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ADELAIDE 349
. Adelaide Botanic Garden VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Begun in 1855, these peaceful
gardens cover an area of 20 ha Practical Information
(50 acres). They include artificial * 1.2 million.
lakes and the beautiful n 108 North Terrace
Bicentennial Conservatory, in 1300 655 276. _ Adelaide
which a tropical rainforest Fringe; Adelaide Festival;
environment has been WOMADelaide (all in Feb/Mar).
re-created.
Transport
k West Beach, 10 km
(6 miles) W of the city.
£ North Terrace (suburban);
Richmond Rd, Keswick
(interstate). @ Central Bus
Station, Franklin St.
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Art Gallery of
South Australia
Contemporary works,
such as Christopher
Healey’s Drinking
Fountains, feature here
alongside period
painting and sculpture.
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N O R T H
The State Library of
South Australia houses . South Australian Museum
an extensive collection of Chiefly a natural history museum,
reference material and the South Australian Museum has
various exhibitions, such an excellent reputation for its fine
as South Australiana, a Aboriginal collection, including
permanent exhibition that this painting on bark, Assembling
explores South Australia’s the Totem, by a Melville Island
history and culture. artist (see p278).
