Adelaide is the capital of the Australian state South Australia.

Adelaide 

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Instance of	city big city
Named after	Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
Location	South Australia, AUS
Inception	28 December 1836
Population	1,387,290 (2021)
Area	1,295 km²
Elevation above sea level	1 m
Different from	Q9140789
Maximum temperature record	47.7 degree Celsius (2019)
Minimum temperature record	−0.4 degree Celsius (1982)
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Category:Uses of Wikidata Infobox with maps34° 55′ 39″ S, 138° 36′ 00″ E
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Aerial views and maps

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  central map
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  1888 map of Adelaide, showing the gradual development of its urban layout
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  Cadastral map of the "District of Adelaide" based on Light's plan, showing the South Australian Company's property, Oct 1838
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  1839 plan of Adelaide showing the grid layout
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  Satellite imagery of Adelaide taken on 27 January 2017
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  Map of major arterial roads of Adelaide
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  Aerial photograph of central Adelaide
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  Adelaide at night from Mount Lofty.
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  Adelaide from the foothills
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  CSIRO image of sunset over the Adelaide Plains in 1992

Historic paintings and views

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  Aboriginal Family Travelling by W.A. Cawthorne, date unknown
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  The Proclamation of South Australia 1836, Charles Hill
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  North Terrace, 1839
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  North Terrace, 1841
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  Sturt's Overland Expedition leaving Adelaide, 10th August, 1844
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  Port Adelaide, 1846, George French Angas, State Library of South Australia
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  Alexander Schramm, A Tribe of Natives on the Banks of the River Torrens, 1850
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  Adelaide from "The Hills", 1853
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  Kitchen at the old King Street Bakery
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  King William Street Adelaide, looking north from Victoria Square (1872)
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  Adelaide Arcade interior, 1886
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  Ceremony to mark the unveiling of the statue of Queen Victoria in Victoria Square, Adelaide, on 11 August 1894.
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  Victoria Square, 1895
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  Municipal Tramways Trust Type B trams in Victoria Square, Adelaide, 1910
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  Holden and Frost, Grenfell Street. Adelaide is the birthplace of car manufacturer Holden.
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  Glenelg in 1930
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  King William Street, 1935
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  King William Street from above, looking towards the Town Hall, 1935
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  North Terrace, 1938
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  City Centre, 1945
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  City to Glenelg tram, 1960
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  SANFL NthA playing AFL Haw for the 1971 Championship of Australia
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  Aerial of Adelaide, 1980
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  Qantas Boeing at Adelaide Airport, 1986
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  The iconic "Mad Mouse" rollercoaster at the Royal Adelaide Show, 2005
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  Adelaide Fringe Festival's 2014 mascot, Stobie the Disco Cuttlefish, after the opening parade.

Skylines of Adelaide

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  The Adelaide skyline from the Adelaide Airport (2023).
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  Sunset over Adelaide, 2007.
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  Adelaide's skyline from Carrick Hill in 2008.
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  Adelaide at dusk from Belair.
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  Adelaide CBD at night
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  Part of the Adelaide city centre skyline at night, May 2013. The street on the left is Waymouth Street.
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  Adelaide in August 2007.

Architecture and notable public buildings

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  Exhibition Building, North Terrace, c.1887
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  Building on Hindley Street with wrought iron balconies, built in Victorian style adapted to suit the hot Adelaide climate
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  Brookman Building Grenfell Street, Adelaide, south side. 1907
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  Clarence Hotel, 1914
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  Gollin & Co building, North Terrace, 1923
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  Carclew, North Adelaide
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  West's Coffee Palace
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  Adelaide Town Hall
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  Barr Smith Library
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  The University of Adelaide
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  Bonython Hall
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  The University of South Australia
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  Parliament House
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  Adelaide Post Office
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  Queen's Theatre
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  Botanic Hotel
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  Theatre Royal, 1881
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  Beehive Corner
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  Mayfair Hotel, former Colonial Mutual Life Building
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  Epworth Building
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  Adelaide War Memorial
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  AMP Building
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  Grenfell Centre
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  Festival Centre
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  Adelaide's lost buildings. This phone shows the former Grand Central Hotel, replaced by a multi-storey carpark.
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  Adelaide Central Plaza

Statues and monuments

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  Charles Sturt, Victoria Square
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  John McDougall Stuart
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  Matthew Flinders
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  Roy Rene, Hindley Street
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  Edward VII, North Tce
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  South African War Memorial

Education and Health

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  The Mitchell Building and Bonython Hall, University of Adelaide
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  The Hawke Building, part of the UniSA, City West Campus
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  Flinders University buildings from the campus hills
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  Torrens University
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  South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI)
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  BioMed City Precinct, North Terrace at night

Parks

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  Bicentennial Conservatory
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  Interior of Bicentennial Conservatory
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  Palm House, Botanic Gardens
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  Elder Park
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  Himeji Gardens
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  Rymill Park
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  Donald Bradman statue, Creswell Gardens
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  Light's Vision monument
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  Veale Gardens

Transport

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  King William Street
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  Adelaide Railway Station
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  Adelaide CBD at peak hour
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  North Terrace
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  Port Road
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  City Bridge
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  The Mount Osmond Interchange on the South Eastern Freeway.
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  A train from the Seaford railway line travels over a viaduct spanning the Onkaparinga River.
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  Seaford station
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  Birkenhead Bridge, Port Adelaide
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  Adelaide Airport
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  North–South Motorway

Beaches

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  Aerial of Adelaide's coastline
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  Holbrook Shores, Glenelg
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  Brighton Beach (1930)
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  Birghton Beach (2016)
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  Henley Beach
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  Port Willunga Beach

Sports

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  Football Park
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  AAMI Stadium
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  2015 Cricket World Cup, Adelaide Oval
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  Hindmarsh Stadium hosts Adelaide United.
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  The Tour Down Under