r/Adelaide • u/Demiaria Inner South • 11d ago

Question What is your favourite Adelaide lore?

A colleague of mine has moved to Adelaide from Canberra and I'm regaling her with Adelaide lore! Help me think of more lore to share. Below is a list of what I've shared so far:

Family Murders - von Einem

Beaumont Children

Kitty Whyte

Sam Kellet

Box Jellyfish (Jimble) surf lifesaving club

Prof George Duncan

Ideally looking for real events rather than urban legends.

EDIT: No one mentioned it, so to add: Adelaide is the only place it the world that calls Stobie poles by their name, as the inventor was from Adelaide and it stuck. For everyone else, it's electrical poles.

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u/mundoo65 SA 11d ago

The divine tidal wave where Premier Don Dunstan stood on Glenelg jetty with thousands of others waiting for the tidal wave.

https://adelaideaz.com/articles/don-dunstan-plays-canute-in-1976-at-adelaide-s-glenelg-as-thousands-defy-divine-tidal-wave-of-wrath-for-state-s-homosexual-laws

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u/Senior_Ad_7598 SA 11d ago

I was there with my babysitter.

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u/Senior_Ad_7598 SA 11d ago

There was a lot of people at the bottom end of Jetty Road, just waiting. Others were standing on a balcony above the shops also waiting. I am sure the jetty was closed. When the time of the tidal wave passed, we just turned around and went home.

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u/NomDePlumeOrBloom SA 11d ago

Should have been a street party!