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About Adelaide, Australia

Adelaide is South Australia’s cosmopolitan coastal capital. Its ring of parkland on the River Torrens is home to renowned museums such as the Art Gallery of South Australia, displaying expansive collections including noted Indigenous art, and the South Australian Museum, devoted to natural history. The city's Adelaide Festival is an annual international arts gathering with spin-offs including fringe and film events.

  • Area: 3,258 km²
  • Founded: December 28, 1836
  • Weather: 20°C, Wind SW at 16 km/h, 44% Humidity
  • Population: 1.306 million (2016) United Nations
  • Did you know: Adelaide is the fifth-most-populous metropolitan / urban area in Australia (1,345,777)

Adelaide Zoo

Adelaide Zoo is Australia's second oldest zoo, and it is operated on a non-profit basis. It is located in the parklands just north of the city centre of Adelaide, South ...

 

Cleland Conservation Park

Cleland Conservation Park is a protected area located in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia about 22 kilometres south-east of the Adelaide city centre. Cleland Conservation Park conserves a significant area of natural ...

 

Adelaide Botanic Garden

The Adelaide Botanic Garden is a 51-hectare public garden at the north-east corner of the Adelaide city centre, in the Adelaide Park Lands. It encompasses a fenced garden on North Terrace and behind it the Botanic ...

 

Mount Lofty

Mount Lofty is the highest point in the southern Mount Lofty Ranges. It is located about 15 km east of the Adelaide city centre in South Australia, and has panoramic views of the city and the Adelaide plains to the ...

 

Art Gallery of South Australia

The Art Gallery of South Australia, established as the National Gallery of South Australia in 1881, is located in Adelaide. It is the most significant visual arts museum in the Australian state of South ...

 

South Australian Museum

The South Australian Museum is a natural history museum and research institution in Adelaide, South Australia, founded in 1856 and owned by the Government of South Australia. It occupies a complex of buildings on North ...

 

Adelaide Oval

Adelaide Oval is a sports ground in Adelaide, South Australia, located in the parklands between the city centre and North Adelaide. The venue is predominantly used for cricket and Australian rules football, but has also ...

 

Belair National Park Holiday Park

Belair National Park is a protected area in Belair, South Australia, 13 kilometres south of Adelaide city centre; it covers an area of 835 hectares. It was proclaimed in 1891 and was the first national park in South ...

 

Victoria Square Tarntanyangga

Victoria Square, also known as Tarntanyangga, is the central square of five public squares in the Adelaide city centre, South Australia. It is one of six squares designed by the founder of Adelaide, Colonel William ...

 

National Wine Centre

The National Wine Centre of Australia is a public exhibition building about winemaking and its industry in South Australia, opened in 2001. It contains an interactive permanent exhibition of winemaking, introducing ...

 

Mount Lofty Botanic Garden

First opened in 1977, the crescent-shaped Mount Lofty Botanic Garden is situated on 97 hectares on the eastern slopes of Mount Lofty in the Adelaide Hills east of Adelaide in South ...

 

Morialta Conservation Park

Morialta Conservation Park, formerly the Morialta Falls Reserve and the Morialta Falls National Pleasure Resort, is a protected area 10 km north-east of Adelaide city centre, in the state of South Australia, ...

 

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