Adelaide topographic map
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South Australia was officially established as a British Province in England in February 1836. The first Governor proclaimed the commencement of colonial government in South Australia on 28 December 1836, near The Old Gum Tree in what is now the suburb of Glenelg North. The event is commemorated in South Australia as Proclamation Day. The site of the colony's capital was surveyed and laid out by Colonel William Light, the first Surveyor-General of South Australia, with his own original, unique, topographically sensitive design. Claims of the design being by the architect George Strickland Kingston have been thoroughly debunked. The city was named after Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, queen consort to King William IV at the time.
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Australia > South Australia > Adelaide
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Australia > South Australia > Adelaide
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Average elevation: 9 m
Parafield Gardens
Australia > South Australia > Adelaide
Parafield Gardens, Adelaide, City of Salisbury, South Australia, 5107, Australia
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Felixstow
Australia > South Australia > Adelaide
Felixstow, Adelaide, The City of Norwood Payneham and St Peters, South Australia, 5070, Australia
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Australia > South Australia > Adelaide
Tusmore Park, Tusmore, Adelaide, City of Burnside, South Australia, 5065, Australia
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Australia > South Australia > Adelaide
Pooraka, Adelaide, City of Salisbury, South Australia, 5095, Australia
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Australia > South Australia > Adelaide
Port Adelaide, Adelaide, City of Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia, 5015, Australia
Average elevation: 5 m
Blair Athol
Australia > South Australia > Adelaide
Blair Athol, Adelaide, City of Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia, 5084, Australia
Average elevation: 24 m
Hyde Park
Australia > South Australia > Adelaide
Hyde Park, Adelaide, City of Unley, South Australia, 5061, Australia
Average elevation: 52 m
Glenunga
Australia > South Australia > Adelaide
Glenunga, Adelaide, City of Burnside, South Australia, 5064, Australia
Average elevation: 110 m
Glen Osmond
Australia > South Australia > Adelaide
Glen Osmond, Adelaide, City of Burnside, South Australia, 5064, Australia
Average elevation: 196 m
Woodville Gardens
Australia > South Australia > Adelaide
Woodville Gardens, Adelaide, City of Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia, 5012, Australia
Average elevation: 11 m
St Kilda
Australia > South Australia > Adelaide > St Kilda
St Kilda, Adelaide, City of Salisbury, South Australia, 5110, Australia
Average elevation: 4 m
Pasadena
Australia > South Australia > Adelaide
Pasadena, Adelaide, City of Mitcham, South Australia, 5042, Australia
Average elevation: 91 m
New Port
Australia > South Australia > Adelaide
New Port, Adelaide, City of Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia, 5015, Australia
Average elevation: 6 m
Magill
Australia > South Australia > Adelaide
Magill, Adelaide, South Australia, 5072, Australia
Average elevation: 130 m
Glenelg
Australia > South Australia > Adelaide
Glenelg, Adelaide, City of Holdfast Bay, South Australia, 5045, Australia
Average elevation: 6 m
Taperoo
Australia > South Australia > Adelaide
Taperoo, Adelaide, City of Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia, 5017, Australia
Average elevation: 5 m
Kilburn
Australia > South Australia > Adelaide
Kilburn, Adelaide, City of Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia, 5084, Australia
Average elevation: 13 m
Ashford
Australia > South Australia > Adelaide
Ashford, Adelaide, City of West Torrens, South Australia, 5035, Australia
Average elevation: 29 m
Birkenhead
Australia > South Australia > Adelaide
Birkenhead, Adelaide, City of Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia, 5015, Australia
Average elevation: 6 m
O'Halloran Hill
Australia > South Australia > Adelaide
O'Halloran Hill, Adelaide, City of Marion, South Australia, 5158, Australia
Average elevation: 160 m
Ridgehaven
Australia > South Australia > Adelaide
Ridgehaven, Adelaide, City of Tea Tree Gully, South Australia, 5097, Australia
Average elevation: 157 m
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Australia > South Australia > Adelaide
Clapham, Adelaide, City of Mitcham, South Australia, 5062, Australia
Average elevation: 122 m
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Australia > South Australia > Adelaide
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Average elevation: 31 m
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Australia > South Australia > Adelaide
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Average elevation: 27 m