Keith Conlon

History and heritage nut, bike ride leader, jazz drummer, storyteller, occasional Fringe performer. Former Chair, SA Heritage Council. On Kaurna Country.

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About 45 minutes tto cast a bote at North Adelaide primary School. Favoured the. #Democracycupcake for this election.

#AustraliaVotes

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Very long queue at North Adelaide primary School Paul Booth. This is just the back half. A democracy sausage weights around the corner.
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Very long queue at North Adelaide primary School Paul Booth. This is just the back half. A democracy sausage weights around the corner.
#Australia votes

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Gather Round is all go at Adelaide Oval! Crowd will keep building to fill the joint as the traffic jams and long queues subside. Perfect evening for footy.
Go Crows!!!
#aflcrowscats
#weflyasone #gatherround #aflgatherround

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@SLSA photos ennhanced by Les Peters. More on the story::

https://t.co/pKz4iwAMjS

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Where was the ‘Great White Elephant of South Australia’? The 1st bridge over the Murray in SA was opened #OTD 26 March 1879 at Edwards’ Crossing, now Murray Bridge. The nickname? The girders from Wales were left lying at Dry Creek rail yards for years.
#NgarrindjeriCountry

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Wish Roy Rene ‘Happy Birthday ‘ when you pass his statue in Hindley St. #Adelaide today. He was born nearby #OTD 15 Feb 1891. His comedy character Mo was famous round Australia on stage and radio for decades.
His 2010 statue is by Robert Hannaford.
On #KaurnaCountry.

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A defining day for our vast Riverland irrigation area. #OTD 14 Feb 1887 Canadian brothers William and Ben Chaffey signed an agreement with the South Australian Govt to set up an irrigation colony on the River Murray at the site which is now Renmark.
On #NaralteCountry

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Did you know the Adelaide Agricultural and Horticultural Show was held in Botanic Park for a half century? Its first show there opened #OTD 14 Feb 1844. It graduated from marquees to is own Exhibition Building there in 1860.
On #KaurnaCountry.

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The troopship Karoola arrived at Outer Harbor #OTD 13 Feb 1919, bringing home about 500 South Australian soldiers from World War I. Some had been away for more than 4 years. Gen Monash estimated that he had to repatriate 180,000 Australians from Europe. Moving pics from @SLSA.

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One of Adelaide’s heritage jewels, the 1884 Mortlock Chamber was named in the ‘top 20 most beautiful libraries of the world’ by a US mag. After a national award winning restoration, it was re-opened #OTD 12 Feb 1986.
On #KaurnaCountry.

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Charles Sturt sighted the Southern Ocean #OTD 11 Feb 1830, completing an epic charting journey down the Murray. He was disappointed to see its mouth would not be navigable. A 1930 monument on Hindmarsh Is. marks the moment.
On #NgarrindjeriCountry.

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A simmer storm claims a sailing ship.The 3 masted barque Zanoni loaded with 4025 bags of wheat left Pt Wakefield #OTD 11 Feb 1867 and soon hit a fierce squall and sank. No lives lost. The wreck was only found in 1983. Permit for diving required. Relics at Ardrossan Museum.

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Vote for Bill! An early and critical stoush in Adelaide. Gov Hindmarsh kept hassling Col Lignt to shift his site for the capital closer to the coast, but #OTD 10 Feb 1837 an historic public meeting of landholders voted clearly for Light’s site on the Torrens.
On #KaurnaCountry.

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From salty swamp to ‘best Real Estate project in the world’, the West Lakes development scored a breakthrough #OTD 8 Feb 1968. @theTiser reported Premier Dunstan saying it would be almost entirely residential. Legislation would follow.
On #KaurnaCountry.

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Hahndorf, Australia’s oldest surviving German settlement, was named after Cap. Dirk Hahn. On the Zebra, he brought Old Lutheran dissidents to ‘freedom of religion’ Adelaide. Checking good country for them in the hills #OTD 25 Jan 1839 he climbed Mt Barker.
On #PeramangkCountry

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A tragic day for #Adelaide city designer Col William Light. #OnThisDay 22 Jan 1839, his hut on North Tce burned down. Much of his personal history and our colonial detail went up in smoke. He slept in thedairy of his incomplete 'Theberton Cottage'.
On #KaurnaCountry.

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The Adelaide Botanic Garden gained a spectacular attraction when 'the pride of the city' was opened #OTD 22 Jan 1877. The Palm House was imported from Germany in pieces (but all the glass shattered en route). A heritage symbol of an economic boom era.
On #KaurnaCountry.

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A landmark moment for 19C protection of ships and seafarers in South Australia - #OTD 10 Jan 1852 the Cape Willoughby Lighthouse oil lamp was lit for the first time. It was the colony’s first such warning beacon. You can stay in its cottages. See more:

https://t.co/Fg4Wnfl13M

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An ugly ‘pitched battle’ between police and protesting workers arose in Adelaide #OTD 9 January 1931. The ‘beef riot’ occurred outside the Treasury Building. Hardships in the Great Depression led to the clash. Accounts differed - more from @HistorySA:

https://t.co/1DfsHTy9Pl

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The first Government Printer in South Australia was Robert Thomas, appointed #0TD 4 Jan 1837. His Stanhope Press was ready to go - in a hut of water rushes near the Patawalonga. He had already printed 100 copies of the Governor's Proclamation a week before.
On #KaurnaCountry.