Recalling the ancient Ichthyosaur, this sculpture invites interaction

14 Pieces is a sculpture fountain based on the opalised fossilised vertebrae of the Ichthyosaur in the South Australian Museum.

Adelaide City Council plaques promote the city’s heritage and some South Australian identities.

The classical building of the Art Gallery of South Australia, with its gracious colonnaded portico, is one of the cultural landmarks on North Terrace. 

A plaque to the 'City Gardener' is now obscured in a city garden

Acquired and extended on the back of copper mining from the mid 1840s, Ayers House has had three main occupancies since the early twentieth century

This fountain is a memorial to William Faulding Scammell, AO, CBE who was Chancellor of Adelaide University from 1991 to 1998.

Since 1936 this hall in Gothic style has served the University of Adelaide and the community

The simple exterior of Elder Hall belies the richness of its interior and the resonance of its organ

One of Adelaide’s oldest buildings, Government House welcomes thousands of visitors each year

Holy Trinity Church is the earliest surviving Anglican Church building in South Australia, and one of Adelaide’s oldest standing structures.

The oldest of North Terrace’s cultural buildings

The shining steel and simple form of Knot typifies the work of sculptor Herbert (Bert) Flugelman.

Remembering South Australian Light Horsemen who served in Egypt and Palestine and at Gallipoli

Opened in 1986 the Migration Museum in Adelaide was a world first.

The National Wine Centre combines eye-catching architecture and smooth functionality to create an exciting tourism venue which showcases the Australian wine industry ' from the vine to the bottle'.  

Narisha Cash's mural acknowledges and celebrates the Kaurna people as the traditional owners and custodians of Adelaide and the Adelaide plains. 

North Terrace east is Adelaide’s premier cultural boulevard

Stretching from Adelaide’s first survey point to Parliament House, the character of this part of North Terrace continues to evolve

The site of countless debates, Old Parliament House dates from 1855

Michelle Nikou's bronze sculpture stands in almost comic contrast with the plinths that populate North Terrace further west. 

South Australia was unique among the Australian colonies in that the South Australian Literary and Scientific Association assembled a subscription library before the settlers left Britain.

The red granite sculpture captures the plaster imprints of 64 handshakes made at a Reconciliation Week ceremony in 2006. 

The bust of Sir Lawrence Bragg commemorates a South Australian Nobel Laureate

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

The bronze figure of Sir Walter Watson Hughes by Francis Williamson stands on a massive block of red granite.

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

The first female local government councillor in Australia, Benny was a Justice of the Peace, a businesswoman and a lobbyist for women’s equality.

The Immigrants sculpture has been climbed on, sat on, stood next to and embraced by many people who have walked through the gates of the Migration Museum since 2006.

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