The classically styled freestone Adelaide General Post Office was constructed in the late nineteenth century and housed both the post and telegraph offices which connected Australia with the world

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

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

Botanic Park has blossomed as a place for informal family gatherings and a venue for public events

The youth arts centre Carclew was the starting point of McDouall Stuart’s expedition across Australia in 1861

Despite an inauspicious start as a dumping ground for waste, the East Parklands gradually developed as an attractive centre for recreation in the city. 

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

From dumping ground to pleasure gardens

The University of Adelaide is a commanding presence on North Terrace. It began in 1874 when South Australia was less than 40 years old, with a population of about 200,000 people.

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

Her Majesty’s Theatre and the Central Market continue to attract people to Grote Street

An eclectic mix since foundation, Hindley Street has seen it all

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

Celebration, commemoration and protest happen amid the grand buildings that line Adelaide's main thoroughfare

Adelaide’s longest running gay venue, located at 120 Gouger Street and known, until recently, as the Mars Bar, first opened in December 1976.

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

Morphett Street, named after prominent South Australian colonist Sir John Morphett, was a street in Colonel Light’s Plan of Adelaide in 1837 but in August 1967 it was extended to include Brown Street

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'.  

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

Designed in 1892, Queen’s School became one of South Australia’s leading private schools.

The River Torrens has dominated the development of Adelaide and its metropolis, often in subtle or little recognised ways

The South Australian Aviation Museum is a purpose-built premises that houses historical aircraft, images and a library that are dedicated to aviation.

Mansions at one end and cottages at the other, with businesses, welfare, medical and educational institutions in between, all overlooking the parklands

A temporary camping ground for the early European settlers, the West Parklands developed to host most notably a cemetery and a school.

A major cemetery, a palace and an observatory have graced West Terrace along with its parklands border