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The Jubilee 150 Walkway is a special path in Adelaide, Australia. It's also known as the Jubilee 150 Commemorative Walk or just the Jubilee Walk. This walkway has many bronze plaques set into the ground along North Terrace, Adelaide, near the Prince Henry Gardens. It was officially opened on December 21, 1986.

The walkway was created to celebrate a big birthday: the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Province of South Australia by the British. The plaques honor many people who helped build and develop South Australia. When it first opened, there were 170 names, and since then, the Adelaide City Council has added four more plaques.

The plaques are placed in alphabetical order. They stretch from King William Road all the way to Pulteney Street on the north side of North Terrace. As you walk along, you'll see the South African War Memorial, Government House, the National War Memorial, the State Library, the Museum, the Art Gallery, and the University of Adelaide. This part of North Terrace also has many statues, busts, and other memorials, plus benches, drinking fountains, and water features.

Around 2011, the area in front of Government House was updated. The plaques and large statues stayed in place, but some gas lamps were removed, and several busts were moved to a new spot. A new bust of Sir Lawrence Bragg was also added.

King William Street Area
Kintore Avenue Area
University of Adelaide Area
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King William Street Area

The Jubilee 150 Walkway begins near the corner of North Terrace and King William Street. This is right in front of the main gates of Government House. The very corner is home to the South African War Memorial. Before 2011, busts of important people like Sir Thomas John Mellis Napier, Mary Lee, and Sir Mark Oliphant were here. These busts have since been moved further east, and the first six plaques of the walkway are now in their place, along with seating.

Start of the Walkway

First Plaques: Angas – Bagot

First plaque
George Fife Angas
George French Angas
Charles George Everard memorial plaque
Sir Henry Ayers
Walter Hervey Bagot

South African War Memorial

This memorial was created by A Jones in 1904 to honor those who fought in the South African Boer War.

Around 1926
Around 2008

Government House

The area of North Terrace in front of Government House is called the Price Henry Gardens. Before 2011, there was a line of gas lamps along the fence of Government House. This has now been replaced by a wider footpath.

1988 plaque
Gas Lamps in 2008
Footpath in 2017

Plaques: Bagshaw – Bonython

John Stokes Bagshaw
Sir Richard Baker
Robert Barr Smith
Tom Elder Barr Smith
Percy Raymond Begg
Dervish Bejah
John Bishop
John McConnell Black
Abraham Tobias Boas
Lady Jean Bonython
Sir John Langdon Bonython

Statue of Dame Roma Mitchell

This statue honors the Honourable Dame Roma Mitchell. It was sculpted by John Woffinden and Sally Francis, based on a model by Janette Moore, and unveiled on July 1, 1999.

Plaques: Bradman – Cawthorne

Sir Donald Bradman
Sir William and
Sir Lawrence Bragg
Hooper Josse Brewster Jones
Sir George Brookman
Henry John 'Harry' Butler
Sir Hugh Cairns
Charles Witto-Witto Cawthorne

Statue: Venere Di Canova

This statue of Venus (Venere di Canova) was given to the city by W. A. Horn in 1892. It's a copy made of Carrara marble of an original statue by Antonio Canova. This was Adelaide's first street statue!

Looking west
Statue
Base

Plaques: Chapman – Cocks

Sir Robert Chapman
Sir John Cleland
Kate Cocks

Busts

Before 2011, only the bust of Lord Florey stood in this part of the Price Henry Gardens. It was made by John Dowie in 1969. After 2011, this area became home to several other busts. The busts of Oliphant, Lee, and Napier were moved here from King William Street, and new busts of Sir Lawrence Bragg and later Sir William Henry Bragg were added.

Here are some of the busts you can see:

Lord Florey
Lord Florey
Lord Florey's base
Sir Thomas John Mellis Napier
Sir Thomas John Mellis Napier's base
Sir Thomas John Mellis Napier's base
Mary Lee
Mary Lee's base
Mary Lee's base
Sir Mark Oliphant
Sir Mark Oliphant's base
Sir Mark Oliphant's base
2013: Napier, Florey, L Bragg, Oliphant and Lee
Sir Lawrence Bragg by John W Mills
Sir Lawrence Bragg's base
2017: Venus and WH Bragg, L Bragg, Napier, Florey, Lee and Oliphant
Sir William Henry Bragg by Robert Hannaford
Father and son (Bragg)

Plaques: Crocker – Dickinson

The four plaques added later (Dickinson, Dunn, Gray & Wilkins) have the coat of arms of the City of Adelaide.

Sir Walter Crocker
Dave Dallwitz
Sir Samuel Davenport
Sybil Irving memorial plaque
Constance Muriel Davey
Peter Dawson
Lillian Daphne de Lissa
C J Dennis
Sir Samuel Benson Dickinson

Statue of Matthew Flinders

This statue of Captain Matthew Flinders was created by F. Brook Hitch. It was unveiled on April 12, 1934.

Plaques: Duguid – Gerrard

Charles Duguid
Sir Lloyd Dumas
John Dunn
Don Dunstan
Sir Thomas Elder
Gladys Elphick
Julia Warren Farr and George Henry Farr
Francis Hardey Faulding
Lord Florey
Reverend John Flynn
David Fowler
Alfred Edward Gerard
Looking west

National War Memorial

The National War Memorial was designed by Woods, Bagot, Jory & Laybourne Smith, and Rayner Hoff in 1931. It was first built to remember those who served in World War I (The Great War).

Spirit of Duty
Spirit of Compassion

Over time, other memorials have been added to this site. These include a memorial for the Battle of Lone Pine, the "French Memorial" for those who fought in France during both World Wars, an honor roll for World War II, and the "Australian Armed Forces Memorial" for conflicts like the Malayan Emergency, the Korean War, the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation in Borneo, and the Vietnam War. The wall around the site also has "Crosses of Memory" that remember the Siege of Tobruk and specific battalions from 1916.

France
8th Division
Lone Pine and battle.
South-East Asia and Korea
WWII Honour roll

Plaques: Gibb – Gill

Sir Claude Gibb
WWI VC recipients:
Blackburn, Davey, Inwood, Jensen, Leak, Sullivan, Weathers, Woods
WWII VC & GC recipients:
Derrick, Gosse, Kibby, Matthews
Vietnam War VC recipient:
Major Peter Badcoe
Gladys Ruth Gibson
William Anstey Giles
S T Gill
Walter Gill

Kintore Avenue Area

The Institute Building

Plaques: Gosse – Hall

William Gosse
George Goyder
Margaret Graham
W. H. Gray
Sir Archibald Grenfell Price
George Hall

Statue of Edward VII

This large bronze statue of Edward VII was made by Sir Bertram Mackennal. It was paid for by public donations and unveiled on July 15, 1920.

Back of statue to right
Back of statue

Plaques: Hancock – Hartley

Looking east from Edward VII
Henry Richard 'Captain' Hancock
Alfred Hannaford
George Hannaford
John Anderson Hartley

State Library of South Australia

John Dowie by John Woffinden, 2006

Robert Burns by WJ Maxwell 1894

The statue of Robert Burns is special because it was the first statue carved right here in Adelaide! It was given by the Caledonian Society and unveiled on May 5, 1894.

Plaques: Hassell – Hill-Ling

George Frederick Hassell
Charles Allen Seymour Hawker
Colin Sidney Hayes
Sir Edward Hayward
Sir Robert Helpmann
Sir Hans Heysen
Harold Eustace Hill-Ling

Mortlock Library

Plaques: Holden – Jolly

Sir Edward Holden
Amos William Howard
Sir Walter Hughes
Sir Roland Jacobs
'Jimmy' James
Norman William Jolly

Museum of Natural History

Plaques: Kavel – Mitchell

Pastor August Kavel
Sir Sidney Kidman
Charles Cameron Kingston
Sir George Kingston
Andrew Kirkpatrick
Essington Lewis
Colonel William Light
Dame Ruby Litchfield
Mary Helen MacKillop
Murdoch Stanley McLeod
John Abel McPherson
Cecil Thomas Madigan
James Martin
Sir Douglas Mawson
Frederick May
George Elton Mayo
Helen Mary Mayo
Sir John Melrose
Adelaide Laetitia Miethke
May Mills
Dame Roma Mitchell

Art Gallery of South Australia

Plaques: Mitchell – Oliphant

Sir William Mitchell
Daniel Moriarty
William Ranson Mortlock
Charles Pearcy Mountford
William Muirden
Sir Mellis Napier
Peter Nelson and Marjorie Jackson Nelson
Paris Nesbit
Sir Henry Newland
Eldred Norman
Sir Mark Oliphant

University of Adelaide Area

Mitchell Building

1869
East face
Winter 2008

Plaques: Playford – Short

Playford – Price

Statue of Sir Walter Watson Hughes (1803–1887)

Ramsay – Short

Alexander Maurice Ramsay
William Richard Randell
Arnold Edwin Victor Richardson
Victor York Richardson
John Ridley
Luther Robert Scammell
Richard Moritz Schomburgk
Adolf John Schulz
Alexandrina Seager
Ronald Max'y Sharpe
David Shearer
Augustus Short

Statue of Sir Samuel Way

This statue of Sir S.J. Way was created by Alfred Drury and unveiled on November 17, 1924.

Elder Conservatorium of Music

Plaques: Simpson – Stow

Alfred Muller Simpson
Sir Edwin Smith
Sir Keith and
Sir Ross Smith
Richard B Smith

You can find statues of Sir Douglas Mawson and Sir Thomas Elder on Goodman Crescent, in front of the Elder Conservatorium.

Sir Douglas Mawson
Unveiled on August 16, 1982.
Sir Thomas Elder
Sir William Goodman Crescent

South face of the base of the statue of Sir Thomas Elder
East face
North face
West face

Bonython Hall

Plaques: Strange – Todd

Arthur Thomas 'Padre' Strange
John McDouall Stuart
Charles Sturt
Doris Taylor
Julian Edmund Tenison-Woods
Norman Tindale
Sir Charles Todd

Napier Building

Plaques: Tolmer – Wright

Alexander Tolmer
Alfred Herman Traeger
Sir Robert Torrens
David Unaipon
William Charles Douglas Veale
Pioneer Vignerons:
Johann Gramp,
Pioneer Vignerons:
Thomas Hardy,
Peter Waite
Mary Jane Warnes
Sir Samuel Way
Lawrence Allen Wells
Jochim Matthias Wendt
Sir George Hubert Wilkins
Sir Kenneth Wills
Edmund William Wright

Ligertwood Building

Last Plaque

Final plaque
Napier and Ligertwood buildings, with last plaque in foreground.

End of Walkway

Images for kids

The Jubilee 150 logo.
The start of the walkway plaques near King William Road.
Looking east from near King William Rd in 2017.
Looking east from near the statue of Dame Roma Mitchell in 2013.
Looking east from near King William Rd in 2009.
Looking west from near the statue of Dame Roma Mitchell back towards King William Road in 2013.
Looking west from the statue of Dame Roma Mitchell back towards King William Rd in 2009.

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