDE, SA, 5015
Telephone: 08 8240 5200
Mobile phone: 0407 606 483
The Australian Museum of Childhood was established due to the
growing need for Australian children of all nationalities to
know their cultural background. Display's of children's toys
that date as early as the 1890's will show the fads and trends
of children at play.
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The Bradman Collection
Cnr Kintore Avenue and North Terrace
Adelaide, SA, 5000
Telephone: 08 8207
7271
Fax: 08 8207 7307
Email address: haskell.rachel@slsa.sa.gov.au
Experience a world-class exhibition dedicated to an Australian
legend and international hero. Sir Donald Bradman was the
greatest batsman in the history of cricket.
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Aboriginal
Tjilbruke Trail, Monument and Beachfront
Strickland Road
KINGSTON PARK, SA, 5049
Telephone: 08 8179
9500
Email address: mail@holdfast.sa.gov.au
Kingston Park has superb coastal views. Take time to explore
the coastal reserve, visit the John Dowie Rock Sculpture at
the heritage Aboriginal Site and learn the Dreamtime Story of
Tjilbruke and how the Spring Site evolved.
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Adelaide Zoo
Frome Road
ADELAIDE, SA, 5000
Telephone: 08 8267 3255
Web address: http://www.adelaide-zoo.com.au
Fax: 08 8239 0637
Email address: swillis@adelaidezoo.com.au
Located in shady parklands a few minutes walk from Adelaide's
city centre is one of Australia's most historic and interesting
zoos. Offering much more than a traditional children's outing,
Adelaide Zoo is fascinating, beautiful and full of interest.
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Christie
Creek Trail
Morphett Vale to Christies Beach
CHRISTIES BEACH, SA, 5165
Telephone: 08 8384 0666
Christie Creek Trail, located in the city of Onkaparinga, is a
unique urban walking trail. The trail offers users views of both
the natural and urban environment as it passes through parks,
streets, reserves, railway tunnels, housing areas and sections
of native vegetation.
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Heights Observatory
The Heights School
Brunel Drive
MODBURY HEIGHTS, SA, 5092
Web address: http://www.theheights.sa.edu.au
Telephone: 08 8263 6244
Fax: 08 8263 6072
The Emanuel Papaelia Observatory, a complex of two buildings,
is a school facilitiy made available to the general public as
a community service, contributed by its regular observers. It
is both an astronomical and an official seismic (earthquake)
recording station.
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Morialta Conservation Park
115 Maryvale Road
ATHELSTONE 5076
Morialta Conservation Park opens out from the Morialta Falls
Road to reveal waterfalls, deep gorges and richly wooded
hillsides. The Kaurna (pronounced Gowna) Aboriginal people
called the area Moriatta, or ever flowing, referring to the
waters of Fourth Creek.
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Sleeps Hill Quarries
High Street
BELAIR, SA, 5052
Telephone: 08 8372
8812
Web address: http://www.mitchamcouncil.sa.gov.au
Twelve quarries were developed near Sleeps Hill in two
separate beds of quartzite (the upper and lower quartzites),
which crop out on both sides of a steep valley overlooking
Adelaide. The lower outcrops were exploited first and
operations gradually moved eastwards and higher up the valley.
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Adelaide Himeji Garden
South Terrace & Glen Osmond Road
ADELAIDE, SA, 5000
Telephone: 08 8203
7777
Email address: city@adelaide.sa.gov.au
The Adelaide-Himeji Garden was built to symbolise the bonds of
friendship between the City of Adelaide and the Himeji Region
of Japan. The garden was opened by the Right Honorable The
Lord Mayor, Mrs Wendy Chapman on 3rd April 1985. |