Tour

Monuments and artworks are to be found throughout Adelaide's streets and park lands. All have a fascinating history of their own.

This tour is based on the Adelaide City Council historic walk 'Famous Faces and Commemorative Places'. For a full list of current City of Adelaide tours click here.

Robert Burns Memorial

One of many around the world, this statue of Scottish poet Robert Burns was unveiled in 1894

King Edward VII Memorial

Creating and installing King Edward VII’s statute took eight months longer than the period of his reign

War Memorial

Architect Louis Laybourne-Smith and sculptor George Rayner Hoff created a memorial that conveys the impact of the First World War

Matthew Flinders Memorial

A statue to honour Matthew Flinders, the first explorer to circumnavigate Australia, was a long time coming in Adelaide

Lord Florey bust

Adelaide-born Lord Florey won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1945 for his part in making the infection-fighting penicillin available

Venere di Canova

A startled Venus caused consternation as Adelaide’s first public statue in 1892

Dame Roma Mitchell Statue

Dame Roma Mitchell is depicted surrounded by her books looking relaxed and at home on North Terrace

Sir Mark Oliphant bust

The bust of Sir Mark Oliphant on North Terrace honours an eminent scientist and the state’s first South Australian-born governor

Mary Lee bust

‘My aim is to leave the world better for women’ – Mary Lee was an activist, suffragist and unionist

Sir Mellis Napier bust

The bronze bust of Sir Mellis Napier commemorates his distinguished community service, including to the law and legal profession in South Australia

South African War Memorial

The mounted trooper reining in his horse commemorates South Australians who served in the South African War (1899-1902)