The texture of Adelaide city is studded with a plethora of fun, quirky and enlightening delights to be caught by keen eyes such as photographer Kylie Fleming in this collage for Fabula Files.
Matthew Flinders’ statue, tucked away on North Terrace in Adelaide city, was a long time coming. The anniversary of Flinders’ death in 1914 prompted calls for a suitable monument within the City of Adelaide to honour the great naval explorer. Yet in 1922, journalist Frederick Johns was still urging the city to have a statue of Flinders in a prominent place such as Victoria Square. In the end, Adelaide had to be shamed into action by Melbourne and Sydney getting ahead of it with Flinders statues.
