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The Adelaide city centre is the innermost

Inner city

The inner city is the central area of a major city or metropolis. In the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Ireland, the term is often applied to the lower-income residential districts in the city centre and nearby areas...

locality of Greater Adelaide

Adelaide

Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...

, known by locals simply as "The City" or "Town". The locality is split into two key geographical distinctions: the city "square mile", bordered by North

North Terrace, Adelaide

North Terrace is one of the four terraces that bound the central business and residential district of the city of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. It runs east-west, along the northern edge of the CBD.-North Side of North Terrace:...

, East

East Terrace, Adelaide

East Terrace marks the eastern edge of the city centre of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. It is one of the main north-south thoroughfares through the east side of the city...

, South

South Terrace, Adelaide

South Terrace is a street on the south side of the city centre of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It runs from Anzac Highway and connects to Glen Osmond Road. King William Street ends at South Terrace. It is the southern edge of the city centre, and is bounded by parklands to the south,...

and West Terrace

West Terrace, Adelaide

West Terrace is a street in Adelaide, South Australia. It is the western-most street of the Adelaide city centre. It ends at North Terrace and South Terrace, and connects to Port Road and Anzac Highway....

s; and that part of the Adelaide Parklands south of the River Torrens

River Torrens

The River Torrens is the most significant river of the Adelaide Plains and was one of the reasons for the siting of the city of Adelaide, capital of South Australia. It flows from its source in the Adelaide Hills near Mount Pleasant, across the Adelaide Plains, past the city centre and empties...

which separate the built up part of the city from the surrounding suburbs. The locality is home to the parliament

Parliament of South Australia

The Parliament of South Australia is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of South Australia. It consists of the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly. It follows a Westminster system of parliamentary government....

of the state of South Australia

South Australia

South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...

and many key state government offices. Due to the construction of many new apartments in the city, the population has grown from 10,229 (2006 census) to an estimated 18,575 (2010).

History

Prior to the European settlement of South Australia, the Adelaide Plains

Adelaide Plains

The Adelaide Plains is the area in South Australia between the Mount Lofty Ranges on the east and Gulf St Vincent on the west. The plains are generally fertile with annual rainfall of about per year....

, on which Adelaide was built, was home to the Kaurna group of Indigenous Australians

Indigenous Australians

Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....

.

The colony of South Australia was established in 1836 at Glenelg

Glenelg, South Australia

Glenelg is a popular beach-side suburb of the South Australian capital of Adelaide. Located on the shore of Holdfast Bay in Gulf St Vincent, it has become a popular tourist destination due to its beach and many attractions, home to several hotels and dozens of restaurants.Established in 1836, it is...

, and the city itself established in 1837. The location and layout of the city is accredited to Colonel William Light

William Light

Colonel William Light was a British military officer and the first Surveyor-General of the Colony of South Australia...

(1786-1839) in a plan known as Light's Vision

Light's Vision

The first surveyor-general of Adelaide, South Australia, Colonel William Light designed a layout and development programme for the city. This plan is now known as "Light's Vision"...

Built environment

Adelaide is separated from its greater metropolitan area by a ring of public parklands on all sides. The square mile within the parklands is defined by a small area of high rise office and apartment buildings in the centre north, around King William Street

King William Street, Adelaide

King William Street is the part of a major arterial road that traverses the CBD and centre of Adelaide . It was named by the Street Naming Committee on 23 May 1837 after King William IV, the then reigning monarch, who died within a month...

, which runs north-to-south through the centre. Surrounding this central business district are a large number of medium to low density apartment

Apartment

An apartment or flat is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building...

s, townhouse

Townhouse

A townhouse is the term historically used in the United Kingdom, Ireland and in many other countries to describe a residence of a peer or member of the aristocracy in the capital or major city. Most such figures owned one or more country houses in which they lived for much of the year...

s and detached houses which make up the residential portion of the city centre.

Layout

The layout of Adelaide, known as Light's Vision, features a grid pattern of wide streets and terraces and five large public squares: Victoria Square

Victoria Square, Adelaide

Victoria Square is a public square in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. The square is in the centre of the city's grid of one square mile, and was named by the Street Naming Committee on 23 May 1837 after Princess Victoria, heir presumptive of the British throne. Less than a month later the...

in the centre of the city, and Hindmarsh

Hindmarsh Square, Adelaide

Hindmarsh Square is a public square in Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the centre of the north-eastern quarter of the city, and surrounds the intersection of Grenfell and Pulteney Streets, near the eastern end of the Rundle Mall. Pirie Street forms the southern boundary of the square...

, Light

Light Square, Adelaide

Light Square is one of five squares in the City of Adelaide. Located in the centre of the north-western quarter of the Adelaide city centre, the Square is named after the city's planner, Colonel William Light....

, Hurtle

Hurtle Square, Adelaide

Hurtle Square is a public square in Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the centre of the south-eastern quarter of the city, and surrounds the intersection of Halifax and Pulteney Streets. It was named by the Street Naming Committee after James Hurtle Fisher, South Australia's first...

and Whitmore Square

Whitmore Square, Adelaide

Whitmore Square is a public square in the centre of the south-western quarter of the Adelaide city centre. It surrounds the intersection of Sturt and Morphett Streets. It was named by the Street Naming Committee after William Wolryche Whitmore, a British Member of Parliament who introduced the...

s in the centres of each of the four quadrants of the Adelaide city centre.

Between North Terrace

North Terrace, Adelaide

and South Terrace

South Terrace, Adelaide

, all east-west roads change their names as they cross King William Street. Also, travelling north-south, the cross-streets alternate between being wide (up to 4-lanes wide) and narrow (2-lanes wide), with the exception that Grote Street and Wakefield Street are up to 6-lanes wide.

Travelling south from North Terrace, the street pairs are:

West Terrace West Terrace, Adelaide West Terrace is a street in Adelaide, South Australia. It is the western-most street of the Adelaide city centre. It ends at North Terrace and South Terrace, and connects to Port Road and Anzac Highway....		Morphett Street Morphett Street, Adelaide Morphett Street is a main road in the west of the central business district of Adelaide, South Australia. It runs north-south, between North and South Terraces....		King William Street King William Street, Adelaide King William Street is the part of a major arterial road that traverses the CBD and centre of Adelaide . It was named by the Street Naming Committee on 23 May 1837 after King William IV, the then reigning monarch, who died within a month...		Pulteney Street Pulteney Street, Adelaide Pulteney Street is a main road which runs north-south through the middle of the eastern half of the Adelaide city centre, in Adelaide, South Australia...
\| North Terrace North Terrace, Adelaide North Terrace is one of the four terraces that bound the central business and residential district of the city of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. It runs east-west, along the northern edge of the CBD.-North Side of North Terrace:...	\| North Terrace North Terrace, Adelaide North Terrace is one of the four terraces that bound the central business and residential district of the city of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. It runs east-west, along the northern edge of the CBD.-North Side of North Terrace:...	\| North Terrace North Terrace, Adelaide North Terrace is one of the four terraces that bound the central business and residential district of the city of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. It runs east-west, along the northern edge of the CBD.-North Side of North Terrace:...	\| North Terrace North Terrace, Adelaide North Terrace is one of the four terraces that bound the central business and residential district of the city of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. It runs east-west, along the northern edge of the CBD.-North Side of North Terrace:...	\| 4-lane
\| Hindley Street Hindley Street, Adelaide Hindley Street is located in the West End of the centre of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It runs between King William Street and West Terrace. The street was named after British parliamentarian and social reformist, Charles Hindley....	\| Hindley Street Hindley Street, Adelaide Hindley Street is located in the West End of the centre of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It runs between King William Street and West Terrace. The street was named after British parliamentarian and social reformist, Charles Hindley....	\| Rundle Mall Rundle Mall, Adelaide Rundle Mall is the premiere retail area in the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It was opened as Australia's first pedestrian street mall in September 1976 by closing Rundle Street to traffic between King William Street and Pulteney Street...	\| Rundle Street Rundle Street, Adelaide Rundle Street is a street in the East End of Adelaide, South Australia. It runs from Pulteney Street in the west to East Terrace, where it becomes Rundle Road. Its former western extent, which ran to King William Street, was closed in 1972 to form the pedestrian street of Rundle Mall...	\| 2-lane
\| Currie Street Currie Street, Adelaide Currie Street is a main street in the Adelaide city centre, in Adelaide, South Australia. It runs east-to-west from King William Street, through Light Square, to West Terrace on the western edge of the city centre.-Henley Beach Road:...	Light Square Light Square, Adelaide Light Square is one of five squares in the City of Adelaide. Located in the centre of the north-western quarter of the Adelaide city centre, the Square is named after the city's planner, Colonel William Light....	Currie Street Currie Street, Adelaide Currie Street is a main street in the Adelaide city centre, in Adelaide, South Australia. It runs east-to-west from King William Street, through Light Square, to West Terrace on the western edge of the city centre.-Henley Beach Road:...	\| Grenfell Street Grenfell Street, Adelaide Grenfell Street is a main road in the north-east quarter of the Adelaide city centre, in Adelaide, South Australia. The street runs west-east from King William Street to East Terrace. On the other side of King William Street, it continues as Currie Street...	Hindmarsh Square Hindmarsh Square, Adelaide Hindmarsh Square is a public square in Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the centre of the north-eastern quarter of the city, and surrounds the intersection of Grenfell and Pulteney Streets, near the eastern end of the Rundle Mall. Pirie Street forms the southern boundary of the square...	Grenfell Street Grenfell Street, Adelaide Grenfell Street is a main road in the north-east quarter of the Adelaide city centre, in Adelaide, South Australia. The street runs west-east from King William Street to East Terrace. On the other side of King William Street, it continues as Currie Street...	\| 4-lane
\| Waymouth Street Waymouth Street, Adelaide Waymouth Street is an east-west street running between West Terrace and King William Street in the centre of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. The street is named after Henry Waymouth, a founding director of the South Australian Company...	Light Square Light Square, Adelaide Light Square is one of five squares in the City of Adelaide. Located in the centre of the north-western quarter of the Adelaide city centre, the Square is named after the city's planner, Colonel William Light....	Waymouth Street Waymouth Street, Adelaide Waymouth Street is an east-west street running between West Terrace and King William Street in the centre of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. The street is named after Henry Waymouth, a founding director of the South Australian Company...	\| Pirie Street Pirie Street, Adelaide Pirie Street is a road on the east side of the centre of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It runs east-west, between East Terrace and King William Street. After crossing King William Street, it continues as Waymouth Street...	Hindmarsh Square Hindmarsh Square, Adelaide Hindmarsh Square is a public square in Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the centre of the north-eastern quarter of the city, and surrounds the intersection of Grenfell and Pulteney Streets, near the eastern end of the Rundle Mall. Pirie Street forms the southern boundary of the square...	Pirie Street Pirie Street, Adelaide Pirie Street is a road on the east side of the centre of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It runs east-west, between East Terrace and King William Street. After crossing King William Street, it continues as Waymouth Street...	\| 2-lane
\| Franklin Street Franklin Street, Adelaide Franklin Street is a main street in the CBD of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It is the location of Eynesbury College, the Adelaide Post Office, and the interstate bus terminals of various companies....	\| Franklin Street Franklin Street, Adelaide Franklin Street is a main street in the CBD of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It is the location of Eynesbury College, the Adelaide Post Office, and the interstate bus terminals of various companies....	Victoria Square Victoria Square, Adelaide Victoria Square is a public square in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. The square is in the centre of the city's grid of one square mile, and was named by the Street Naming Committee on 23 May 1837 after Princess Victoria, heir presumptive of the British throne. Less than a month later the...	Flinders Street Flinders Street, Adelaide Flinders Street is a main street in the CBD of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It was the location of Flinders St Schoolf of Music, a campus of TAFE, but has been closed in the last decade. It is named after the navigator and cartographer Captain Matthew Flinders....	\| Flinders Street Flinders Street, Adelaide Flinders Street is a main street in the CBD of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It was the location of Flinders St Schoolf of Music, a campus of TAFE, but has been closed in the last decade. It is named after the navigator and cartographer Captain Matthew Flinders....	\| 4-lane
\| Grote Street Grote Street, Adelaide Grote Street is a major street in the CBD of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It runs in an east-west direction, as a continuation of Wakefield Street where it crosses Victoria Square. It concludes at West Terrace; the road which continues is Sir Donald Bradman Drive...	\| Grote Street Grote Street, Adelaide Grote Street is a major street in the CBD of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It runs in an east-west direction, as a continuation of Wakefield Street where it crosses Victoria Square. It concludes at West Terrace; the road which continues is Sir Donald Bradman Drive...	Victoria Square Victoria Square, Adelaide Victoria Square is a public square in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. The square is in the centre of the city's grid of one square mile, and was named by the Street Naming Committee on 23 May 1837 after Princess Victoria, heir presumptive of the British throne. Less than a month later the...	Wakefield Street Wakefield Street, Adelaide Wakefield Street is a main thoroughfare in the centre of the South Australian capital, Adelaide.It runs in east-west between East Terrace and Victoria Square, and is one of the three streets to run through Victoria Square in the middle of the Adelaide city centre. The same three streets are also...		Wakefield Street Wakefield Street, Adelaide Wakefield Street is a main thoroughfare in the centre of the South Australian capital, Adelaide.It runs in east-west between East Terrace and Victoria Square, and is one of the three streets to run through Victoria Square in the middle of the Adelaide city centre. The same three streets are also...	\| 6-lane
\| Gouger Street Gouger Street, Adelaide Gouger Street is a main street in the CBD of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It was named after Robert Gouger, first Colonial Secretary of South Australia. Gouger Street is known for its high-end international restaurants and cafes. Cuisines found along Gouger Street include Italian,...	\| Gouger Street Gouger Street, Adelaide Gouger Street is a main street in the CBD of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It was named after Robert Gouger, first Colonial Secretary of South Australia. Gouger Street is known for its high-end international restaurants and cafes. Cuisines found along Gouger Street include Italian,...	Victoria Square Victoria Square, Adelaide Victoria Square is a public square in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. The square is in the centre of the city's grid of one square mile, and was named by the Street Naming Committee on 23 May 1837 after Princess Victoria, heir presumptive of the British throne. Less than a month later the...	Angas Street Angas Street, Adelaide Angas Street is a main street in the CBD of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. The rear of St Aloysius College faces the street, and various courts are on the street, including the Dame Roma Mitchell Building....	\| Angas Street Angas Street, Adelaide Angas Street is a main street in the CBD of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. The rear of St Aloysius College faces the street, and various courts are on the street, including the Dame Roma Mitchell Building....	\| 4-lane
\| Wright Street Wright Street, Adelaide Wright Street is an east-west street in the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. Among the buildings on Wright Street is the Juvenile Court.The street was named after John Wright, a financier who was appointed a Colonial Commissioner of SA in May 1835....	Whitmore Square Whitmore Square, Adelaide Whitmore Square is a public square in the centre of the south-western quarter of the Adelaide city centre. It surrounds the intersection of Sturt and Morphett Streets. It was named by the Street Naming Committee after William Wolryche Whitmore, a British Member of Parliament who introduced the...	Wright Street Wright Street, Adelaide Wright Street is an east-west street in the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. Among the buildings on Wright Street is the Juvenile Court.The street was named after John Wright, a financier who was appointed a Colonial Commissioner of SA in May 1835....	\| Carrington Street Carrington Street, Adelaide Carrington Street is a street in the south-eastern sector of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It runs east-west, from East Terrace to King William Street, blocked at Hutt Street and crossing Pulteney Street....	Hurtle Square Hurtle Square, Adelaide Hurtle Square is a public square in Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the centre of the south-eastern quarter of the city, and surrounds the intersection of Halifax and Pulteney Streets. It was named by the Street Naming Committee after James Hurtle Fisher, South Australia's first...	Carrington Street Carrington Street, Adelaide Carrington Street is a street in the south-eastern sector of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It runs east-west, from East Terrace to King William Street, blocked at Hutt Street and crossing Pulteney Street....	\| 2-lane
\| Sturt Street Sturt Street, Adelaide Sturt Street is a street in the south-western sector of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It runs east-west between West Terrace to King William Street, passing through Whitmore Square...	Whitmore Square Whitmore Square, Adelaide Whitmore Square is a public square in the centre of the south-western quarter of the Adelaide city centre. It surrounds the intersection of Sturt and Morphett Streets. It was named by the Street Naming Committee after William Wolryche Whitmore, a British Member of Parliament who introduced the...	Sturt Street Sturt Street, Adelaide Sturt Street is a street in the south-western sector of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It runs east-west between West Terrace to King William Street, passing through Whitmore Square...	\| Halifax Street Halifax Street, Adelaide Halifax Street is a street in the south-eastern sector of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It runs east-west between East Terrace and King William Street, crossing Hutt Street and Pulteney Street and passing through Hurtle Square....	Hurtle Square Hurtle Square, Adelaide Hurtle Square is a public square in Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the centre of the south-eastern quarter of the city, and surrounds the intersection of Halifax and Pulteney Streets. It was named by the Street Naming Committee after James Hurtle Fisher, South Australia's first...	Halifax Street Halifax Street, Adelaide Halifax Street is a street in the south-eastern sector of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It runs east-west between East Terrace and King William Street, crossing Hutt Street and Pulteney Street and passing through Hurtle Square....	\| 4-lane
\| Gilbert Street Gilbert Street, Adelaide Gilbert Street is a main street in the CBD of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. The street was named after Thomas Gilbert, a pioneer and early storekeeper in Adelaide....	\| Gilbert Street Gilbert Street, Adelaide Gilbert Street is a main street in the CBD of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. The street was named after Thomas Gilbert, a pioneer and early storekeeper in Adelaide....	\| Gilles Street Gilles Street, Adelaide Gilles Street is a street in the south-eastern sector of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It runs east-west between East Terrace and King William Street, crossing Hutt Street and Pulteney Street. It was named after Osmond Gilles, an early treasurer of the colony of South Australia on 23...	\| Gilles Street Gilles Street, Adelaide Gilles Street is a street in the south-eastern sector of the centre of Adelaide, South Australia. It runs east-west between East Terrace and King William Street, crossing Hutt Street and Pulteney Street. It was named after Osmond Gilles, an early treasurer of the colony of South Australia on 23...	\| 2-lane
\| South Terrace South Terrace, Adelaide South Terrace is a street on the south side of the city centre of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It runs from Anzac Highway and connects to Glen Osmond Road. King William Street ends at South Terrace. It is the southern edge of the city centre, and is bounded by parklands to the south,...	\| South Terrace South Terrace, Adelaide South Terrace is a street on the south side of the city centre of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It runs from Anzac Highway and connects to Glen Osmond Road. King William Street ends at South Terrace. It is the southern edge of the city centre, and is bounded by parklands to the south,...	\| South Terrace South Terrace, Adelaide South Terrace is a street on the south side of the city centre of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It runs from Anzac Highway and connects to Glen Osmond Road. King William Street ends at South Terrace. It is the southern edge of the city centre, and is bounded by parklands to the south,...	\| South Terrace South Terrace, Adelaide South Terrace is a street on the south side of the city centre of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It runs from Anzac Highway and connects to Glen Osmond Road. King William Street ends at South Terrace. It is the southern edge of the city centre, and is bounded by parklands to the south,...	\| 4-lane

Street names

The streets and squares were named by a committee of a number of prominent settlers after themselves, after early directors of the South Australian Company, after Commissioners appointed by the British government to oversee implementation of the acts that established the colony, and after various notables involved in the establishment of the colony.

The Street Naming Committee

Street Naming Committee (Adelaide)

The Street Naming Committee was set up to decide the names of the streets, the squares and the river of the new settlement of Adelaide, South Australia, as it had been laid out by Colonel William Light in 1837. Light's map corresponds to the modern Adelaide city centre and North Adelaide...

comprised:

Governor Hindmarsh
John Hindmarsh
Rear-Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh KH RN was a naval officer and the first Governor of South Australia, from 28 December 1836 to 16 July 1838.-Early life:...
Judge Jeffcott
John Jeffcott
Sir John William Jeffcott BA MA was the first judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia. He also served as Chief Justice of Sierra Leone.-Biography:...
James Hurtle Fisher
James Hurtle Fisher
Sir James Hurtle Fisher was a lawyer and prominent South Australian pioneer. He was the first Resident Commissioner of South Australia, the first Mayor of Adelaide and the first resident South Australian to be knighted....

(Resident Commissioner)
Robert Gouger
Robert Gouger
Robert Gouger was one of the founders of South Australia and colonial secretary.-Early life:Gouger was the fifth son of nine children of George Gouger , who was a prosperous city merchant, and his wife Anne, née Sibley. Robert was educated at Nottingham, England, and on leaving school he entered...

(Colonial Secretary)
Colonel Light
William Light
Colonel William Light was a British military officer and the first Surveyor-General of the Colony of South Australia...

(Surveyor General)
John Brown (emigration officer)

Osmond Gilles

Osmond Gilles was a settler, pastoralist, mine owner and South Australia’s first colonial treasurer.After several years of working in Hamburg, Germany as a merchant, Gilles migrated to the new Australian colony on the HMS Buffalo in 1836 and acted as the Colonial Treasurer...

(Treasurer)

Thomas Gilbert

Thomas Gilbert (pioneer)

Thomas Gilbert was a pioneer of Adelaide, South Australia, having arrived with the first settlers in order to operate the first Colonial Storehouse....

(storekeeper)

John Morphett

Sir John Morphett was a South Australian pioneer, landowner and politician.-Early life:Morphett was born in London, the second son of Nathaniel Morphett, a solicitor, and his wife Mary, née Gliddon, of Cummins, Ide, Devon, and was educated at Plymouth and Highgate Grammar Schools...

John Barton Hack

John Barton Hack was an early settler in South Australia; a prominent farmer, businessman and public figure. He lost his fortune in the financial crisis of 1840 and despite his best efforts, never regained anything like his former influence and prosperity...

Edward Stephens

Edward Stephens was one of the earliest settlers in the Colony of South Australia.He was born in London, the tenth child of Rev. John Stephens , sometime president of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference...

(cashier and accountant of the South Australian Company)

Thomas Bewes Strangways

Thomas Bewes Strangways was an explorer and early settler of South Australia.He arrived in the new colony on the HMS Buffalo and at the time, was engaged to one of Governor John Hindmarsh's daughters. However, they never married and he later married Lavinia Albina née Fowler...

All members of the committee (except Stephens) had one or more of the streets and squares in the Adelaide city centre and North Adelaide

North Adelaide

North Adelaide is a predominantly residential precinct of the City of Adelaide in South Australia, situated north of the River Torrens and within the Adelaide Park Lands.-History:...

named after themselves. Brown Street, named for John Brown, was subsequently subsumed as a continuation of Morphett Street in 1967. In the same year, Hanson Street, named for Richard Hanson

Richard Hanson (Australian politician)

Sir Richard Davies Hanson , was the fourth Premier of South Australia, from 30 September 1857 until 8 May 1860, and was a Chief Judge from 20 November 1861 until 4 March 1876 on the Supreme Court of South Australia, which is the highest ranking court in the Australian State of South...

, was subsumed as a continuation of Pulteney Street.

The squares were named after:

Victoria - the regent, later the monarch Queen Victoria
Hindmarsh - Rear Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh
John Hindmarsh
Rear-Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh KH RN was a naval officer and the first Governor of South Australia, from 28 December 1836 to 16 July 1838.-Early life:...

, first Governor
Hurtle - Sir James Hurtle Fisher
James Hurtle Fisher
Sir James Hurtle Fisher was a lawyer and prominent South Australian pioneer. He was the first Resident Commissioner of South Australia, the first Mayor of Adelaide and the first resident South Australian to be knighted....

, first Resident Commissioner
Light - Colonel William Light
William Light
Colonel William Light was a British military officer and the first Surveyor-General of the Colony of South Australia...

, Surveyor General
Whitmore - William Wolryche-Whitmore
William Wolryche-Whitmore
William Wolryche-Whitmore was a Shropshire landowner and British Whig politician. He held a seat in the House of Commons from 1820 to 1835, representing first Bridgnorth and later Wolverhampton.-Background:...

MP, a Colonial Commissioner in London

The east-west streets named on 22 December 1836 were:

Rundle – John Rundle
John Rundle
John Rundle was a British Whig politician and businessman.From 1835 to 1843, he was a Member of Parliament, representing Tavistock in the House of Commons...

MP, Director of the South Australian Company
Hindley – Charles Hindley
Charles Hindley
Charles Hindley was a Member of Parliament for Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire from 1835 until his death in 1857....

MP, Director of South Australian Company
Grenfell – Pascoe St Leger Grenfell MP, presented town acre for Holy Trinity Church and other country lands
Currie – Raikes Currie
Raikes Currie
Raikes Currie was Member of Parliament for Northampton from 1837 to 1857. He was a partner of the bank Curries & Co, Cornhill, City of London, and had several interests in the newly developing colony of South Australia...

MP, Director of South Australian Company
Pirie – Sir John Pirie
John Pirie
Sir John Pirie was an alderman, and Lord Mayor , of the city of London. He was the largest shipbroker in London.In the 1830s he started to uphold Wakefield's principles and became a founding director, and one of the largest financiers, of the South Australian Company.He was also a director of the...

, alderman and later Lord Mayor of London, Director of South Australian Company
Waymouth – Henry Waymouth, Director South Australian Company
Flinders – Matthew Flinders
Matthew Flinders
Captain Matthew Flinders RN was one of the most successful navigators and cartographers of his age. In a career that spanned just over twenty years, he sailed with Captain William Bligh, circumnavigated Australia and encouraged the use of that name for the continent, which had previously been...

, explorer
Franklin – Rear Admiral Sir John Franklin
John Franklin
Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin KCH FRGS RN was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. Franklin also served as governor of Tasmania for several years. In his last expedition, he disappeared while attempting to chart and navigate a section of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic...

, midshipman under Flinders
Wakefield – Daniel Bell Wakefield
Daniel Bell Wakefield
Daniel Bell Wakefield was a notable judge in New Zealand during the mid-19th century.Wakefield was the second child of Edward Wakefield and Susanna, née Crash ....

, barrister who drafted the South Australia Act
South Australia Act 1834
The South Australia Colonisation Act 1834 is the short title of an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom with the long title...
Grote – George Grote
George Grote
George Grote was an English classical historian, best known in the field for a major work, the voluminous History of Greece, still read.-Early life:He was born at Clay Hill near Beckenham in Kent...

MP, treasurer of the South Australia Association
Angas – George Fife Angas
George Fife Angas
George Fife Angas was an English businessman and banker who, from England, played a significant part in the formation and establishment of the Colony of South Australia. He established the South Australian Company and was its founding chairman of the board of directors...

, a Colonial Commissioner and founding Chairman of Directors of the South Australian Company
Gouger – Robert Gouger
Robert Gouger
Robert Gouger was one of the founders of South Australia and colonial secretary.-Early life:Gouger was the fifth son of nine children of George Gouger , who was a prosperous city merchant, and his wife Anne, née Sibley. Robert was educated at Nottingham, England, and on leaving school he entered...

, first Colonial Secretary

Most of these people did not reside in or visit South Australia.

The naming of the streets was completed on 23 May 1837 and gazetted on 3 June.

East-west streets:

Carrington - John Abel Smith
John Abel Smith
John Abel Smith was a British Member of Parliament for Chichester and Midhurst.He was the son of John Smith who preceded him as MP for Midhurst....

(Lord Carrington)
Wright - John Wright, Colonial Commissioner and financier
Halifax - Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax
Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax
Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax GCB PC , known as Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Bt between 1846 and 1866, was a British Whig politician and Member of Parliament. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1846 to 1852....

, Chancellor of the Exchequer
Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister who is responsible for all economic and financial matters. Often simply called the Chancellor, the office-holder controls HM Treasury and plays a role akin to the posts of Minister of Finance or Secretary of the...
Sturt - Charles Sturt
Charles Sturt
Captain Charles Napier Sturt was an English explorer of Australia, and part of the European Exploration of Australia. He led several expeditions into the interior of the continent, starting from both Sydney and later from Adelaide. His expeditions traced several of the westward-flowing rivers,...

, explorer
Gilles - Osmond Gilles
Osmond Gilles
Osmond Gilles was a settler, pastoralist, mine owner and South Australia’s first colonial treasurer.After several years of working in Hamburg, Germany as a merchant, Gilles migrated to the new Australian colony on the HMS Buffalo in 1836 and acted as the Colonial Treasurer...

, early treasurer of the colony
Gilbert - Thomas Gilbert
Thomas Gilbert (pioneer)
Thomas Gilbert was a pioneer of Adelaide, South Australia, having arrived with the first settlers in order to operate the first Colonial Storehouse....

, storekeeper and postmaster

North-south streets:

Morphett - John Morphett
John Morphett
Sir John Morphett was a South Australian pioneer, landowner and politician.-Early life:Morphett was born in London, the second son of Nathaniel Morphett, a solicitor, and his wife Mary, née Gliddon, of Cummins, Ide, Devon, and was educated at Plymouth and Highgate Grammar Schools...

, member of the South Australian parliament
Pulteney - Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm
Pulteney Malcolm
Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm GCB GCMG was a British naval officer. He was born at Douglan, near Langholm, Scotland, on 20 February 1768, the third son of George Malcolm of Burnfoot, Langholm, in Dumfriesshire, and his wife Margaret, the sister of Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley...

, British naval officer
Hutt - William Hutt
William Hutt (British MP)
Sir William Hutt KCB, PC was a British Liberal politician who was heavily involved in the colonization of New Zealand and South Australia.-Background and education:...

MP, a Colonial Commissioner

Politics

Since the mid 1990s, Adelaide has consistently favoured the centre-left Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...

(Labor) at both federal and state elections, although the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia

Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

(Liberal) have on occasion obtained a primary vote majority within the suburb's boundaries, and in the 1993 state election, an absolute majority. Under the preferential system

Instant-runoff voting

Instant-runoff voting , also known as preferential voting, the alternative vote and ranked choice voting, is a voting system used to elect one winner. Voters rank candidates in order of preference, and their ballots are counted as one vote for their first choice candidate. If a candidate secures a...

in Australia, however, the 15% or more of the vote which typically goes to the Australian Democrats

Australian Democrats

The Australian Democrats is an Australian political party espousing a socially liberal ideology. It was formed in 1977, by a merger of the Australia Party and the New LM, after principals of those minor parties secured the commitment of former Liberal minister Don Chipp, as a high profile leader...

and the Greens

Greens South Australia

Greens South Australia is a Green Party located in South Australia, a member of the federation of the Australian Greens party.The party has four members currently elected to parliament, Mark Parnell and Tammy Franks in the South Australian Legislative Council and Sarah Hanson-Young and Penny Wright...

consistently favours Labor.

At federal level, Adelaide is within the Division of Adelaide

Division of Adelaide

The Division of Adelaide is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia. The division was created in 1903 and is named for the city of Adelaide, South Australia's capital. The seat has always been based in the inner suburbs of Adelaide...

, a marginal seat

Marginal seat

A marginal seat, or swing seat, is a constituency held with a particularly small majority in a legislative election, generally conducted under a single-winner voting system. In Canada they may be known as target ridings. The opposite is a safe seat....

which historically has alternated between the Liberal and Labor parties. It has been held since 2004 by Kate Ellis

Kate Ellis

Katherine Margaret "Kate" Ellis, MP is an Australian politician, representing the federal division of Adelaide since 2004 and is currently the Minister for Employment Participation and Childcare and the Minister for the Status of Women in the Gillard Government.-Early life and career:Ellis was...

of the Labor party.

In the South Australian House of Assembly

South Australian House of Assembly

The House of Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. The other is the Legislative Council. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Adelaide.- Overview :...

, Adelaide is within the Electoral district of Adelaide

Electoral district of Adelaide

Adelaide is an electorate for the South Australian House of Assembly which includes Adelaide's central business district and suburbs in the inner north and inner north east...

. The seat has mostly been held by Labor, but from 1989 until 2002 was held by Dr Michael Armitage for the Liberals. From 2002 to 2010, it was held by Labor's Jane Lomax-Smith

Jane Lomax-Smith

Jane Diane Lomax-Smith is a former Australian politician in the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Adelaide representing the Labor Party from 2002 to 2010, and Lord Mayor of Adelaide from 1997 to 2000...

. Since the March 2010 state election, it has been held by Rachel Sanderson

Rachel Sanderson

Rachel Sanderson is an Australian politician representing the seat of Adelaide in the South Australian House of Assembly for the Liberal Party since the 2010 election.-Early life:...

for the Liberal party.

Polling place statistics are presented below combining the votes from the five Adelaide booths (Adelaide, Hospital, East, South and West):

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