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41-443: Hutt Street is the easternmost of the five major north–south roads running through the City of Adelaide . It runs from Pirie Street to South Terrace , from where it continues south as Hutt Road. Flanked by leafy side streets with many late 19th-century dwellings, it is home to a wide range of restaurants, two pubs, shops, offices and professional and medical suites. Hutt Street is one of
82-544: A Crown colony established by the South Australia Act 1842 . From 1843 to 1849, control and management reverted to the colonial government, and from 1849 to 1852 the municipality was managed by a Commission with five members. With the positive economic effects of the Victorian gold rush , a formal municipality was re-established in 1852, and "has operated continuously ever since". However, The city's relationship with
123-635: A Capital City Committee, setting out its structure, function and responsibilities. The Act defines the Constitution of the council, including the role, allowances and benefits of the Lord Mayor and members. It defines the role of the CEO and their role with regard to Council employees. It continues the name of the council as "The Corporation of the City of Adelaide", and says that the land known as "The Corporation Acre" within
164-423: A legal practitioner who became Premier of South Australia , bought it and had the two-room-deep frontage of the building, as it appears today, constructed. The National Trust of South Australia has described the addition as "typical of the period, as Adelaide's economy was booming at the time. The flamboyant use of stucco and extensive cast-iron work is also symbolic of the status of the owner". The house remained in
205-513: A month after Colonel William Light , who was therefore left short-handed at a critical time. However it was Kingston, John Morphett and Lieutenant W.G. Field who found the River Torrens . Kingston's ability as a surveyor was frequently questioned and his lack of qualifications and blunders in the survey of Adelaide caused Light to have some of his work re-surveyed by Assistant Surveyors Boyle Travers Finniss and George Owen Ormsby. Completion of
246-564: A small cottage built on the land, designed by George Strickland Kingston , which was completed in 1860. After some years, Henry bought out Frank's share and had the cottage demolished. The present building was constructed in 1881 or 1884 to the design of John Haslam . It was called "The Firs", although the surrounding trees were actually Aleppo pines . It was described as being in the Queen Anne architectural style , built using brown stone and Sydney stone. The house's heritage statement includes: "it
287-613: Is a charity that provides services to homeless people , such as showers, meals and phone access on the premises, and outreach services such as medical, financial, housing, and employment services. Each December, the Motorcycle Riders Association of SA holds a community event called the Toy Run, which raises funds for charity and which starts in Wakefield Street and then proceeds southwards along Hutt Street before heading up
328-523: Is one of the largest and most prominent 19th century park lands mansions for which Adelaide has been renowned". Henry Rymill, then his descendants, lived in the house until World War II . It was sold in 1950 to the Postmaster-General's Department and used for training until closed in 1982 by successor Australia Post . It fell into neglect before being restored. In 1998, the Constantine family bought
369-570: The Cygnet in 1836. Kingston was also the first Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly . Kingston was born in Bandon, County Cork , Ireland, one of five children of George Kingston and Hester Holland. Strickland's father owned a lumberyard, a tenement (Kingston Buildings), and was credited with being involved in the three canal plans for Bandon . Strickland immigrated to England and
410-564: The Corporation of the City of Adelaide and Adelaide City Council , is a local government area in the metropolitan area of greater Adelaide , South Australia . It is legally defined as the capital city of South Australia by the City of Adelaide Act 1998 . It includes the Adelaide city centre , the suburb of North Adelaide , and the Adelaide Park Lands , which surround North Adelaide and
451-492: The Legislative Council until 2 February 1857. On 9 March 1857, Kingston was elected to the newly established House of Assembly and became the first Speaker on 22 April 1857. Kingston held this position until 22 March 1860 and again from 31 March 1865 until his death on 26 November 1880. Kingston represented The Burra and Clare from 9 March 1857 to 22 March 1860 and Stanley from 6 May 1861 until his death. Kingston
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#1733085298314492-514: The South Eastern Freeway and finishing at Callington . The Adelaide Street Circuit centred on nearby Victoria Park , traverses 140 metres (460 ft) of Hutt Street between Flinders Street and Bartels Road. A partial road closure occurs during the Adelaide 500 . A private hospital was a significant landmark at the north-west corner of the Hutt and Wakefield Streets intersection. It
533-645: The 'sheer nonsense on the part of the City Council to pretend' that there were no slums in the city: The City Council does not want to learn. It seems to want the slum owners to be left untouched so that the landlords may reap their harvest of gold while the poor of this city reap their harvest of suffering, disease, and other ills associated with bad housing. In seeking a return to higher density population levels, Adelaide City Council launched its 'New Directions' with its three themes of Capacity, Vivacity and Audacity on 3 July 2001. The "Capacity" theme proposed doubling
574-543: The Bray family until it was acquired by the Adelaide City Council in 1973. After restoration it housed offices and, of late, several medical practices. Rymill House and Coach House, at no. 40 Hutt Street on the corner with Flinders Street, is on a large block that extends to East Terrace . It had its beginnings in the plot of land purchased by brothers Henry and Frank Rymill , who were financiers, in 1859. They first had
615-525: The Burra special survey of 20,000 acres (8094 ha). In April 1848 he was elected a director, deputy-chairman in October 1856 and chairman from 1857 until his death. In its first five years the 'monster mine' paid fifteen dividends each of 200 per cent. In 1858 Kingston was part of the team who surveyed the namesake town of Kingston, later renamed Kingston SE as a part of a private real estate development. Kingston
656-607: The Calvary group and renaming as Calvary Wakefield Hospital . It was superseded in 2020 by a new 344-bed hospital, Calvary Adelaide Hospital , 700 metres (770 yards) away in Angas Street . Bray House, at no. 60 Hutt Street, is one of the elegant buildings along Hutt Street that were erected in the late 19th century. It was significantly extended from a reportedly five-room brick cottage in the 1850s by Neville Blyth, one of two brothers who became notable politicians. In 1880 John Cox Bray ,
697-620: The City of Adelaide is vested in the Adelaide City Council. It says that the name "Adelaide City Council" means the Corporation of the City of Adelaide. As of 2019 the City of Adelaide Council consists of 12 elected members, including the Lord Mayor and 11 Area and Ward Councillors, elected for a 4-year term. Area Councillors are elected by the voters of the whole council area as one electorate, while Ward Councillors are only elected by
738-626: The City of Adelaide were granted by the Heralds College in 1929. In 1982 the Council approved the design of the Armorial Flag. In 2015, the Council became the first government of any kind in Australia to offer a financial incentive for installing battery systems. The City of Adelaide is legally defined as the capital city of South Australia by the City of Adelaide Act 1998 , which also provides for
779-511: The Mayor was chosen by all the electors and the position of Alderman was temporarily abolished. In 1873 the municipality was divided into six Wards, each represented by two Councillors. In 1880 the office of Alderman was recreated; they were chosen by electors of all Wards. The office of Mayor was raised to the stature of Lord Mayor by Royal Letters Patent in 1919. The Lord Mayor received the right to be styled ‘The Right Honourable’ in 1927. The Arms of
820-629: The Town Hall on special occasions for about 50 years. The Key to the city is presented by the Lord Mayor to an individual or group to acknowledge and recognise their outstanding contribution to the city of Adelaide. George Strickland Kingston Sir George Strickland Kingston (23 August 1807 – 26 November 1880) was the Deputy Surveyor to William Light , engaged to survey the new colony of South Australia. He arrived in South Australia on
861-486: The best, if not the very best, on the staff of Col. Light", was put in temporary charge of the survey, with directions 'to proceed with the utmost despatch'. Kingston established himself as a civil engineer, architect and surveyor, and in 1840 the Adelaide Municipal Council briefly engaged him as town surveyor. He was later engaged as inspector of public works and, buildings. Among his works still standing are
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#1733085298314902-506: The city centre. Established in 1840, the City of Adelaide Municipal Corporation was the first municipal authority in Australia. At its time of establishment, Adelaide's (and Australia's) first mayor, James Hurtle Fisher , was elected. From 1919 onwards, the municipality has had a Lord Mayor , as of 2023 being Jane Lomax-Smith . Initially the new Province of South Australia was managed by Colonisation Commissioners . Colonial government commenced on 28 December 1836. The first municipality
943-534: The city's high population levels with lantern-slides accompanying his lecture "Garden cities v. Adelaide slums and suburbs" in the Adelaide Town Hall on 8 Oct 1914. Reade was attacked by the Adelaide City Council who fought against the Town Planning and Housing Bill reforms and the press pointed out the wickedness of families being forced to 'herd together more and more in overcrowded conditions of living' and
984-729: The city's population by 2010 and increasing the number of City visitors and workers. According to the Annual Reports, the population has increased rapidly, due to the targets stated in the strategic plans developed at about that time. [REDACTED] The following table sets out the figures of various types of city population in the 21st century: * Visitors to the city from the Adelaide Metropolitan area, for all purposes ** Square kilometres (millions of square metres) of office space. i.e. 1.503 km = 1,503,000 sq. metres. The city's 2010–11 Annual Report noted that
1025-412: The cultural, educational, business, and technical spheres. The five sister cities are: Two cities are known as Friendship Cities, based on informal partnerships between two cities that promote collaboration and a friendly relationship between two cities: The armorial flag of Adelaide was approved on 2 August 1982, replacing the unofficial coat of arms on white background, which had been flown outside
1066-570: The nineteenth century. Hutt Street has many restaurants and small businesses, including professional premises. It is known within Adelaide as a boutique dining locality. Pubs include the Arab Steed and Havelock Hotel, and there are many popular restaurants. Hutt Street's surrounding streets and lanes include large wealthy homes intermixed with small workers' cottages, reflecting the substantial social mixture of early South Australia. The Hutt Street Centre
1107-454: The original streets laid out in William Light 's 1835 Adelaide city plan of 1835. It was named after Sir William Hutt , a British MP who was heavily involved in colonial South Australia , being one of the original Colonisation Commissioners . Located within the Adelaide city centre , Hutt street is occupied by numerous heritage buildings of architectural significance with many dating to
1148-624: The property and had the house restored, and since 2012 custodianship has been shared with the Rymill House Foundation Trust. Since 2000, fundraising events have been held in the grounds to support education, heritage, sporting and welfare organisations in South Australia. In early 2022, plans to construct a new function centre, which would be placed in front of the house, were submitted for approval. [REDACTED] Media related to Hutt Street, Adelaide at Wikimedia Commons City of Adelaide The City of Adelaide , also known as
1189-574: The south-eastern corner of Government House (1839), the original section of the Adelaide Gaol (1840), Cummins House at Camden Park (1841) and Kingston Historical House (1840, 1851). He also designed the first monument to Colonel Light in Light Square (1843). He designed White's Rooms , Adelaide's first public entertainment venue. On 10 July 1851, Kingston was sworn in as a member of South Australia's first elected parliament and held his seat in
1230-400: The state and federal government has been described as being 'a continually abrasive relationship'. The Council started in 1840 with nineteen members, who chose four of their number to be Aldermen, and then one of these (James Hurtle Fisher) to be Mayor. In 1852 the municipality was divided into four wards. Three Councillors and one Alderman were chosen, who in turn selected the Mayor. In 1861
1271-545: The survey of the city was delayed for a fortnight because of his mistakes. However it was he who was spared to return to England in August 1837 to ask for reinforcements for the Survey Department. The colonisation commissioners sent him back next June with orders unpalatable to Light, who resigned with all but three of his staff. Kingston resigned soon after Governor George Gawler 's arrival in October 1838 and Ormsby, "one of
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1312-711: The total area of the City of Adelaide is 15.6 km , of which 7.6 km is Park Lands. Other sources put the Park Lands area closer to 7.0 km . The original area was 2,300 acres (9.3 km , a number the Council still regularly quotes. The City of Adelaide's administrative offices are located in the Colonel William Light Centre building at 25 Pirie Street , adjacent to the Adelaide Town Hall in King William Street . Apart from providing
1353-507: The usual services like rubbish collection and controlling local development, the City of Adelaide owns and operates a number of city services and amenities, including: The City of Adelaide has been involved in the Sister Cities program since 1972. As of 2023 it has long-term international partnership arrangements with five cities, known as sister cities , based on formal agreements between Adelaide and each city. This allows collaboration in
1394-430: The voters of their respective wards. The council, as of December 2022 , is: At the end of the 20th century, the city had little more than thirty per cent of the population it had in 1915 (when the population reached more than 43,000), and about 5,000 less than the 1855 population of 18,259. In proposing reforms and his advocacy for town planning legislation, Charles Reade illustrated the Adelaide slums associated with
1435-781: Was a member of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society and its president from 1859 to 1860. Kingston married three times, being widowed in his first two marriages. He married his first wife Henrietta Ann McDonough in 1829; she died ten years later and their only child died soon after childbirth. Six children were born to his second wife, Ludovina Catherina da Silva Cameron (daughter of soldier Charles Cameron (1779–1827) ), after their marriage on 10 April 1841. She died ten years later and Kingston married widow Emma Lipson (1816–1876), daughter of Thomas Lipson R.N., South Australia's first harbourmaster, on 4 December 1856 (no children resulted from this marriage). Kingston's name has been applied to
1476-488: Was also one of the founding members of the Freemasons South Australian Lodge of Friendship No. 613 (under a Warrant or Charter of Constitution which was issued at Adelphi, London, England on 22 October 1834). The original Lodge to which Kingston belonged was Irish Lodge No 81. Kingston was the first Senior Warden of the new South Australian Lodge and on 14 August 1838, Kingston was elected Master . He
1517-475: Was constructed there in 1934 as a special-purpose building with a capacity of 50 beds, to which the original "Private Hospital, Wakefield Street", founded about 1883–84, moved its activities. It was variously known also as Wakefield Memorial Hospital and Wakefield Hospital, or informally as "the Wakefield". The building was substantially expanded to a capacity of 180 beds and modernised before being acquired in 2006 by
1558-726: Was employed in Birmingham in 1832. He subsequently took an active part in promoting the South Australian Act in 1834 and helped to lobby successfully for its passage through the House of Commons . Kingston was appointed deputy surveyor to the new province and sailed with most of the surveying party in the Cygnet in March 1836. Because he detoured to Rio de Janeiro for supplies the Cygnet did not arrive at Nepean Bay until 11 September 1836, nearly
1599-457: Was established in 1840 as The City of Adelaide Municipal Corporation, the first municipality in the country. However, due to a combination of constitutional difficulties arising from the mayor's resignation, hostility of the incoming Governor George Grey , and falling revenues due to the onset of the colony's first economic crisis, the corporation became moribund in 1843, after the Province had become
1640-637: Was knighted in 1870. He died in 1880 aboard the RMS Malwa on his way to India and was buried at sea . Kingston was interested in the Volunteer movement and was once captain of the East Adelaide Rifles. He was also a founding member and later Master of The South Australian Lodge of Friendship and of the Statistical Society, keeping a valuable register of Adelaide's rainfall from 1839–1879. Kingston
1681-506: Was prominent in forming the South Australian Mining Association to keep the mineral wealth of the colony from overseas speculators. With Edward Stephens , he investigated copper finds at Burra in 1845, and then played a leading role in the 'snobs' party to defeat the 'nobs' for the mine. An original shareholder, he was appointed surveyor and architect of the mining association but it was William Jacob who carried out