One of South Australia's earliest buildings and home to over 300 000 people from 1841 to 1988, Adelaide Gaol is one of Australia's longest operating prisons.

Who, or what, is following Alice in Rymill Park?

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

It started in a tent and grew – meals, clothes, accommodation and recreation for servicemen on the move.

Works by the renowned and unpretentious artist John Dowie enhance many public places

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

Right in the centre of the city, Elder Park was a first stopping point for many new migrants arriving in South Australia.

Celebrated at its opening in 1882, and again a century later, the rotunda remains a focus point for events in Elder Park.

From dumping ground to pleasure gardens

Originally painted by Carol Ruff and Barbary O'Brien in 1984 and modified by Driller Jet Armstrong in 1998.

In 1910 thousands of people lined the Torrens to see the carnival of lavishly decorated boats in the first Henley-on-Torrens Regatta

A collection of objects related to the Sym Choon family, reflecting their lives as first generation Australians with Chinese heritage.

In 1925/26 Thomas Sym Choon bought his four children a shop each.

The Torrens Lake Fountain commemorates the first time South Australia was visited by a reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II in 1954. 

The South Australian Tourism Commission, established in 1993, focuses on marketing South Australia as a tourist destination to interstate and overseas markets.