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INTRODUCTION

Adelaide City has an interesting history, held in memory by its many old buildings. An account of this is given here. North of the main city square, and surrounded by Parklands is North Adelaide – largely residential, but with many grand old buildings of historic significance.

For convenience we divide this area into traditional parts: Upper North Adelaide (the large block to the west), Lower North Adelaide (the smaller block to the east) and Cathedral Grid containing St Peter's Cathedral (the small remaining rectangle to the south). It will also be convenient to subdivide Upper North Adelaide into West, Central and East.

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I have spent many interesting hours browsing the North Adelaide streets with my camera at the ready. The buildings included here are those which I feel are particularly photogenic, or which have special historical significance. This choice has not always been easy, as for example, there are many fine semi-detached houses in Lower North Adelaide which might have been included. I have also made a rather arbitrary rule only to consider buildings constructed prior to 1900 in this site, but then again, rules are made to be broken!

I acknowledge my indebtedness to the many historic blue plaques. Some historic old photos are also included, complete with source which I happily acknowledge – mostly the State Library of South Australia.

I hope you enjoy this website, and feel encouraged to explore the record of this part of South Australia’s history. All the photos used here which have no acknowledgment are my own. You are welcome to use these, but please acknowledge the source and add a link to this site.

I am very grateful to my wife Margaret who has faithfully proofread these pages. Please feel free to contact me with any further suggested additions or corrections to this site, or simply to share some common experiences!

Paul Scott 7 / 2010

mail@paulscott.info

This site has been completely revised in 1 / 2015. The information is essentially the same, but the photogrpahs have been enlarged, and the presentation simplified.

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