The Art Gallery of South Australia, with about 35,000 works, holds Australia's second largest state-based collection. Adelaide has developed a strong culture of attracting crowds to major sporting events. [11][12][13] The area of the city centre and surrounding parklands is called Tarndanya in the Kaurna language.[14]. The area around modern-day Adelaide was originally inhabited by the Indigenous Kaurna people, one of many Aboriginal nations in South Australia. Browse a selection of experiences with PureSA. In 2017, the RAH was relocated from the city's East End to a new AU$2.3billion facility built over former railyards in the West End. Study at Adelaide. Taste the world-famous wine regions only minutes from the city or indulge in award-winning restaurants in the heart of Adelaide. Just 15 minutes drive from Adelaide Airport lies The Mayfair, Adelaide's premier five-star boutique hotel. The city and parklands area was known as Tarntanya,[17] Tandanya (now the short name of Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute), Tarndanya,[18] or Tarndanyangga (now the dual name for Victoria Square) in the Kaurna language. & Preiss, W.V. [143] South Australian schools provide education under the Australian Curriculum for reception to Year 10 students. ), Belperio, A.P. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. [citation needed], Suburbs such as Para Hills, Salisbury, Ingle Farm and Blair Athol in the north and Findon, West Croydon and Seaton and other Western suburbs have sizeable Afghan communities. Road transport in Adelaide has historically been easier than many of the other Australian cities, with a well-defined city layout and wide multiple-lane roads from the beginning of its development. The City of Adelaide is legally defined as the capital city of South Australia by the City of Adelaide Act 1998, which also provides for a Capital City Committee, setting out its structure, function and responsibilities. [54] Three historic buildings were adapted for modern use: the Torrens Building in Victoria Square as the Adelaide campus for Carnegie Mellon University, University College London, and Torrens University;[55] the Stock Exchange building as the Science Exchange of the Royal Institution Australia; and the Glenside Psychiatric Hospital as the Adelaide Studios of the SA Film Corporation. Adelaide combines exceptional food and wine, world-class events and immersive wildlife experiences. Adelaide is a gateway to some of Australias best wine country and home to a bustling bar scene. Join the party at our immersive festivals and events or spend the night exploring Adelaide attractions and a thriving restaurant Adelaide combines exceptional food and wine, world-class events and immersive wildlife experiences. Three-day Adelaide Itinerary Adelaide Visitor Guide Download Best Restaurants in Adelaide Best Hotels in Adelaide 7 Hidden Bars to Discover Adelaide: a foodie city Top 5 Beaches in Adelaide The collapse meant that successive governments enacted lean budgets, cutting spending, which was a setback to the further economic development of the city and state. Adelaide has two professional basketball teams, the men's team being the Adelaide 36ers which plays in the National Basketball League (NBL) and the women's team, the Adelaide Lightning which plays in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). [39], The Dunstan Governments of the 1970s saw something of an Adelaide 'cultural revival',[45] establishing a wide array of social reforms. The Adelaide Convention Centre was redeveloped and expanded at a cost of A$350million beginning in 2012. Despite significant public opposition and the Labor party's anti-privatisation stance which left the Liberal party one vote short of the numbers needed to pass the legislation, ETSA was privatised by the Olsen Government in 1999 by way of a 200-year lease for the distribution network (ETSAUtilities, later renamed SA Power Networks) and the outright purchase of ETSA Power[clarification needed] by the Cheung Kong Holdings for $3.5billion (11 times ETSA's annual earnings) after Labor MP Trevor Crothers resigned from the party and voted with the government. [67], Most of the Adelaide metropolitan area lies in the downthrown St Vincent Basin and its embayments, including the Adelaide Plains Sub-basin, and the Golden Grove, Noarlunga and Willunga Embayments. Adelaide hosted the 2012 World Bowls Championships[181] at Lockleys Bowling Club, becoming the third city in the world to have held the championships twice, having previously hosted the event in 1996. The demonym Adelaidean is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide. Secondary industries helped reduce the state's dependence on primary industries. There is a public system operated by the South Australian Government and a private system of independent and Catholic schools. Adelaide also has a community television station, Channel 44. At the level of primary and secondary education, there are two systems of school education. [68] These deposits are overlain by Quaternary alluvial fans and piedmont slope deposits, derived from erosion of the uplands, consisting of sands, clays and gravels,[69] interfingering to the west with transgressive Pleistocene to Holocene marine sands and coastal sediments of the shoreline of Gulf St Vincent. [114] In 1968, the Jewish population of Adelaide numbered about 1,200;[115] in 2001, according to the Australian census, 979 persons declared themselves to be Jewish by religion. [185][186] SAHMRI is building a $300million second facility due to be completed by 2022 to house the Australian Bragg Centre with Australia's first proton therapy unit. 7 News Adelaides new presenters Rosanna Mangiarelli and Will Goodings enjoyed a stunning success on their debut driving weeknight news, doubling the ratings of their nearest rival. Find out what's on in Adelaide. [192] In 2004, the privatisation was deemed to be a failure with consumers paying 60% more for their power and with the state government estimated to lose $3billion in power generation net income in the first ten years of privatisation. World-class experiences at your fingertips in Adelaide. Dine at some of the best restaurants in the country, sprawl out on sandy beaches minutes from the city and soak in the chic boutique city vibes. [128], As of November2015[update], Greater Adelaide had an unemployment rate of 7.4% with a youth unemployment rate of 15%. [106], Adelaide was founded on a vision of religious tolerance that attracted a wide variety of religious practitioners. Bettiol was the fourth of 139 riders to start the stage over a tight, twisting course along the Torrens River in downtown Adelaide. The Mercury Cinema and the JamFactory ceramics and design gallery are just around the corner. Adelaide holds an annual Christmas pageant, the world's largest Christmas parade. Make your own history. The renowned Adelaide Festival of Arts was established in 1960 under Thomas Playford, which in the same year spawned an unofficial uncurated series of performances and exhibits which grew into the Adelaide Fringe. [90][91], It was ranked the most liveable city in Australia by the Property Council of Australia, based on surveys of residents views of their own city, between 2010 and 2013,[92][93][94] dropping to second place in 2014. [144] South Australia also has 24 schools that use International Baccalaureate programs as an alternative to the Australian Curriculum or SACE. Undergraduate students. Then cream bricks became fashionable, and in the 1970s, deep red and brown bricks became popular. Manufacturing, defence technology, high-tech electronic systems and research, commodity export and corresponding service industries all play a role in the SA economy. [141][142] Adelaide is the birthplace of three Nobel laureates, more than any other Australian city: physicist William Lawrence Bragg and pathologists Howard Florey and Robin Warren, all of whom completed secondary and tertiary education at St Peter's College and the University of Adelaide. The city features 90.6 clear days annually. The event is commemorated in South Australia as Proclamation Day. Initially playing at the Adelaide Oval, the club moved to the more suitable Hindmarsh Stadium late in the 1998 season. [22] Extensive documentation by early missionaries and other researchers has enabled a modern revival of both,[23] which has included a commitment by local and state governments to rename or include Kaurna names for many local places. Quarterly Reports for the last two years can be found on the REISA website.[138]. Graduate with deep knowledge, global perspective and career-ready, real-world skills. The French form is Adlade or Adlaide and Czech is Adla or Adlta. In 2011, South Australia generated 18% of its electricity from wind power, and had 51% of the installed capacity of wind generators in Australia. Itineraries and inspiration for the best things to do in Adelaide including restaurants and bars, beaches, festivals, events and family friendly activities. [30] Funds raised from the sale of land were to be used to bring out working-class emigrants, who would have to work hard for the monied settlers to ever afford their own land. Adelaide as a girls' name is pronounced AD-a-layd. So, you can experience Australia at its best. Increased media attention also revealed that in 2009 the state government had approved a 46% increase in retail prices to cover expected increases in the costs of generation while generation costs had in fact fallen 35% by 2012. Memorial Drive Park, adjacent to the Adelaide Oval, used to host Davis Cup and other major tennis events, including the Australian Open and the Adelaide International. From adal heid, via French Adlade. His plan, sometimes referred to as "Light's Vision" (also the name of a statue of him on Montefiore Hill), arranged Adelaide in a grid, with five squares in the Adelaide city centre and a ring of parks, known as the Adelaide Parklands, surrounding it. Later houses have mainly been of "brick veneer" construction structural timber or, more recently, lightweight steel frame on a concrete slab foundation, lined with Gyprock, and with an outer skin of brickwork,[78] to cope with Adelaide's reactive soils, particularly Keswick Clay, black earth and some red-brown earth soils. The Adelaide International 1 was one of three events played in Week 1 of the 2023 season, taking place alongside the United Cup and the Tata Open Maharashtra in Pune. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The French form is Adlade or Adlaide and Czech is Adla or Adlta. Hail is also common in winter. 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