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{{Infobox Australian place
| type = city
| name = Adelaide
| state = sa
| image = Adelaide DougBarber.jpg
| caption = Aerial view of [[Adelaide city centre]] in 2005
| pop = 1,203,873 (2010)
| pop_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/3218.0Main%20Features72008-09?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=3218.0&issue=2008-09&num=&view=|title=3218.0 - Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2008-09|author=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]]|date=30 March 2010 |accessdate=23 February 2011}}</ref>
| poprank = 5th
| density = 659
| density_footnotes = (2009)<ref>{{cite web |url = http://abs.gov.au/websitedbs/d3310114.nsf/4a256353001af3ed4b2562bb00121564/45b3371f4a681356ca25740e007c92bf!OpenDocument |title = Explore Your City Through the 2006 Census Social Atlas Series |author = [[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] |date=17 March 2008 |accessdate=19 May 2008}}</ref>
| area = 1826.9
| lga = [[Local Government Areas of South Australia|18]]
| est = 28 December 1836
| force_national_map = yes
| latd =34 |latm =55 |lats =44.4
| longd =138 |longm =36 |longs =3.6
| timezone = [[Australian Central Standard Time|ACST]]
| utc = +9:30
| timezone-dst= [[Australian Central Daylight Time|ACDT]]
| utc-dst = +10:30
| coordinates = {{coord|-34.929|138.601|format=dms|type:city_region:AU-SA|display=title}}
| dist1 = 729
| dir1 = NW
| location1= Melbourne
| dist2 = 1191
| dir2 = West
| location2= Canberra
| dist3 = 1408
| dir3 = West
| location3= Sydney
| dist4 = 1969
| dir4 = SW
| location4= [[Brisbane]]
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| maxtemp = 22.1
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| rainfall = 545.3
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[[File:Adelaide North Tce 1839.jpg|thumb|right|Adelaide in 1839, looking south-east from [[North Terrace, Adelaide|North Terrace]]]]
'''Adelaide''' ({{IPAc-en|icon|ˈ|æ|d|əl|eɪ|d}}<ref>{{cite book | title = Macquarie ABC Dictionary | publisher = The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd | year = 2003 | page = 10 | isbn = 0 876429 37 2}}</ref>) is the [[List of Australian capital cities|capital]] and most populous city of the Australian [[States and territories of Australia|state]] of [[South Australia]], and is the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.28&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web |year=2006 |title=Regional Population Growth |format=PDF |author = Australian Bureau of Statistics |url = http://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/subscriber.nsf/0/50A9687C793C52E4CA25711D000DF7C9/$File/32180_2004-05.pdf | accessdate=10 May 2006}}</ref> The adjectival form "Adelaidean" is used in reference to the city and its residents.<ref name=Salt>{{cite web |url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/ipad/salt-adelaides-european-twin/story-fn6br25t-1226028653784 | first = Bernard | last = Salt | date = 27 March 2011 | accessdate=16 April 2011 |title=Adelaide's European twin |publisher=Sunday Mail (Adelaide)}}</ref>

Adelaide is a coastal city situated on the eastern shores of [[Gulf St Vincent]], on the [[Adelaide Plains]], north of the [[Fleurieu Peninsula]], between Gulf St Vincent and the low-lying [[Mount Lofty Ranges]]. The suburbs reach roughly {{convert|20|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the coast to the foothills but sprawl {{convert|100|km|mi|abbr=on}} from [[Gawler, South Australia|Gawler]] at its northern extent to [[Sellicks Beach, South Australia|Sellicks Beach]] in the south.

Named in honour of [[Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen|Queen Adelaide]], the German-born [[Queen consort|consort]] of [[William IV of the United Kingdom|King William IV]], the city was founded in 1836 as the [[new town|planned capital]] for a freely settled British province in Australia.<ref>The Swan River Colony of Western Australia was founded in 1829 as a free settlement. Western Australia was, however, later to accept ticket of leave convicts between 1851 and 1869 due to the chronic shortage of labour it faced. Unlike Perth, Adelaide at no time became a penal settlement. See ''[http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/australianhistory/ European discovery and the colonisation of Australia]'' (11 January 2008), Australian Government Culture Portal. Retrieved 4 April 2010.</ref> [[William Light|Colonel William Light]], one of Adelaide's founding fathers, designed the city and chose its location close to the [[River Torrens]] in the area originally inhabited by the [[Kaurna people|Kaurna]] people. Light's design set out Adelaide in a grid layout, interspaced by wide boulevards and large public squares, and entirely surrounded by [[Adelaide Parklands|parkland]]. Early Adelaide was shaped by religious freedom and a commitment to political [[progressivism]] and civil liberties, which led to the moniker "City of Churches".<ref>[http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=1455 Religion: Diversity], SA Memory. Retrieved on 23 December 2010.</ref>

As South Australia's seat of government and commercial centre, Adelaide is the site of many governmental and financial institutions. Most of these are concentrated in the [[Adelaide city centre|city centre]] along the cultural boulevard of [[North Terrace, Adelaide|North Terrace]], [[King William Street, Adelaide|King William Street]] and in various districts of the metropolitan area. Today, Adelaide is noted for [[:Category:Festivals in Adelaide|its many festivals]] and sporting events, its food, wine and culture, its long beachfronts, and its large defence and manufacturing sectors. It ranks highly in terms of liveability, being listed in the Top 10 of ''[[The Economist]]'s'' World's Most Liveable Cities index in 2010<ref>[http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2010/02/liveability_rankings Liveability Rankings: It's Vancouver, Again], www.economist.com. Retrieved on 23 December 2010.</ref> and being ranked the most liveable city in Australia by the Property Council of Australia in 2011.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/01/22/3118843.htm?section=business |work=[[ABC News|ABC News Online]] |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=22 January 2011 |title=Adelaide crowned nation's most livable city |accessdate=23 January 2011}}</ref>

==History==
{{Main|History of Adelaide}}

===Prehistory===
Prior to British settlement, the Adelaide area was inhabited by the [[Kaurna people|Kaurna]] [[Australian Aborigine|Aboriginal]] nation (pronounced "Garner" or "Gowna").{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}

===19th century===
South Australia was officially proclaimed as a new British colony on 28 December 1836, near [[The Old Gum Tree]] in what is now the suburb of [[Glenelg North, South Australia|Glenelg North]]. The event is commemorated in South Australia as [[Proclamation Day]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}} The site of the colony's capital was surveyed and laid out by Colonel William Light, the first Surveyor-General of South Australia, through the design made by the architect [[George Strickland Kingston]].<ref>Johnson and Langmead, [http://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/record=b1082509 ''The Adelaide city plan : fiction and fact''], Wakefield Press, 1986.</ref> In 1823, Light had fondly written of the Sicilian city of [[Catania]]: "The two principal streets cross each other at right angles in the square in the direction of north and south and east and west. They are wide and spacious and about a mile long", and this became the basis for the plan of Adelaide.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}} Light chose, not without opposition, a site on rising ground close to the River Torrens, which was the chief early water supply for the fledgling colony. "[[Light's Vision]]", as it has been termed, has meant that the initial design of Adelaide required little modification as the settlement grew and prospered.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}}

Adelaide was established as the centre of a planned colony of free immigrants, promising civil liberties and freedom from religious persecution, based upon the ideas of [[Edward Gibbon Wakefield]]. Wakefield had read accounts of Australian settlement<ref>Wakefield cites:
*Edward Curr, ''An Account of the Colony of Van Diemen’s Land, principally designed for the use of emigrants'', George Cowie & Co., London, 1824;
*Henry Widdowson, ''Present State of Van Diemen’s Land; comprising an account of its agricultural capabilities, with observations on the present state of farming, &c. &c. pursued in that colony: and other important matters connected with Emigration'', S. Robinson, W. Joy and J. Cross, London, and J. Birdsall, Northampton, 1829; and
*James Atkinson, ''An Account of the State of Agriculture & Grazing in New South Wales; Including Observations on the Soils and General Appearance of the Country, and some of its most useful natural productions; with an account of the Various Methods of Clearing and Improving Lands, Breeding and Grazing Live Stock, Erecting Buildings, the System of employing Convicts, and the expense of Labour generally; the Mode of Applying for Grants of Land; with Other Information Important to those who are about to emigrate to that Country: The result of several years’ residence and practical experience in those matters in the Colony''., J. Cross, London, 1826</ref> while in prison in London for attempting to abduct an heiress, and realised that the eastern colonies suffered from a lack of available labour, due to the practice of giving land grants to all arrivals.<ref>Wakefield, ''Letter from Sydney'', December 1829, pp. 99–185, written from Newgate prison. Editor Robert Gouger.</ref> Wakefield's idea was for the Government to survey and sell the land at a rate that would maintain land values high enough to be unaffordable for labourers and journeymen.<ref>Wakefield wrote about this under a pseudonym, purporting to be an Australian settler. His subterfuge was so successful that he confused later writers including [[Karl Marx]], who wrote "It is the great merit of E.G. Wakefield to have discovered not anything new about the Colonies, but to have discovered in the Colonies the truth of as to the condition of capitalist production in the mother-country.' ''Das Kapital'', Moscow, 1958, p 766"</ref> Funds raised from the sale of land were to be used to bring out working class emigrants, who would have to work hard for the monied settlers to ever afford their own land.<ref>''Plan of a Company to be Established for the Purpose of Founding a Colony in Southern Australia, Purchasing Land Therein, and Preparing the Land so Purchased for the Reception of Immigrants'', 1832; in Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, Prichard, M. F., (ed.) ''The Collected Works of Edward Gibbon Wakefield'', Collins, London, 1968, p 290.</ref> As a result of this policy, Adelaide does not share [[Convictism in Australia|the convict settlement history]] of other Australian cities like Sydney, [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], [[Brisbane]] and [[Hobart]].

As it was believed that in a colony of free settlers there would be little crime, no provision was made for a gaol in Colonel Light's 1837 plan. However, by mid-1837 the ''[[South Australian Register]]'' was warning of escaped convicts from New South Wales, and tenders for a temporary gaol were sought. Following a burglary, a murder, and two attempted murders in Adelaide during March 1838, Governor Hindmarsh created the South Australian Police Force (now named [[South Australia Police]]) in April 1838 under 21-year-old [[Henry Inman (police commander)|Henry Inman]].<ref>J. W. Bull; Early Experiences of Colonial Life in South Australia (Adelaide, 1878) p.67</ref> The first Sheriff, Mr Samuel Smart, was wounded during the robbery, and on 2 May 1838 one of the offenders, Michael Magee, became the first person to be hanged in South Australia.<ref>{{cite web |title = Free Settlement |url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/adelaidegaol/free-settlement.html |work=History of Adelaide Gaol |publisher=Environment.sa.gov.au |date= |accessdate=7 September 2010}}</ref> William Baker Ashton was appointed Governor of the temporary goal in 1839, and in 1840 George Strickland Kingston was commissioned to design Adelaide's new Gaol.<ref>{{cite web |title = Gaol Founders |url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/adelaidegaol/goal-founders.html |work=History of Adelaide Gaol |publisher=Environment.sa.gov.au |date= |accessdate=7 September 2010}}</ref> Construction of Adelaide Gaol commenced in 1841.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/adelaidegaol/lights-vision.html |title=Light's Vision |work=History of Adelaide Gaol |publisher=Environment.sa.gov.au |date= |accessdate=7 September 2010}}</ref>

Adelaide's early history was wrought by economic uncertainty and incompetent leadership. The first governor of South Australia, [[John Hindmarsh]], clashed frequently with others, in particular with the Resident Commissioner, [[James Hurtle Fisher]]. The rural area surrounding Adelaide was surveyed by Light in preparation to sell a total of over {{convert|405|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} of land. Adelaide's early economy started to get on its feet in 1838 with the arrival of livestock from [[New South Wales]] and [[Tasmania]]. Wool production provided an early basis for the South Australian economy. Light's survey was completed in this period, and land was promptly offered for sale to early colonists. By 1860, wheat farms had been established from [[Encounter Bay]] in the south to [[Clare, South Australia|Clare]] in the north.

[[George Gawler|Governor Gawler]] took over from Hindmarsh in late 1838 and, despite being under orders from the ''Select Committee on South Australia'' in Britain not to undertake any public works, promptly oversaw construction of a governor's house, the [[Adelaide Gaol]], police barracks, a hospital, a customs house and a wharf at [[Port Adelaide]]. In addition, houses for public officials and missionaries, and outstations for police and surveyors were also constructed during Gawler's governorship. Adelaide had also become economically self-sufficient during this period, but at heavy cost: as a result of Gawler's public works the colony was heavily in debt and relied on bail-outs from London to stay afloat. Gawler was recalled and replaced by [[George Edward Grey|Governor Grey]] in 1841. Grey slashed public expenditure against heavy opposition, although its impact was negligible at this point: [[silver]] was discovered in [[Glen Osmond, South Australia|Glen Osmond]] that year, agricultural was well underway, and other mines sprung up all over the state, aiding Adelaide's commercial development. The city exported meat, wool, wine, fruit and wheat by the time Grey left in 1845, contrasting with a low point in 1842 when one-third of Adelaide houses were abandoned.

[[File:Adelaide town hall 1950.jpg|thumb|left|The General Post Office ''(left)'' and Treasury buildings ''(right)'' on [[Victoria Square, Adelaide|Victoria Square]], 1950.]]
Trade links with the rest of the Australian states were established with the [[Murray River]] being successfully navigated in 1853 by [[Francis Cadell (explorer)|Francis Cadell]], an Adelaide resident. South Australia became a [[self-governing colony]] in 1856 with the ratification of a new constitution by the British parliament. [[Secret ballot]]s were introduced, and a [[Bicameralism|bicameral]] parliament was elected on 9 March 1857, by which time 109,917 people lived in the province.<ref>{{cite web | author=Blair, Robert D.| year=2001| title=Events in South Australian History 1834–1857 | work=Pioneer Association of South Australia | url=http://www.users.on.net/~rdblair/events-sa.htm | accessdate=10 May 2006}}</ref>

In 1860 the Thorndon Park reservoir was opened, finally providing an alternative water source to the now turbid River Torrens. In 1867 gas street lighting was implemented, the [[University of Adelaide]] was founded in 1874, the [[South Australian Art Gallery]] opened in 1881 and the [[Happy Valley Reservoir]] opened in 1896. In the 1890s Australia was affected by a severe economic depression, ending a hectic era of land booms and tumultuous expansionism. Financial institutions in Melbourne and banks in Sydney closed. The national fertility rate fell and immigration was reduced to a trickle. The value of South Australia's exports nearly halved. [[Drought]] and poor harvests from 1884 compounded the problems, with some families leaving for Western Australia. Adelaide was not as badly hit as the larger gold-rush cities of Sydney and Melbourne, and silver and lead discoveries at [[Broken Hill, New South Wales|Broken Hill]] provided some relief. Only one year of deficit was recorded, but the price paid was retrenchments and lean public spending. Wine and copper were the only industries not to suffer a downturn.

===20th century===
[[File:Adelaide kingwilliam.jpg|thumb|right|[[King William Street, Adelaide|King William Street]], named in honour of [[King William IV]], looking south from [[North Terrace, Adelaide|North Terrace]] in 2006 before the extension of the tram line.]]
Electric street lighting was introduced in 1900 and electric trams were transporting passengers in 1909. 28,000 men were sent to fight in World War I. Adelaide enjoyed a post-war boom but, with the return of droughts, entered the [[Great Depression]] of the 1930s, later returning to prosperity under strong government leadership. [[Secondary sector of industry|Secondary industries]] helped reduce the state's dependence on [[primary sector of industry|primary industries]]. World War II brought industrial stimulus and diversification to Adelaide under the [[Thomas Playford IV|Playford]] Government, which advocated Adelaide as a safe place for manufacturing due to its less vulnerable location. Seventy thousand men and women enlisted<!-- When? To do what? -->{{Citation needed|date=October 2010}} and shipbuilding was expanded at the nearby port of [[Whyalla, South Australia|Whyalla]].

The South Australian Government in this period built on former wartime manufacturing industries. International manufacturers like General Motors [[Holden]] and [[Chrysler Australia|Chrysler]]<ref>When Chrysler stopped manufacturing in Adelaide, [[Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited]] took over the [[Tonsley Park]] factory. After many years of mixed fortunes, Mitsubishi ceased manufacturing at Tonsley Park on 27 March 2008.</ref> made use of these factories around Adelaide, completing its transformation from an agricultural service centre to a twentieth-century city. A pipeline from [[Mannum, South Australia|Mannum]] brought [[River Murray]] water to Adelaide in 1954 and [[Adelaide International Airport|an airport]] opened at [[West Beach, South Australia|West Beach]] in 1955. An assisted migration scheme brought 215,000 immigrants of many nationalities, mainly European, to South Australia between 1947 and 1973.{{Citation needed|date=June 2007}}

The [[Don Dunstan|Dunstan Governments]] of the 1970s saw something of an Adelaide 'cultural revival' – establishing a wide array of social reforms and overseeing the city becoming a centre of the arts, building upon the biennial "[[Adelaide Festival of Arts]]" which commenced in 1960. Adelaide hosted the [[Formula One]] [[Australian Grand Prix]] between 1985 and 1996 on a street circuit in the city's east parklands, before tough economic conditions due to the state bank collapse.<ref name="f1-move">{{cite web | title =Adelaide Street Circuit | publisher =Formula 1 Database | url =http://www.f1db.com/f1/page/Adelaide_Street_Circuit | accessdate = 13 June 2007}}</ref> The 1991 [[State Bank of South Australia|State Bank]] collapse plunged both Adelaide and South Australia into economic recession, and its effects lasted until 2004, when ratings agency [[Standard & Poor's]] reinstated South Australia's AAA credit rating.<ref>{{Cite news | title = All-round country | work = [[The Australian]] | page = 14 | date = 29 September 2004}}</ref> Recent years have seen the [[Clipsal 500]] [[V8 Supercars]] race make use of sections of the former Formula One circuit.

==Geography==
[[File:Adelaide metropolitan area map.svg|right|thumb|Adelaide's metropolitan area]]

Adelaide is located north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, on the Adelaide Plains between the Gulf St Vincent and the low-lying Mount Lofty Ranges. The city stretches {{convert|20|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the coast to the foothills, and {{convert|90|km|mi|abbr=on}} from [[Gawler, South Australia|Gawler]] at its northern extent to [[Sellicks Beach, South Australia|Sellicks Beach]] in the south. According to the [[Australian Bureau of Statistics]], the Adelaide Metropolitan Region has a total land area of {{convert|870|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, and is at an average elevation of {{convert|50|m|ft|}} above sea level. [[Mount Lofty]] is located east of the Adelaide metropolitan region in the Adelaide Hills at an elevation of {{convert|727|m|ft|}}. It is the tallest point of the city and in the state south of [[Burra, South Australia|Burra]].

Much of Adelaide was bushland before British settlement, with some variation – swamps and marshlands were prevalent around the coast. However, much of the original vegetation has been cleared with what is left to be found in reserves such as the [[Cleland Conservation Park]] and [[Belair National Park]]. A number of creeks and rivers flow through the Adelaide region. The largest are the Torrens and [[Onkaparinga River National Park|Onkaparinga]] catchments. Adelaide relies on its many reservoirs for water supply with the [[Happy Valley Reservoir]] supplying around 40% and the much larger [[Mount Bold Reservoir]] 10% of Adelaide's domestic requirements respectively.

===Urban layout===
{{Main|Light's Vision}}
[[File:Karte Adelaide MKL1888.png|thumb|136px|left|1888 Map of Adelaide, showing the gradual development of its urban layout]]

Adelaide is a planned city, designed by the first surveyor-general of South Australia, Colonel [[William Light]]. His plan, now known as '''Light's Vision''', arranged Adelaide in a grid, with [[:Category:Squares in Adelaide|five squares]] in the [[Adelaide city centre]] and a ring of parks, known as the [[Adelaide Parklands]], surrounding it. Light's design was initially unpopular with the early settlers, as well as South Australia's first Governor, John Hindmarsh. Light persisted with his design against this initial opposition.

The benefits of Light's design are numerous; Adelaide has had wide multi-lane roads from its beginning, an easily navigable grid layout and a beautiful green ring around the city centre. There are two sets of [[ring roads]] in Adelaide that have resulted from the original design. The [[City Ring Route, Adelaide|inner ring route]] ([[A21 road (Australia)|A21]]) borders the parklands, and the outer route ([[A3 road (South Australia)|A3]]/[[South Road, Adelaide|A13]]/[[A16 highway (Australia)|A16]]/[[A17 highway (Australia)|A17]]) completely bypasses the inner city via (in clockwise order) [[Grand Junction Road]], Hampstead Road, Ascot Avenue, [[Portrush Road]], [[Cross Road, Adelaide|Cross Road]] and [[South Road, Adelaide|South Road]].<ref>[http://www.transport.sa.gov.au/transport_network/projects/better_roads/adelaides_inner_outer_ring_routes.asp ''Adelaide's Inner and Outer Ring Routes''], 24 August 2004, South Australian Department of Transport.</ref>

Suburban expansion has to some extent outgrown Light's original plan. Numerous former outlying villages and "country towns", and the satellite city of [[Elizabeth, South Australia|Elizabeth]], have been enveloped by its [[urban sprawl|suburban sprawl]]. Expanding developments in the Adelaide Hills region led to the construction of the [[South Eastern Freeway]] to cope with growth, which has subsequently led to new developments and further improvements to that transport corridor. Similarly, the booming development in Adelaide's [[City of Onkaparinga|South]] led to the construction of the [[Southern Expressway]].
[[File:Adelaide nth tce1.8.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The corner of [[North Terrace, Adelaide|North Terrace]] (right) and [[Pulteney Street, Adelaide|Pulteney Street]] (left), looking south-west from [[Bonython Hall]].]]
New roads are not the only transport infrastructure developed to cope with the urban growth. The [[O-Bahn Busway]] is an example of a unique solution to [[Tea Tree Gully, South Australia|Tea Tree Gully's]] transport woes in the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Adelaide's Freeways – A History from MATS to the Port River Expressway |work=Ozroads |url=http://www.ozroads.com.au/SA/freeways.htm}}</ref> The development of the nearby suburb of [[Golden Grove, South Australia|Golden Grove]] in the late 1980s is possibly an example of well-thought-out urban planning. The newer suburban areas as a whole, however, are not as integrated into the urban layout as much as older areas, and therefore place more stress on Adelaide's transportation system – although not on a level comparable with Melbourne or Sydney.
[[File:Adelaide-NthTce-EastEnd-TerraceHouses-Aug08.jpg|thumb|220px|left|A row of terrace homes on North Terrace.]]
In the 1960s a [[Metropolitan Adelaide Transport Study]] Plan was proposed in order to cater for the future growth of the city. The plan involved the construction of freeways, [[expressways]] and the upgrade of certain aspects of the public transport system. The then premier [[Steele Hall]] approved many parts of the plan and the government went as far as purchasing land for the project. The later government elected under [[Don Dunstan]] shelved the plan, but allowed the purchased land to remain vacant, should the future need for freeways arise. Some parts of this land have been used for transport, (e.g. the O-Bahn Busway and Southern Expressway), while other parts have been progressively subdivided for residential use.

In 2008 the [[Government of South Australia|SA Government]] announced plans for a network of [[transport-oriented development]]s across the Adelaide metropolitan area and purchased a [[Clipsal site development|10 hectare industrial site]] at [[Bowden, South Australia|Bowden]] for $52.5&nbsp;million as the first of these developments.<ref>[http://www.ministers.sa.gov.au/news.php?id=3826 "Clipsal site at Bowden to become a green village"], Ministerial Press Release, 24 October 2008, SA Govt. Retrieved 20 November 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.ministers.sa.gov.au/news.php?id=3956 "Government reveals Clipsal site purchase price"], Ministerial Press Release, 15 November 2008, SA Govt. Retrieved 20 November 2008.</ref>

===Climate===
{{Main|Climate of Adelaide}}

Adelaide has a hot-summer [[Mediterranean climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Csa''), where most of the rain falls in the winter months. Of the Australian capital cities, Adelaide is the driest, and it has a [[semi-arid]] climate influence because of its dryness. Rainfall is unreliable, light and infrequent throughout summer. In contrast, the winter has fairly reliable rainfall with June being the wettest month of the year, averaging around 80&nbsp;mm. Frosts are occasional, with the most notable occurrences having occurred in July 1908 and July 1982. Hail is also common in winter. There is usually no appreciable snowfall, except for very light falls at Mount Lofty and some places in the Adelaide Hills.
{{Adelaide weatherbox}}

==Governance==
{{Main|Government of South Australia}}
[[File:Adelaide parliament house.JPG|right|thumb|[[Parliament House, Adelaide]] on North Terrace houses the [[Parliament of South Australia]].]]

Adelaide, as the capital of South Australia, is the seat of the [[Government of South Australia]]. As Adelaide is South Australia's capital and most populous city, the State Government co-operates extensively with the [[City of Adelaide]]. In 2006, the Ministry for the City of Adelaide was created to facilitate the state government's collaboration with the Adelaide City Council and the Lord Mayor to improve Adelaide's image. The state parliament's Capital City Committee<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.capcity.adelaide.sa.gov.au |title=Capital City Committee |date = October 2008|publisher=Government of South Australia and Adelaide City Council |accessdate=20 June 2009 }}</ref> is also involved in the governance of the City of Adelaide, being primarily concerned with the planning of Adelaide's urban development and growth.

== Local governments ==
{{See|Local Government Areas of South Australia}}
The Adelaide metropolitan area is divided between eighteen [[Local Government Areas of South Australia|local government areas]], including, at its centre, the [[City of Adelaide]], which administers the [[Adelaide city centre]], [[North Adelaide]], and the surrounding [[Adelaide Parklands]]. It is the oldest municipal authority in Australia and was established in 1840, when Adelaide and Australia's first mayor, [[James Hurtle Fisher]], was elected. From 1919 onwards, the City has had a [[List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Adelaide|Lord Mayor]], the current being Lord Mayor Stephen Yarwood.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/will-a-change-of-mayor-really-change-anything-about-the-adelaide-city-council/story-e6frea83-1225954026458 |title=Will a change of mayor really change anything about the Adelaide City Council? |publisher=The Advertiser |date=16 November 2010 |accessdate=12 December 2010}}</ref>

==Demography==
[[File:Adelaide Chinatown.jpg|thumb|left|[[Chinatown, Adelaide|Chinatown]] on Moonta St in the [[Adelaide Central Market|Market precinct]].]]
[[File:Adelaide CoB dots.png|right|thumb|One dot represents 100 persons born in the<br />UK (dark blue),<br />Greece (light blue),<br />China (red),<br />Italy (light green),<br />Germany (orange),<br />Lebanon (purple) and<br />Vietnam (yellow),<br />based on 2006 Census]]
As of 2006 Census, Adelaide had a metropolitan population of more than 1,105,839, making it Australia's fifth largest city. In the 2002–03 period the population grew by 0.6%, while the national average was 1.2%. Some 70.3% of the population of South Australia are residents of the Adelaide metropolitan area, making South Australia one of the most centralised states.

Major areas of population growth in recent years were in outer suburbs such as [[Mawson Lakes, South Australia|Mawson Lakes]] and Golden Grove. Adelaide's inhabitants occupy 341,227 houses, 54,826 semi-detached, row terrace or town houses and 49,327 flats, units or apartments.

High socioeconomic areas include a number of the coastal suburbs, most of the inner north-eastern, eastern, south-eastern and inner southern suburbs, the Adelaide hills and [[North Adelaide]]. Almost a fifth (17.9%) of the population had university qualifications. The number of Adelaideans with vocational qualifications (such as tradespersons) fell from 62.1% of the labour force in the 1991 census to 52.4% in the 2001 census.

Overseas-born Adelaideans composed 23.7% (262,367) of the total population. The north-western suburbs (such as [[Woodville, South Australia|Woodville]] and [[Athol Park, South Australia|Athol Park]]) and suburbs close to the CBD have a higher ratio of overseas-born residents. The five largest groups of overseas-born were from England (7.3%), Italy (1.9%), Scotland (1.0%), [[Vietnam]] (0.9%), and Greece (0.9%). The most-spoken languages other than [[Australian English|English]] were Italian (3.0%), Greek (2.2%), [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] (1.2%), [[Mandarin language|Mandarin]] (0.8%), and [[Cantonese language|Cantonese]] (0.7%).<ref name=ABS>{{Census 2006 AUS|id=405|name=Adelaide (Statistical Division)|quick=on|accessdate=28 February 2008}}</ref>

===Religion===
Over half of the population identifies as Christian, with the largest denominations being [[Roman Catholic Church in Australia|Catholic]] (22.1%), [[Anglican Church of Australia|Anglican]] (14.0%), [[Uniting Church in Australia|Uniting Church]] (8.4%) and [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]] (3.8%). Approximately 24% of the population expressed no religious affiliation, compared with the national average of 18.7%, and although ironically the large number of churches in Adelaide has led people to believe this is the source of the nickname ''The City of Churches''.<ref>{{cite web |first=Finn-Olaf |last=Jones |url=http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/12/23/travel/23next.html?scp=5&sq=adelaide&st=cse |title=A ‘City of Churches’ Emerges as a Culinary Hub |date=23 December 2007 |work=Travel section, The New York Times |accessdate=20 June 2009 }}</ref>

===Age structure===
Overall, Adelaide is ageing more rapidly than other Australian capital cities. Just over a quarter (26.7%) of Adelaide's population is aged 55&nbsp;years or older, in comparison to the national average of 24.3%. Adelaide has the lowest number of children (under-15 year olds), which composed 17.8% of the population, compared to the national average of 19.8%.

==Economy==
[[File:Flinders building.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Flinders Medical Centre]]. Health care and social assistance is the largest [[Australian bureau of statistics|ABS]] defined employment sector in South Australia.<ref>http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mediareleasesbyReleaseDate/BDE38EF07F5984D0CA2576F50011FE7D?OpenDocument</ref>]]
[[File:Adelaide Convention Centre.jpg|right|thumb|[[Adelaide Convention Centre]], situated next to the [[River Torrens]]]]
[[File:US Navy 040823-N-3019M-003 The Australian Collins-class submarine, HMAS Rankin (SSK 78), enters Pearl Harbor for a port visit after completing exercises in the Pacific region.jpg|thumb|The Adelaide-built [[Collins class submarine|''Collins'' class submarine]] [[HMAS Rankin (SSG 78)|HMAS ''Rankin'']] entering Pearl Harbor, August 2004.]]

South Australia's largest employment sector is health care and social assistance,<ref>http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mediareleasesbyReleaseDate/BDE38EF07F5984D0CA2576F50011FE7D?OpenDocument</ref><ref>http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/business/health-now-our-biggest-employer/story-e6frede3-1226046526798</ref> surpassing manufacturing in SA as the largest employer since 2006-07.<ref>http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mediareleasesbyReleaseDate/BDE38EF07F5984D0CA2576F50011FE7D?OpenDocument</ref><ref>http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/business/health-now-our-biggest-employer/story-e6frede3-1226046526798</ref> In 2009-10, manufacturing in SA had average annual employment of 83,700 persons compared with 103,300 for health care and social assistance.<ref>http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mediareleasesbyReleaseDate/BDE38EF07F5984D0CA2576F50011FE7D?OpenDocument</ref> Health care and social assistance represented nearly 13% of the state average annual employment.<ref>http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/1345.4Feature%20Article1Apr%202011?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=1345.4&issue=Apr%202011&num=&view=</ref>

The retail trade is the second largest employer in SA (2009-10), with 91,900 jobs, and 12 per cent of the state workforce.<ref>http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/1345.4Feature%20Article1Apr%202011?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=1345.4&issue=Apr%202011&num=&view=</ref>

Manufacturing, defence technology and research, commodity export and corresponding service industries play a role in the SA economy. Almost half of all cars produced in Australia are made in Adelaide at the [[General Motors Holden]] plant in [[Elizabeth, South Australia|Elizabeth]].<ref>[http://www.southaustralia.biz/fact_sheets/fact_automotive.biz.pdf ''South Australia Fact Sheet: Automotive''], Business South Australia. {{Dead link|date=November 2010}}</ref> Adelaide has over 40% of Australia's high-tech electronics industry which designs and produces electronic systems that are sold worldwide for applications in medical, communications, defence, automotive, food and wine processing and industrial sectors.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}} The revenue of Adelaide's electronics industry has grown at over 15% per annum since 1990, and in 2010 exceeds A$5 billion.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}} The electronics industry in Adelaide employs over 14,000 people.{{Citation needed|date=November 2010}}

The global media conglomerate [[News Corporation]] was founded in and until 2004 incorporated in Adelaide and is still considered its 'spiritual' home by [[Rupert Murdoch]]. Australia's largest oil company, [[Santos Limited|Santos]], prominent South Australian brewery, [[Coopers Brewery|Coopers]], major national retailer [[Harris Scarfe]] and Australia's second largest listed investment company [[Argo Investments Limited]] call Adelaide their home.

The [[State Bank of South Australia|collapse of the State Bank in 1992]] resulted in large levels of state public debt (as much as A$4&nbsp;billion). The collapse had meant that successive governments had enacted lean budgets, cutting spending, which had been a setback to the further economic development of the city and state. The debt has recently been reduced with the State Government once again receiving a AAA+ Credit Rating.<ref>[http://www.southaustralia.biz/news/sa_creditrating.htm ''South Australia's Credit Rating the Highest''], Business South Australia.</ref> The South Australian economy, very closely tied to Adelaide's, still enjoys a trade surplus and has higher per capita growth than Australia as a whole.<ref>[http://www.southaustralia.biz/PDFs/economic_performance_update_dec05.pdf ''South Australia's Economic Performance Update], Dec 2005, Business South Australia.</ref>

===Defence industry===
Adelaide is home to a large proportion of Australia's defence industries, which contribute over A$1&nbsp;billion to South Australia's Gross State Product. Seventy-two percent of Australian defence companies are located in Adelaide.{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}} The principal government military research institution, the [[Defence Science and Technology Organisation]], and other defence technology organisations such as [[BAE Systems Australia]] and Lockheed Martin Australia, are located north of Salisbury and west of Elizabeth in an area now called "Edinburgh Parks", adjacent to [[RAAF Base Edinburgh]].

Others, such as Saab Systems and Raytheon, are located in or near [[Technology Park, Adelaide|Technology Park]]. The [[Australian Submarine Corporation]], based in the industrial suburb of [[Osborne, South Australia|Osborne]], was charged with constructing Australia's [[Collins class submarine|''Collins'' class submarines]]<ref>[http://www.navy.gov.au/Collins_Class Collins Class Submarines (SSG)], Royal Australian Navy.{{Failed verification|date=September 2008}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=September 2008}}<!-- updated exlink to new RAN webpage on subject, but the RAN webpage does not mention where the subs were built --> and more recently the A$6&nbsp;billion contract to construct the [[Royal Australian Navy]]'s new [[Hobart class destroyer|air-warfare destroyers]].<ref>[http://www.defence-sa.com/ ''South Australia: The Defence Industry Choice], Defence SA.</ref>

===Employment statistics===
There are 466,829 employed people in Adelaide, with 62.3% full-time and 35.1% part-time. In recent years there has been a growing trend towards part-time (which includes casual) employment, increasing from 11.6% of the workplace in 1991, to over a third today.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}}

The median weekly individual income for people aged 15&nbsp;years and over is $447 per week, compared with $466 nationally. The median family income is $1,137 per week, compared with $1,171 nationally.<ref name=ABS/> Adelaide's housing and living costs are substantially lower than that of other Australian cities, with housing being notably cheaper. The median Adelaide house price is half that of Sydney and two-thirds that of Melbourne. The three month trend unemployment rate to March 2007 was 6.2%.<ref>[http://www.workplace.gov.au/lmip/LabourForceData/SouthAustralia/Adelaide/ ''Adelaide''], Labour Market Information Portal.</ref> The Northern suburbs' unemployment rate is disproportionately higher than the other regions of Adelaide at 8.3%, while the East and South are lower than the Adelaide average at 4.9% and 5.0% respectively.<ref>[http://www.workplace.gov.au/NR/rdonlyres/1E5ADA69-1DF0-4680-A16A-F376109E9091/0/SA_6_Regions_2007_04.pdf ''SA Regional Labour Force Data''], April 2007, Australian Bureau of Statistics Labour Force Survey.</ref>

===House prices===
Over the decade March 2001 – March 2010, Metropolitan Adelaide median house prices have approximately tripled. (approx. 285%)<ref name=REISAMar10>[http://wic003lc.server-web.com/~admin417/uploads/Stats/Stats%20Mar10.pdf Median house prices] for the March 2010 quarter, ''Real Estate Magazine'', pp18-20, Real Estate Institute of South Australia. Retrieved 6-6-2010.</ref> In summary:
{| class=wikitable
|- align=right
| March || 2001 || 2002 || 2003 || 2004 || 2005 || 2006 || 2007 || 2008 || 2009 || 2010
|- align=right
| Median || 140,000 || 170,000 || 200,000 || 250,000 || 270,000 || 280,000 || 300,000 || 360,000 || 350,000 || 400,000
|- align=right
|% change|| || 21% || 18% || 25% || 8% || 4% || 7% || 20% || −3% || 14%
|}
<small>''All numbers approximate and rounded''<ref name=REISAMar10/></small>

==Education and research==
{{Main|South Australia#Education|l1=Education in South Australia}}
[[File:University of Adelaide.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The Mitchell Building, [[University of Adelaide]], from [[North Terrace, Adelaide|North Terrace]].]]
[[File:Hawke Building, UniSA.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Hawke Building, part of the [[University of South Australia|UniSA]], City West Campus.]]
[[File:Flinders from hill 4.jpg|right|200px|thumb|View over the north ridge and central part of the [[Flinders University]]'s Bedford Park campus, taken from the south ridge.]]

Education forms an increasingly important part of the city's economy, with the South Australian Government and educational institutions attempting to position Adelaide as "Australia's education hub" and marketing it as a "Learning City."<ref name="eduhub">{{cite news |first=Verity |last=Edwards |title=Education attracts record numbers |work=The Weekend Australian |date=3 May 2008 }}</ref> The number of international students studying in Adelaide has increased rapidly in recent years to 23,300, of which 2,380 are secondary school students.<ref name="eduhub"/> In addition to the city's existing institutions, foreign institutions have been attracted to set up campuses in order to increase its attractiveness as an education hub.<ref name="UCL"/>

===Primary and secondary education===
At the level of [[primary education|primary]] and [[secondary education]], there are two systems of school education. There is a public system operated by the South Australian Government and a private system of [[independent school|independent]] and [[Catholic school]]s. All schools provide education under the [[South Australian Certificate of Education]] (SACE) or, to a lesser extent, the [[International Baccalaureate]] (IB), with Adelaide having the highest number of IB schools in Australia.

===Tertiary education===
There are several South Australian [[TAFE South Australia|TAFE]] (Technical and Further Education) campuses located in the metropolitan area which provide a range of vocational education and training. There are three public universities local to Adelaide, as well as three constituent colleges of three foreign universities. The [[Flinders University of South Australia]], the [[University of Adelaide]] and the [[University of South Australia]] are based in Adelaide and were all ranked within the world's top 400 universities in the ''[[Times Higher Education]]'' magazine in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2007/overall_rankings/top_400_universities/ |title=The world's top 400 universities, THES – QS World University Rankings |publisher=Quacquarelli Symonds |accessdate=20 May 2008 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080505054632/http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2007/overall_rankings/top_400_universities |archivedate=5 May 2008}}</ref> The historic Torrens Building in [[Victoria Square, Adelaide|Victoria Square]]<ref>The historic Torrens Building in Victoria Square was beautifully restored at (considerable) taxpayer expense not long before SA Premier [[Mike Rann]] announced that it would be used as the core of Adelaide's international university precinct.{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}}</ref> houses [[Carnegie Mellon University]]'s [[Heinz College Australia]], [[Cranfield University]]'s [[Defence College of Management and Technology]], and [[University College London]]'s School of Energy and Resources (Australia), and constitute the city's international university precinct.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goingtouni.gov.au/Main/CoursesAndProviders/ProvidersAndCourses/HigherEducationProviders/SA/CarnegieMellonUniversity.htm |work=GoingToUni.gov.au |publisher=Government of South Australia |title=Carnegie Mellon University}}</ref>

The [[University of Adelaide]], with 20,478 students,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adelaide.edu.au/uni/facts/ |title=Facts & Figures |publisher= University of Adelaide |accessdate=20 May 2008 }}</ref> is Australia's third-oldest university, and a member of the leading "[[Group of Eight (Australian universities)|Group of Eight]]". It has five campuses throughout the state, including two in the city-centre, and also has a campus in Singapore. The [[University of South Australia]], with 36,000 students,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unisa.edu.au/pas/bai/keystatistics/studentnumbers.asp |title=Key Statistics |publisher= University of South Australia |accessdate=20 May 2008 }}</ref> has two North Terrace campuses, three other campuses in the metropolitan area and campuses at [[Whyalla, South Australia|Whyalla]] and [[Mount Gambier, South Australia|Mount Gambier]]. The [[Flinders University of South Australia]], with 16,237 students,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flinders.edu.au/about/our-university/our-facts-and-figures.cfm |title=Our facts and figures |publisher= Flinders University |accessdate=20 May 2008 }}</ref> is located in the southern suburb of [[Bedford Park, South Australia|Bedford Park]], alongside the [[Flinders Medical Centre]].

[[Carnegie Mellon University|Carnegie Mellon]] became the first American university to establish a campus in Australia<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heinz.cmu.edu.au/about-heinz-australia/index.aspx |title=About Heinz Australia: Carnegie Mellon Heinz College |publisher=Carnegie Mellon University}}</ref> when it established two postgraduate campuses in the [[Adelaide city centre]] in 2006: the [[Heinz College Australia]] in Victoria Square and the Entertainment Technology Center <small>''(sic)''</small> in [[Light Square, Adelaide|Light Square]]. [[Cranfield University]] followed suit in 2007 and established a postgraduate campus in Victoria Square alongside the Heinz College. [[University College London]] established its first international campus (alongside CMU and Cranfield) in 2009, with postgraduate courses commencing in 2010.<ref name="UCL">{{cite news |first=Lucy |last=Hodges |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/higher/brave-new-territory-university-college-london-to-open-a-branch-in-australia-835571.html |title=Brave new territory: University College London to open a branch in Australia |work=The Independent (UK) |date=29 May 2008 }}</ref> The two hundred year-old [[Royal Institution|Royal Institution of Great Britain]] is also establishing an Australian counterpart in Adelaide which will formally open in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |first=Verity |last=Edwards |title=RI Australia plugs into world science |work=The Weekend Australian |date=3 May 2008 }}</ref>

===Research===
In addition to the universities, there are a number of organisations involved in research with significant establishments in the metropolitan area. These tend to be geographically clustered:

*Located at the east end of [[North Terrace, Adelaide|North Terrace]]: [[Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science|IMVS]];<ref>[http://www.imvs.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/SA+Pathology+Internet+Content/IMVS/About+Us/History/ History], [http://www.imvs.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/SA+Pathology+Internet+Content/IMVS/About+Us/Our+Research/ Our research], Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science</ref> Hanson Institute;<ref>[http://www.hansoninstitute.sa.gov.au About us], [http://www.hansoninstitute.sa.gov.au/aboutus/history.php History], Hanson Institute</ref> [[Royal Adelaide Hospital|RAH]]; [[National Wine Centre of Australia|National Wine Centre]].
*Located in the [[Waite Research Precinct]]: [[South Australian Research and Development Institute|SARDI]] Head Office and Plant Research Centre; [[Australian Wine Research Institute|AWRI]];<ref>[http://www.awri.com.au/ The Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI)], awri.com.au</ref> [[Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics|ACPFG]];<ref>[http://www.acpfg.com.au/ Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics (ACPFG)], acpfg.com.au</ref> [[CSIRO]] research laboratories.<ref name=CSIROWaite>[http://www.csiro.au/places/Waite-Precinct.html CSIRO Waite Campus], www.csiro.au</ref> SARDI also have establisments at [[Glenside, South Australia|Glenside]]<ref>[http://www.sardi.sa.gov.au/about_us_2/facilities/glenside_laboratories Glenside Laboratories], sardi.sa.gov.au</ref> and [[West Beach, South Australia|West Beach]].<ref>[http://www.sardi.sa.gov.au/about_us_2/facilities/sa_aquatic_sciences_centre/sa_aquatic_sciences_centre South Australian Aquatic Sciences Centre] (SAASC), sardi.sa.gov.au</ref>
*Located in [[Edinburgh, South Australia]]: [[Defence Science and Technology Organisation|DSTO]]; [[BAE Systems]] (Australia); [[Lockheed Martin]] Australia Electronic Systems.
*Located at [[Technology Park Adelaide|Technology Park]] ([[Mawson Lakes, South Australia|Mawson Lakes]]): BAE Systems; [[Optus]]; [[Raytheon]]; [[Topcon]]; Lockheed Martin Australia Electronic Systems.
*Located in Research Park at [[Thebarton, South Australia|Thebarton]]: businesses involved in materials engineering, biotechnology, environmental services, information technology, industrial design, laser/optics technology, health products, engineering services, radar systems, telecommunications and petroleum services.
*Located at Science Park (adjacent to Flinders University): Playford Capital.

==Cultural==
[[File:AGSAfront.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The [[Art Gallery of South Australia]], and part of the [[South Australian Museum]] on North Terrace.]]
While established as a British province, and very much English in terms of its culture, Adelaide attracted immigrants from other parts of Europe early-on, including German and other European non-conformists escaping religious persecution. The first German Lutherans arrived in 1838 bringing with them the vine cuttings that they used to found the acclaimed wineries of the [[Barossa Valley]].

After the Second World War, [[Italians]], [[Greeks]], Dutch, [[Poles]] and many other European nationalities came to make a new start. An influx of Asian immigrants following the [[Vietnam War]], and more recently many African refugees, have added to Adelaide's multicultural mix.

===Arts and entertainment===
Adelaide's arts scene flourished in the 1960s and 1970s with the support of successive premiers of both major political parties. The renowned [[Adelaide Festival of Arts]] and [[Adelaide Fringe Festival|Fringe Festival]] were established in 1960 under Thomas Playford. Construction of the [[Adelaide Festival Centre]] began under Steele Hall in 1970, and was completed under the subsequent government of Don Dunstan, who also established the [[South Australian Film Corporation]].

Over time, the Adelaide Festival has expanded to include the [[Adelaide Cabaret Festival]], [[Adelaide Film Festival]], [[Adelaide Festival of Ideas]], [[Adelaide Writers' Week]], and [[WOMADelaide]], all held predominately in the autumnal month of March (that month is sometimes jocularly called 'mad March' by locals due to the hectic clustering of these events). Other festivals include [[Feast Festival|FEAST]] (a [[LGBT culture|queer culture]] celebration), [[Tasting Australia]] (a biennial food and wine affair), and the [[Royal Adelaide Show]] (an annual [[agricultural show]] and [[state fair]]). There are also many international cultural fairs, most notably the German [[Schützenfest]] and Greek [[Glendi]]. Adelaide is also home to the [[Adelaide Christmas Pageant]], the world's largest [[Santa Claus parade|Christmas parade]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} As the state capital, Adelaide is also home to a great number of cultural institutions with many located along the boulevard of [[North Terrace, Adelaide|North Terrace]]. The [[Art Gallery of South Australia]], with around 35,000 works, holds Australia's second largest state-based collection.

Situated adjacent are the [[South Australian Museum]] and [[State Library of South Australia]], while the [[Adelaide Botanic Garden]], [[National Wine Centre]] and [[Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute]] are located nearby in the [[East End, Adelaide|East End]] of the city. The [[Adelaide Festival Centre]], on the banks of the Torrens, is the focal point for much of the cultural activity in the city and home to the [[State Theatre Company of South Australia]], with other venues including the [[Adelaide Entertainment Centre]] and the city's many smaller theatres, pubs and cabaret bars. The [[music of Adelaide]] has produced various musical groups and individuals who have achieved both national and international fame. This includes the [[Adelaide Symphony Orchestra]], the [[Adelaide Youth Orchestra]], rock bands: [[The Angels (Australian band)|The Angels]], [[Cold Chisel]], [[The Superjesus]], [[Wolf & Cub]], [[Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire!]], roots/blues group [[The Audreys]], internationally acclaimed metal acts [[I Killed The Prom Queen]] and [[Double Dragon (band)|Double Dragon]], popular Australian hip-hop outfit [[Hilltop Hoods]], pop acts, [[Orianthi]], [[Guy Sebastian]], and [[Wes Carr]], as well as internationally successful tribute act The [[Australian Pink Floyd Show]].

Noted rocker [[Jimmy Barnes]] spent most of his youth in the northern suburb of [[Elizabeth, South Australia|Elizabeth]]. The first ''[[Australian Idol]]'' winner, [[Guy Sebastian]], hails from the north-eastern suburb of [[Golden Grove, South Australia|Golden Grove]]. American musician [[Ben Folds]] used to base himself in Adelaide when he was married to Australian Frally Hynes. Folds recorded a song about Adelaide before he moved away from the city. In addition to its own WOMADelaide, Adelaide attracts several touring music festivals, including [[Big Day Out]], [[Parklife Festival|Parklife]] and [[St Jerome's Laneway Festival|Laneway]].

====Concert venues====
Adelaide pop-concert venues (past and present) include: [[Adelaide Entertainment Centre]]; [[Adelaide Festival Theatre]]; [[Adelaide Oval]]; [[Apollo Stadium]]; [[Memorial Drive Park]]; [[Thebarton Theatre]]. Other concert and live theatre venues include: [[Adelaide Town Hall]]; [[Dunstan Playhouse]]; Her Majesty's Theatre.

===Media===
[[File:Advertiser Building.JPG|right|thumb|[[Keith Murdoch|Sir Keith Murdoch House]], named after the founder of ''[[The News (Adelaide)|The News]]'', is the headquarters for the publisher of Adelaide's daily newspaper, ''The Advertiser''.]]

====Newspapers====
Newspapers in Adelaide are dominated by [[News Corporation]] publications—Adelaide being the birthplace of News Corporation itself. The only South Australian daily newspaper is [[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|''The Advertiser'']], published by News Corporation six days a week, while the Sunday paper is the [[Sunday Mail (Adelaide)|''Sunday Mail'']].

There are eleven suburban community newspapers published weekly, known collectively as the ''[[Messenger Newspapers]]'', also published by a subsidiary of News Corporation. The ''[[The Independent Weekly]]'' was a small independent newspaper providing one alternative view, but abolished its print edition in November 2010 and now exists as a digital daily newsletter only. Two national daily newspapers are circulated in the city: ''[[The Australian]]'' and its weekend publication, ''The Weekend Australian'', also published by News Corporation; and ''[[The Australian Financial Review]]'' published by [[John Fairfax Holdings|Fairfax]]. Interstate dailies, ''[[The Age]]'' and ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'', published by Fairfax, are also typically available. ''[[The Adelaide Review]]'' is a free paper published fortnightly, and other independent magazine-style papers are published, but are not as widely available.

====Television====
All of the five Australian national television networks broadcast both [[Analog television|analogue]] [[PAL]] and [[High-definition television|high definition digital]] services in Adelaide. They share three transmission towers on the ridge near the summit of Mount Lofty. The two government-funded stations are run by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC1) and the [[Special Broadcasting Service]] (SBS One). The [[Seven Network]] and [[Network Ten]] both own their Adelaide stations ([[SAS-7]] and [[ADS-10]] respectively).

Adelaide's [[NWS-9]] is affiliated with the [[Nine Network]] and was owned by [[Southern Cross Broadcasting]] until the sale to [[WIN Corporation]] in May 2007. New digital-only channels available in addition to ABC1, Seven, Nine, Ten and SBS One include [[One HD]], [[Eleven (TV channel)|Eleven]], [[ABC2]], [[ABC3]], [[ABC News 24]], [[SBS Two]], [[7Two]], [[7mate]], [[GEM HD]] and [[Go! (Australian TV channel)|GO!]]. Adelaide also has a [[Community television in Australia|community television]] station, [[C31 Adelaide]]. The [[Foxtel]] [[pay TV]] service is available as [[cable television]] in a few areas, and as [[satellite television]] to the entire metropolitan area. It is resold by a number of other brands, mostly telephone companies.

As part of a nation-wide phase-out of analog television in Australia, Adelaide's analog TV service is slated to be shut down in the second half of 2013.

====Radio====
There are twenty radio stations that serve the metropolitan area, as well as four community stations that serve only parts of the metropolitan area. Of the twenty full coverage stations, there are six commercial stations, six community stations, six national stations and two narrowcast stations. A complete list can be found at [[List of radio stations in Australia#Adelaide]].

Commercial stations include:
* AM Band: [[Cruise 1323]]; [[FIVEaa|FIVEaa 1395]]
* FM Band: [[Nova 91.9]]; [[Mix 102.3]]; [[Triple M|Triple M 104.7]]; [[SAFM|SAFM 107.1]]

[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] stations include:
* AM Band: [[Radio National|Radio National 729]]; [[891 ABC Adelaide|891 Adelaide (Local Radio)]]; [[ABC NewsRadio|NewsRadio 972]]
* FM Band: [[ABC Classic FM|Classic FM 103.9]]; and [[Triple J|Triple J 105.5]].

===Icons===
{{Main|List of South Australian commercial icons}}

==Sport==
[[File:Adelaide Oval 2006-2.jpg|right|thumb|[[Adelaide Oval]] during a cricket match in 2006.]]
The main sports played professionally in Adelaide are [[Australian rules football]], [[soccer]], [[cricket]], [[netball]] and [[basketball]]. Adelaide is the home of two [[Australian Football League]] teams: the [[Adelaide Crows]] and [[Port Adelaide Power]]. A local [[Australian rules football|football]] league, the [[South Australian National Football League|SANFL]], is made up of nine teams from around Adelaide.

Adelaide has developed a strong culture of attracting crowds to major sporting events.<ref>[http://www.theroar.com.au/2010/01/17/australian-sport-owes-much-to-little-old-adelaide/ Australian sport owes much to little old Adelaide], The Roar, Retrieved on 21 January 2010.</ref> Most large sporting events take place at either [[AAMI Stadium]] or the historic [[Adelaide Oval]], home of the [[Southern Redbacks]] cricket team. Adelaide hosts an international cricket test every summer, along with a number of [[One Day International]] cricket matches. [[Memorial Drive Park]], adjacent to the Adelaide Oval, used to host the [[Adelaide International]], a major men's tennis tournament in the lead-up to the Australian Open before the tournament was moved to [[Brisbane]] in 2009. Adelaide's professional [[football (soccer)]] team, [[Adelaide United]], play in the [[A-League]]. Founded in 2003, their home ground is [[Hindmarsh Stadium]], which has a capacity of 17,000 and is one of the few purpose-built soccer stadia in Australia. In 2008 the [[Cronulla Sharks]], an Australian [[NRL]] franchise, and the South Australian Government announced a three year contract in which the Sharks will play a single home game each season at Hindmarsh. Unfortunately this only happened for 2009. From 2010 the [[Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs|Canterbury Bulldogs]] signed an agreement to play one home game per season at the Adelaide Oval for three years with the hope of establishing a strong supporter base in Adelaide.

Adelaide has two professional [[basketball]] teams, the mens team being the [[Adelaide 36ers]] who play in the [[National Basketball League Australia|NBL]] and the women's team, the [[Adelaide Lightning]] who play in the [[Women's National Basketball League|WNBL]]. The 36ers play their home games at the [[Adelaide Arena]] while the Lightning mostly play at the Wayville Sports Centre and occasionally at The Dome. Adelaide has a professional [[netball]] team, the [[Adelaide Thunderbirds]] play in the trans-Tasman netball competition, the [[ANZ Championship]], with home games played at [[ETSA Park]]. The Thunderbirds also occasionally play games or finals at The Dome or the Adelaide Entertainment Centre. Adelaide hosts the [[Tour Down Under]] bicycle race, the largest cycling event outside Europe and the first event outside Europe with [[UCI ProTour]] status.

The [[Australian Grand Prix]] for [[Formula One]] racing was hosted by Adelaide from 1985 to 1995 on a [[Adelaide Street Circuit|street circuit]] in the city's eastern parklands.<ref name="f1-move"/> The Grand Prix became a source of pride and losing the event to Melbourne in a surprise announcement left a void that has since been filled with the highly successful [[Adelaide 500|Clipsal 500]] for [[V8 Supercar]] racing, held on a modified version of the same street circuit. The Classic Adelaide, a [[rallying|rally]] of classic sporting vehicles, is also held in the city and its surrounds.

The [[World Solar Challenge]] race attracts teams from around the world, most of which are fielded by universities or corporations although some are fielded by high schools. The race has a 20-year history spanning nine races, with the inaugural event taking place in 1987. Adelaide will host the [http://www.worldbowls2012.com 2012 World Bowls Championships] at Lockleys Bowling Club. Adelaide will become the third city in the world to have held the championships twice, having previously hosted the event in 1996.

[[File:AdelaideNSEW.jpg|center|800px]]
[[File:Adelaide.jpg|center|800px|thumb|'''360-degree panoramic view of the Southern Plaza of the Festival Theatre Centre.'''<br />
(From left-to-right, starting SE):<br />
'''Background''': (SE): [[Government House, Adelaide|Government House]], The [[Myer Centre, Adelaide|Myer Centre]], (S): [[Parliament House, Adelaide|Parliament House]], Dame [[Roma Mitchell]] Building (SW): [[Adelaide Railway Station]]/Casino/Hyatt Hotel<br />
'''Foreground''': (SE): Southern Plaza, (S-to-W): ''City Sign''<br />
'''Background''':(W-to-N): [[Adelaide Festival Centre]]: The Dunstan Playhouse, The Space Theatre, The outdoor amphitheatre, The Festival Theatre<br />
'''Foreground''':(W-to-N): Southern Plaza<br />
'''Background''':(N-to-NE): The Festival Theatre (northern) Plaza, (NE-to-E): Trees along [[King William Street, Adelaide|King William Road]]<br />
'''Foreground''':(N-to-E): Stairs from Southern Plaza down to Festival Theatre Plaza, and Southern Plaza.]]

==Infrastructure==
===Health===
Adelaide's first hospital is the [[Royal Adelaide Hospital]] (RAH). Founded in 1840, it is one of the major hospitals in Adelaide and is a [[teaching hospital]] of the University of Adelaide. It has a capacity of 705 beds. Two other RAH campuses which specialise in specific patient services are located in the suburbs of Adelaide – the Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre in [[Northfield, South Australia|Northfield]], and the [[Glenside, South Australia|Glenside]] Campus Mental Health Service. Four other large hospitals in the Adelaide area are: the [[Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide|Women's and Children's Hospital]] (305 beds), which is located on King William Road in North Adelaide; the [[Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide|Queen Elizabeth Hospital]] (340 beds), located in Woodville, the [[Flinders Medical Centre]] (500 beds), located in Bedford Park and in the northern suburbs, and the [[Lyell McEwin Hospital]] (198 beds) in Elizabeth. These hospitals are also associated with medical schools. The Women's and Children's, the Queen Elizabeth and the Lyell McEwin are affiliated with the [[University of Adelaide]], Flinders Medical Centre is affiliated [[Flinders University]], and the Lyell McEwin is also affiliated with the [[University of South Australia]].

In June 2007 the State Government announced a series of overhauls to the health sector that would see a new hospital constructed on railyards at the west end of the city, to replace the Royal Adelaide Hospital located at the east end of the city. Should it go ahead, the new 800 bed hospital would cost A$1.7 bn and be named the "Marjorie Jackson-Nelson Hospital" after the [[Marjorie Jackson|former Governor of South Australia]].<ref>{{Cite news | last = Owen | first = Michael | title =800 beds, helipad and train station: Our 'Marj' hospital | newspaper = [[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]] | page = 5 | date = 7 June 2007 | url = }}</ref> However, in 2009, at the former governor's request, the state government chose to drop this name and instead transfer the Royal Adelaide Hospital name to the proposed facility.

In addition, major upgrades would see the Flinders Medical Centre become the primary centre for health care for the southern suburbs, while upgrades for the [[Lyell McEwin Hospital]] in Elizabeth would see that become the centre for the northern suburbs. The trio of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the [[Modbury Hospital]] and the Noarlunga Hospital would become specialist elective surgery centres. The Repatriation General Hospital would also expand its range of specialty areas beyond veterans' health to incorporate stroke, orthopaedic rehabilitation and aged care.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ministers.sa.gov.au/news.php?id=1712 |title='News: New $1.7 billion hospital spearheads health reform' |publisher=Ministers.sa.gov.au |date=6 June 2007 |accessdate=7 September 2010}}</ref> With the "Global Financial Crisis" of 2008, it remains to be seen if and how these initiatives will proceed.

===Transport===
{{Main|Transport in Adelaide}}
[[File:GlenelgTramCityWest.jpg|right|thumb|Tram at the former City West terminus, en route to [[Glenelg Tram|Glenelg]], the line has since been extended.]]
Being centrally located on the Australian mainland, Adelaide forms a strategic transport hub for east-west and north-south routes. The city itself has a metropolitan-wide [[public transport]] system, which is managed by and known as the [[Adelaide Metro]]. The Adelaide Metro consists of a contracted bus system including the [[O-Bahn Busway]], [[Railways in Adelaide|metropolitan railways]], and the Adelaide-[[Glenelg Tram]], which was extended as a metropolitan tram in 2010 through the city centre to the inner north-west suburb of [[Hindmarsh, South Australia|Hindmarsh]].

Road transport in Adelaide has historically been comparatively easier than many of the other Australian cities, with a well-defined city layout and wide multiple-lane roads from the beginning of its development. Historically, Adelaide was known as a "twenty-minute city", with commuters having been able to travel from metropolitan outskirts to the city proper in roughly twenty minutes. However, these roads are now often considered inadequate to cope with Adelaide's growing road traffic, and often experience traffic congestion.<ref>{{cite web|title=Metro Malcontent – The Twenty Minute City No More|work=Royal Automobile Association, South Australia|format=PDF|year=2005|url=http://www.raa.net/download.asp?file=documents\document_677.pdf|accessdate=28 December 2008}} (1.18MB)</ref>

Adelaide has one freeway and two expressways; the [[South Eastern Freeway]], connecting the city with the Adelaide Hills and beyond to [[Murray Bridge]], the [[Port River Expressway]] connecting Port Adelaide and [[Outer Harbor, South Australia|Outer Harbor]] to interstate routes, and the [[Southern Expressway]], an [[Reversible lane|interchangeable one-way road]] connecting the southern suburbs with the city proper. The [[Gawler bypass road|Gawler Bypass]] skirting [[Gawler]] is another expressway style, high speed inter-urban corridor. In February 2010, the current state government announced plans to upgrade the Southern Expressway to a dual direction expressway if it was re-elected at the next State election.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/17/2822003.htm|title=No more one-way Southern Expressway|date=18 February 2010|work=ABC News Online|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref>

A third expressway, the [[Northern Expressway]] (formerly the [[Sturt Highway]] extension), a northern suburbs bypass route—connecting the Gawler Bypass to Port Wakefield Road—started construction in 2008. There are also plans for major upgrades to busy sections of [[South Road, Adelaide|South Road]], including road widening and underpasses of [[Anzac Highway]] (completed in 2009), Grange Road, Port Road and the Outer Harbour Railway Line, during the first stage.<ref>[http://www.transport.sa.gov.au/transport_network/projects/southroad_upgrade/index.asp South Road Upgrade'']{{Dead link|date=September 2010}}</ref>

====Airports====
The Adelaide metropolitan area has two commercial Airports, [[Adelaide Airport|Adelaide]] and [[Parafield Airport|Parafield]].

[[Adelaide Airport]], located in Adelaide's western suburbs, is designed to serve in excess of 6.3&nbsp;million passengers annually. The dual international/domestic terminal named T1 incorporates glass aerobridges and has the ability to cater for the [[Airbus A380]].<ref>{{Cite news | last = Innes | first = Stuart | title = Super airliner cleared to land at our new airport | newspaper = The Advertiser (Adelaide) | date = 10 January 2005 | url = }}</ref> The airport is designed to handle 27 aircraft simultaneously and is capable of processing 3,000 passengers per hour. Unusually for a major city, it is located only seven kilometres (4.4&nbsp;mi) from the [[Adelaide city centre]]. The airport is serviced by five international airlines in addition to domestic, regional and charter operators, including: [[Air New Zealand]], [[Qantas]], [[Virgin Australia]], [[Cathay Pacific]], [[Malaysia Airlines]], [[Singapore Airlines]], [[Pacific Blue Airlines]], [[QantasLink]] and [[Tiger Airways Australia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Adelaide Airport: Operators |url=http://www.aal.com.au/operators/default.aspx |accessdate=27 January 2010 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080718225956/http://www.aal.com.au/operators/default.aspx |archivedate = 18 July 2008}}</ref> Adelaide airport currently has direct flights servicing Denpasar (Bali, Indonesia), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Nadi (Fiji), Hong Kong, Singapore and Auckland (New Zealand).<ref>{{cite web |title=2009 Northern Winter Timetable |url=http://www.aal.com.au/lib/pdf/09NorthernWinterTimetableFinal2.pdf |accessdate=2 February 2010}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> In March 2007, Adelaide Airport was rated the world's second best airport in the 5–15&nbsp;million passengers category at the [[Airports Council International]] (ACI) 2006 awards in Dubai.<ref>{{cite web |title=World's top customer service airports recognised |publisher=Airports Council International |date=12 March 2007 |accessdate=14 October 2008 |url=http://www.airports.org/cda/aci_common/display/main/aci_content07_c.jsp?zn=aci&cp=1-6^12875_666_2__}}</ref>

[[Parafield Airport]], Adelaide's second airport, located eighteen kilometres (11.2&nbsp;mi) north of the CBD, is used for small aircraft, pilot training and recreational aviation purposes.

===Utilities===
[[File:Happy Valley Reservoir 20070223.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Aerial view of [[Happy Valley Reservoir]] in early 2007]]

Adelaide's energy requirements are met by a variety of companies who separately provide for the generation, transmission, distribution and retail sales of gas and electricity. Some of the major companies are: [[TRUenergy]], which generates electricity; [[ElectraNet]], which transmits electricity from the generators to the distribution network; [[ETSA Utilities]] (formerly a government-owned company which was privatised by the [[John Olsen|Olsen]] Government in the 1990s), which distributes electricity from transmission companies to end users; and [[AGL Energy]], which retails gas and electricity.<ref name="EnergySA1">{{cite web | title=Industry structure | work=Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure | url=http://www.energy.sa.gov.au/dhtml/ss/section.php?sectID=12&tempID=1 | accessdate=5 May 2006 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20050624044124/http://www.energy.sa.gov.au/dhtml/ss/section.php?sectID=12&tempID=1 |archivedate = 24 June 2005}}</ref> Substantial investment has been made in maintenance and reinforcement of the electricity supply network to provide continued reliability of supply.

Adelaide derives most of its electricity from a gas-fired plant operated by [[AGL Energy]] at [[Torrens Island Power Station, South Australia|Torrens Island]], with more coming from power stations at [[Port Augusta, South Australia|Port Augusta]] and Pelican Point, and from connections to the national grid. Gas is mainly supplied from the [[Moomba, South Australia|Moomba]] Gas Processing Plant in the [[Cooper Basin]], and is piped to Adelaide and other areas within the state.<ref name="EnergySA2">{{cite web | title=Supply Security | work=Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure | url=http://www.energy.sa.gov.au/pages/conventional/planning/supply/security.htm:sectID=10&tempID=1 | accessdate=5 May 2006 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20050624044821/http://www.energy.sa.gov.au/pages/conventional/planning/supply/security.htm:sectID=10&tempID=1 |archivedate = 24 June 2005}}</ref> A small part of supply also comes from wind turbines at [[Sellicks Hill, South Australia|Sellicks Hill]], and a trial of more turbines on city buildings is underway.<ref name="Premier Rann">{{cite web | title= Mini Wind Turbines whirl into city buildings | work=Premier of South Australia | url=http://www.premier.sa.gov.au/news.php?id=624 | accessdate=6 August 2006}}</ref>

Adelaide's water supply is gained from its reservoirs: [[Mount Bold Reservoir|Mount Bold]], [[Happy Valley Reservoir|Happy Valley]], [[Myponga Reservoir|Myponga]], [[Millbrook Reservoir|Millbrook]], [[Hope Valley Reservoir|Hope Valley]], [[Little Para Reservoir|Little Para]] and [[South Para Reservoir|South Para]]. The yield from these reservoir catchments can be as little as 10% of the city's requirements in drought years and about 60% in average years. The remaining demand is met by the pumping of water from the [[River Murray]]. A sea water desalination plant capable of supplying half of Adelaide's water requirements (100GL per annum) is currently being planned, with construction expected to be completed by 2012. The provision of water services is by the government-owned [[SA Water]].
[[File:Mount Lofty View Night.jpg|center|600px|thumb|Adelaide at night, viewed from [[Mount Lofty]]. The city center, not visible in the photo, is toward the far right.]]
[[File:Skye auldana hills.jpg|center|600px|thumb|Some of the Adelaide [[Hills Face Zone]], looking south from [[Magill, South Australia|Magill]].]]

==See also==
{{Portal|South Australia}}
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* [[Adelaide city centre]]
* [[City of Adelaide]]
* [[Music of Adelaide]]
* [[South Australian wine]]
* [[Port Adelaide]]

'''Lists:'''
* [[:Category:Images of Adelaide|Images of Adelaide]] ([http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Adelaide Commons])
* [[List of Adelaide parks and gardens]]
* [[List of Adelaide railway stations]]
* [[List of Adelaide suburbs]]
* [[List of bus routes in Adelaide]]
* [[List of people from Adelaide]]
* [[List of sports clubs in Adelaide]]
* [[List of tallest buildings in Adelaide]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==Further reading==
* Kathryn Gargett; Susan Marsden, ''Adelaide: A Brief History'' Adelaide: State History Centre, History Trust of South Australia in association with [[City of Adelaide|Adelaide City Council]], 1996 ISBN 0-7308-0116-0
* Susan Marsden; Paul Stark; Patricia Sumerling, eds, ''Heritage of the City of Adelaide: an illustrated guide'' Adelaide: Adelaide City Council, 1990, 1996 ISBN 0-9098-6630-9
* Derek Whitelock et al., ''Adelaide: a sense of difference'' Melbourne: Arcadia, 2000 ISBN 0-87560-657-1

==External links==
{{Commons category|Adelaide}}
{{Sister project links|Adelaide}}
* [http://www.cityofadelaide.com.au/ City of Adelaide]
* [http://www.adelaidecitycouncil.com/ Adelaide City Council]
* {{Wikitravel}}
* [http://www.sacentral.sa.gov.au/ SA Central]
* [http://georama.com.au/photos/northterrace.html Equirectangular Image of North Terrace, Adelaide]
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