Historical Adelaide

Most of Australia’s regional capitals are situated in scenic sea-side or river-side settings and offer an interesting mixture of historical and contemporary architecture. In the upcoming issues of Home Review is a three-part series on Adelaide, Perth and Hobart.

- Kunal Bhatia and Shuvajit Payne

With a population of just over one million, South Australia’s capital of Adelaide offers all the charms of a small town combined with the buzz and excitement of a big city.

When the British colonizers created a settlement here in the early 19th century, they wiped out the culture of the indigenous Kaurna tribe; traces of which can today be experienced in the city’s museums such as the Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute and the South Australian Museum.