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Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, a...
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Adelaide: Encyclopedia Ii - Adelaide - History
Prior to European settlement, the Adelaide area was inhabited by the Kaurna Aboriginal tribe. Their name for the area known as Adelaide w...
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Adelaide: Encyclopedia Ii - Adelaide - History
Adelaide is named after Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, the German born Queen consort of the King of England, King William IV. King ...
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Adelaide: Encyclopedia Ii - Adelaide - Geography
Adelaide is located north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, on the Adelaide plains between the Gulf St Vincent and the low lying Mount Lofty Ran...
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Adelaide: Encyclopedia Ii - Adelaide - Demographics
As of June 2004, Adelaide had a metropolitan population of more than 1,124,315, making it Australia's fifth largest city. In the 2002-200...
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Adelaide: Encyclopedia Ii - Adelaide - Economy
Adelaide's economy is primarily based around manufacturing, defence technology and research, mining and corresponding service industries....
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Adelaide: Encyclopedia Ii - Adelaide - Transport
Being centrally located on the Australian mainland, Adelaide forms something of a strategic transport hub for east-west and north-south r...
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Adelaide: Encyclopedia Ii - Adelaide - Culture
Adelaide is sometimes referred to as the 'City of Churches', although this is a reflection more on Adelaide's past than its present. Rumo...
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Adelaide: Encyclopedia Ii - Adelaide - Education
Adelaide is home to campuses of all three of South Australia's universities. The University of Adelaide is a member of the Group of Eight...
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Adelaide: Encyclopedia Ii - Adelaide - Media
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Newspapers in Adelaide are dominated by News Corp. tabloid publications. The only South Australian daily newspaper is...
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Adelaide: Encyclopedia Ii - Adelaide - Demographics
According to the 2001 Australian Bureau of Statistics census, Adelaide has a metropolitan population of more than 1,080,990, making it Au...
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Adelaide: Encyclopedia Ii - Adelaide - Geography
Adelaide is located north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, on the Adelaide plains between the Gulf St Vincent and the low lying Mount Lofty Ran...
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Adelaide: Encyclopedia Ii - Adelaide - Economy
Adelaide's economy is primarily based around manufacturing, defence technology and research, mining and corresponding service industries....
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Adelaide: Encyclopedia Ii - Adelaide - Culture
Adelaide is sometimes referred to as the 'City of Churches', although this is a reflection more on Adelaide's past than its present. Rumo...
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Adelaide: Encyclopedia Ii - Adelaide - Transport
Being centrally located on the Australian mainland, Adelaide forms something of a strategic transport hub for east-west and north-south r...
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Adelaide: Encyclopedia Ii - Adelaide - Education
Adelaide is home to campuses of all three of South Australia's universities. The University of Adelaide is a member of the Group of Eight...
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Adelaide: Encyclopedia Ii - Adelaide - Prominent Adelaideans
Notable Adelaideans include Sir Mark Oliphant (physicist and Governor of South Australia), Nobel Prize winners William Henry Bragg, his s...
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