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...that the
Adelaide O-Bahn
(pictured)
is a
guided busway
in
Australia
that runs from
Adelaide
CBD to the
Tea Tree Plaza
shopping centre in
Modbury
?
...that
Semaphore, South Australia
, the home of Australia's largest
carousel
is also the birthplace of renowned
aviator
Sir
Ross Smith
?
...that the
International Grape Genome Program
in
Adelaide, Australia
discovered that white
grapes
only exist today due to a rare
genetic mutation
that took place thousands of years ago?
...that
John Downer
,
Premier
of
South Australia
from 1885 to 1887, is the grandfather of
Alexander Downer
, the
Australian
Minister for Foreign Affairs
from 1996 to 2007?
...that
Beaumont House
(pictured)
was constructed for
Augustus Short
, the first
Anglican
bishop
of
Adelaide
and founder of
St Peter's Cathedral
?
...that
Ansett Airlines Flight 232
from
Adelaide
to
Alice Springs
in 1972 was the first
aircraft hijacking
to take place in
Australia
?
...that the
Barker Inlet
in
South Australia
contains one of the southernmost
mangrove
forests in the world ?
...that the
Yatala Labour Prison
is located on an
escarpment
of the
Para Fault Block
, overlooking the
Adelaide Plains
?
...that construction of
St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral
(pictured)
in
Adelaide
did not finish until
1996
, 130 years after it began?
...that
Sir Samuel Davenport
, a
South Australian
parliamentarian
, had an
electoral district
named after him?
...that
Adelaide
was the first city in
Australia
to introduce
horse trams
and the last to discard them for more modern public transport?
...that
Smoky Bay
in
South Australia
was named so after
Matthew Flinders
noticed large plumes of
smoke
from fires lit by the area's
aboriginal people
?
...that
Richard Layton Butler
(pictured)
and his
father
were 31st and 23rd
Premiers of South Australia
, respectively?
...that the
The Beaumont Children
disappeared without a trace from a
beach
near
Adelaide
,
Australia
in
1966
?
...that the town of
Booleroo Centre
, located in the southern
Flinders Ranges
region of
South Australia
, is home to one of Australia's largest collections of tractors and steam engines?
...that the
South Australian Register
was the first
newspaper
to be produced and distributed in
South Australia
?