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48-15 Conclusion
We’ve reached the conclusion of our tour. We hope you’ve enjoyed learning more about these significant places and Grieve Gillett Andersen’s role in their development, recognition and protection. Feel free to explore these locations further, or enjoy…
48-14 National Wine Centre
Our tour concludes at the National Wine Centre of Australia, the flagship of the Australian Wine industry; a cultural and educational centre for winemaking in Australia and a major tourist attraction. Designed by Grieve Gillett Andersen in…
48-13 Australian Native Garden
The Adelaide Botanic Gardens’ delightful Australian Native Garden, located next to the National Wine Centre, effectively displays the beauty of Australian native flora, of which the Adelaide Botanic Gardens’ retains the nation’s largest collection…
48-12 Mortuary
A grim reminder of the site’s early history, this small building, now used as a maintenance shed, was the former Mortuary of the Adelaide Lunatic Asylum. Established in 1852, the Adelaide Asylum overlooked the original Adelaide Botanic Gardens and…
48-11 Schomburgk Pavilion
Named after the Adelaide Botanic Gardens’ most celebrated director Dr. Richard Schomburgk (1811-1891), the Schomburgk Pavilion was constructed in 2006 in celebration of the Gardens’ 150th Anniversary. Designed by Flightpath Architects, the Pavilion…
48-10 Museum of Economic Botany
The iconic Museum of Economic Botany is one of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens’ most cherished heritage treasures, housing a permanent collection displaying the practical, medicinal and economic use of plant materials.
The Museum is associated with…
48-09 Amazon Waterlily Pavilion
The Amazon Waterlily Pavilion has been described as an ‘exquisite glass palace for a jewel of the natural world’, housing the Adelaide Botanic Garden’s exceptional Giant Waterlily, (botanical name Victoria Amazonica) a specimen native to the waters…
48-08 Simpson Kiosk / Restaurant Botanic
The famous Botanic Gardens Restaurant, now known as ‘Restaurant Botanic’, is one of Adelaide’s finest dining experiences. Originally known as the ‘Simpson Kiosk’, this building was designed in 1906 by former Colonial Architect Edward J. Woods, one…
48-07 Palm House
We arrive at the iconic Palm House, one of the Adelaide Botanic Garden’s most exquisite treasures. Palm House is a rare surviving example of a large mid-19th century glasshouse designed for public purposes, a feat made possible by the technological…
48-06 North Lodge
This picturesque cottage is the North Lodge, constructed in 1866 as an on-site residence for the Adelaide Botanic Gardens’ head gardener. While the original architect has not been identified, it is understood that the cottage was constructed by…
48-05 First Creek Wetlands & Kaurna Cultural Presentation
The First Creek wetland in Adelaide's Botanic Gardens is a triumph of form and function. While its primary purpose is water conservation, its uniquely colourful yet practical design makes the wetland habitat and surrounding area a destination to…
48-04 Bicentennial Conservatory
Designed by South Australian architect Guy Maron and constructed to celebrate Australia’s 1988 Bicentenary, The Adelaide Botanical Gardens Bicentennial Conservatory is a modern Adelaide icon; its distinctive, glistening form being perhaps most…
48-03 Tram Barn A / State Herbarium
The State Herbarium houses the Adelaide Botanic Gardens library, the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA and the State Herbarium collection, retaining more than a million plant specimens and accommodating a large number of scientific and technical…
48-02 Goodman Building
This impressive edifice is the Goodman Building, the ‘crown jewel’ of the former Hackney tram depot complex constructed on this site in the late 1900s. The Goodman Building is the former administrative ‘home base’ of Municipal Tramways Trust, a…
48-01 Introduction - Goodman Gate, Hackney Road
We acknowledge this land that we meet on today is the traditional lands for the Kaurna people and that we respect their spiritual relationship with their country. We also acknowledge the Kaurna people as the custodians of the Adelaide region and…
35-98 test item
So far, items 35-04 and 35-17 are published in Tour 35 when that tour is viewed on the website, but for some unexplained reason, the same two items do not appear when the tour is viewed in the app.
35-20 Urban Woodland in Victoria Park
Way back in 1889 this urban woodland (in what was then Park 16A) was the site of the inaugural Arbor Day in Australia.
This was a predecessor to the Landcare movement. The first Arbor Day featured a massive communal act of tree planting.…
35-19 South Park Lands Creek and wetlands in Victoria Park
The creek is not a natural watercourse but an artificial drainage channel that was built in 1917 to channel water away from the Greenhill Road - Fullarton Road intersection, and through the South Park Lands.
Over the following century, the…
35-18 River Red gums and OIives in south-eastern Victoria Park
Some of the trees in this avenue (both red gums and olives) date from before 1880.
From here walk across to the lake or wetland which was under construction in early 2021.
35-17 Rare butterfly habitat in Victoria Park
The native grasses here have survived in this small patch, despite more than 180 years of European settlement. They include species such as Spear grass, Early Nancy, Tiny Star, and Garland Lily.
This is one of the very last places on the…
35-16 Central area for sports fields in Victoria Park
Dog off-leash area
The central area of Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi is also a popular off-leash dog walking area. But canine association with Victoria Park has not always been so genteel.
Back in the 1800's “coursing” matches were held…
35-15 Former beer and refreshment stand in Victoria Park
This small blue building looks relatively modern but somewhat surprisingly, dates from the 1880s.
During the days of horse racing, it provided beer and other refreshments to race goers. In 2017 it was converted to a kiosk.
Now, walk south…
35-14 Dragon Blood tree in Victoria Park
This tree is native to a small island off the horn of Africa in the Arabian sea - the island of Socotra, where the species is endangered.
The island is part of the war-torn country of Yemen which is hundreds of kilometres away to the north, …
35-13 Britannia Roundabouts next to Victoria Park
This place is known locally as the Britannia roundabouts – the name coming from the hotel that overlooks the busy intersection.
There are few roundabouts within the City of Adelaide. Most major intersections have traffic lights instead. But here,…
35-12 Gates, RAC building & turnstiles in Victoria Park
From left to right (looking from inside the park), they are the the former offices of the Adelaide Racing Club (built 1954) the turnstile building (built 1926) and the Grandstand Entrance Gates (built 1954).
The turnstile building, erected in…
35-11 Victoria Park grandstand
It is constructed of bluestone with red-brick dressings, timber-framed openings (including some stained-glass windows), corrugated-galvanised-iron roof, and timber and cast-iron detailing in typical Victorian era style. This building was State…
35-10 Horse racing history in Victoria Park
The white concrete planter bowl you can see here was previously the centrepiece of a rectangular garden, which was itself at the centre of the former stables area.
If you look around you at the arrangement of ash, cedar, elm, plane, and Norfolk…
35-09 Motor racing in Victoria Park
Motor racing came to Victoria Park in 1985 and annual events were held in most years up until 2019.
Despite the popularity of motor sport at Victoria Park, there were also many people who questioned the disruption and alienation caused by these…
35-08 Olive grove in Victoria Park
By the 1860s, due to the effects of grazing and clearing for firewood, most of the Park Lands had become bare dust-bowls in summer and quagmires in winter.
Concern over the aesthetic degradation led to an increased public demand during the…
35-07 Equestrian jumps in Victoria Park
This structure plays no role for most of the year, but it becomes very important during three very special days,
Horse racing left Victoria Park after 2007. However the Kaurna name of the Park - Pakapakanthi - is still relevant during…