The main sports played professionally in Adelaide are Australian Rules football, association football (soccer), cricket, netball, and basketball. The demonym Adelaidean is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide. When Chrysler stopped manufacturing in Adelaide, Michael Owen, The Australian, 3 December 2009, News Release Government of SA, 15 May 2005, Nick Harmsen, ABC News, 11 September 2007, Lindsay J.M. In 2018, at which time more than 80 organisations employed 800 people in the space sector in South Australia, Adelaide was chosen for the headquarters of a new Australian Space Agency. (Eds. The later Labor government elected under Don Dunstan shelved the plan, but allowed the purchased land to remain vacant, should the future need for freeways arise. In: Drexel, J. F. & Preiss, W. V. Postgraduate students. The name Adelaide is girl's name of German origin meaning "noble, nobility". [105] The Kaurna language, spoken by the area's original inhabitants, had no living speakers in the middle of the 20th century, but since the 1990's there has been a sustained revival effort from academics and Kaurna elders. In 2006, the Ministry for the City of Adelaide was created to facilitate the State Government's collaboration with the Adelaide City Council and the Lord Mayor to improve Adelaide's image. Adelaide is a great city for outdoor adventure. Adelaide's quality of life has ranked consistently highly in various measures through the 21st century, at one stage being named Australia's most liveable city.[16]. The Tour Down Under is the largest cycling event outside Europe and was the first event outside Europe to be granted UCI ProTour status. According to the Regional Development Australia, an Australian government planning initiative, the "Adelaide Metropolitan Region" has a total land area of 870km2 (340sqmi), while a more expansive definition by the Australian Bureau of Statistics defines a "Greater Adelaide" statistical area totalling 3,259.8km2 (1,258.6sqmi). In order of construction, they are: The Adelaide metropolitan area has two commercial airports, Adelaide Airport and Parafield Airport. The name Adelaide is girl's name of German origin meaning "noble, nobility". Study with us in 2023. The demonym Adelaidean is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide. [183] Parafield Airport, Adelaide's second airport 18 kilometres (11 miles) north of the city centre, is used for small aircraft, pilot training and recreational aviation purposes. Weve also been named a Great Wine Capital of the World. [129], The median weekly individual income for people aged 15years and over was $447 per week in 2006, compared with $466 nationally. Make your own history. ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) Italian cyclist Alberto Bettiol took advantage of an early start and dry course Tuesday to win the 5.5-kilometer time trial prologue at the Tour Down Under. [78] In addition to this, a significant factor in Adelaide's suburban history is the role of the South Australian Housing Trust.[why?]. Most of these are concentrated in the city centre along the cultural boulevards of North Terrace and King William Street. All of the five Australian national television networks broadcast both high-definition digital and standard-definition digital television services in Adelaide. Adelaide is a gateway to some of Australias best wine country and home to a bustling bar scene. The Adelaide Festival Centre (which includes the Dunstan Playhouse, Festival Theatre and Space Theatre), on the banks of the Torrens, is the focal point for much of the cultural activity in the city and home to the State Theatre Company of South Australia. Find out what's on in Adelaide. From 2016 the team moved to the Diamond Sports Stadium located near the Adelaide International Airport due to renovations at Norwood. World-class experiences at your fingertips in Adelaide. More than a quarter (27.5%) of Adelaide's population is aged 55years or older, in comparison to the national average of 25.6%. Financial institutions in Melbourne and banks in Sydney closed. [89], In December 2021, Adelaide was named the world's second National Park City, after the state government had lobbied for this title. [200][201][202] It is provided by Internode,[203] with infrastructure provided by outdoor Cisco WiFi N access points attached to the top of lighting poles, as well as inside cafes and businesses across the city. [125] The agency opened its in 2020. Adelaidians may remind you of their convict-free status and of the Kaurna Aboriginal heritage of this land but the stuffy, affluent origins of the 'City of Churches' did more to inhibit development than promote it. Mawson Lakes has a large international student population, due to its proximity to the University of South Australia campus. [176] Until the completion of the 201214 renovation and upgrade of the Adelaide Oval, most large sporting events took place at either Football Park (the then home base of the Adelaide Crows, and the then Port Adelaide home game venue), or the historic Adelaide Oval, home of the South Australia Redbacks and the Adelaide Strikers cricket teams. Education forms an increasingly important part of the city's economy, with the South Australian Government and educational institutions attempting to position Adelaide as "Australia's education hub" and marketing it as a "Learning City. [39][40][41] Electric street lighting was introduced in 1900 and electric trams were transporting passengers in 1909. [141][142] Adelaide is the birthplace of three Nobel laureates, more than any other Australian city: physicist William Lawrence Bragg and pathologists Howard Florey and Robin Warren, all of whom completed secondary and tertiary education at St Peter's College and the University of Adelaide. In the 1890s Australia was affected by a severe economic depression, ending a hectic era of land booms and tumultuous expansionism. 27% approx. Adelaide is now heading straight uphill on the coattails of such newly popular sisters as Ava, Ada, and Audrey, and in the company of Adeline and Amelia. Photographer Tracey Nearmy spotted a koala climbing down a tree in South Australia's Adelaide Hills on when temperatures reached 35-40C. Almost half of all cars produced in Australia were made in Adelaide at the General Motors Holden plant in Elizabeth. Mountain hikes, beachside cycling and wildlife-filled conservation parks mean theres always a reason to embrace the outdoors. The Adelaide metropolitan area is divided between nineteen local government areas. The Seven Network and Network Ten both own their Adelaide stations (SAS-7 and ADS-10 respectively). There are two other transmission sites at 25 Grenfell Street, Adelaide and Elizabeth Downs. Up to the 1970s, most houses were of "double brick" construction on concrete footings, with timber floors laid on joists supported by "dwarf walls". Just 15 minutes drive from Adelaide Airport lies The Mayfair, Adelaide's premier five-star boutique hotel. & Alley, N.F. It was the first of consecutive ATP 250 tournaments held at Memorial Drive in Adelaide. This page was last edited on 18 January 2023, at 01:34. Adelaide's two largest hospitals are the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) in Adelaide Parklands, a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Adelaide (800 beds), and the Flinders Medical Centre (580 beds) at Bedford Park, affiliated with Flinders University. The largest are the Torrens and Onkaparinga catchments. [118] Health care and social assistance represented nearly 13% of the state average annual employment. Gas is supplied from the Moomba Gas Processing Plant in the Cooper Basin via the Moomba Adelaide Pipeline System[195] and the SEAGas pipeline from Victoria. Manufacturing, defence technology, high-tech electronic systems and research, commodity export and corresponding service industries all play a role in the SA economy. [21], Within a few decades of European settlement of South Australia, Kaurna culture was almost completely destroyed; the last speaker of Kaurna language died in 1929. Adelaide has two professional basketball teams, the men's team being the Adelaide 36ers which plays in the National Basketball League (NBL) and the women's team, the Adelaide Lightning which plays in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). In: Drexel, J.F. Adelaide is the English form of a Germanic given name, from the Old High German Adalheidis, meaning "noble natured". Taste the world-famous wine regions only minutes from the city or indulge in award-winning restaurants in the heart of Adelaide. (1995): Coastal and marine sequences. Photographer Tracey Nearmy spotted a koala climbing down a tree in South Australia's Adelaide Hills on when temperatures reached 35-40C. You can visit the museums, attend some festivals, or just relax at some of the beaches that Adelaide has to offer you. Flinders ranked in the top 250 and Uni SA in the top 300. The Adelaide College of Divinity is at Brooklyn Park. The city features 90.6 clear days annually. It is of Old German origin, and the meaning of Adelaide is "noble kind". First popular in England after the reign (1830-37) of William IV and Queen Adelaide. Drought and poor harvests from 1884 compounded the problems, with some families leaving for Western Australia. The value of South Australia's exports nearly halved. The Adelaide Botanic Garden, National Wine Centre and Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute are nearby in the East End of the city. Torrens University Australia is part of an international network of over 70 higher education institutions in more than 30 countries worldwide. It is working to triple the size of the Australian space industry and create 20,000 new jobs by 2030.[126]. Adelaide's early economy started to get on its feet in 1838 with the arrival of livestock from Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania. In 2014, and 2016 the tournament featured 45 teams playing in two divisions. The five largest groups of overseas-born were from England (5.7%), India (3.1%), Mainland China (1.8%), Vietnam (1.2%) and Italy (1.1%). [148], There are three public universities local to Adelaide, as well as one private university and three constituent colleges of foreign universities. The Thunderbirds occasionally play games or finals at the Titanium Security Arena, while international netball matches are usually played at the 10,500 seat Adelaide Entertainment Centre. Adelaide ( / dled / ( listen) AD-il-ayd; [8] [9] Kaurna: Tarntanya ), is the capital city of South Australia, [10] the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. Adelaide has the lowest number of children (under-15-year-olds), who comprised 17.7% of the population, compared to the national average of 19.3%. The Adelaide Botanic Gardens is being inundated with visitors with some reporting an hour-and-a-half wait to catch a glimpse or rather a whiff, of a corpse flower that bloomed at the weekend. The SANFL is the oldest surviving football league of any code played in Australia. Adelaide airport serves many international and domestic destinations including all Australian state capitals. In the five years March 2007 March 2012, prices increased by approx. [50] The Glenelg tramline was extended through the city to Hindmarsh[51] down to East Terrace[52] and the suburban railway line extended south to Seaford. Study at Adelaide. The tournament has been held biennially over Australia's Queen's Birthday holiday weekend since 2010. 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