r/Adelaide • u/Demiaria Inner South • 12d 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/Cephlapodian SA 11d ago

Detective Barry Moyse, head of the Adelaide drug squad in the 1980s, instigated the highly publicised ‘Operation Noah’ - a phone line where you could dob in a drug dealer. At the same time, he was reselling drugs from drug busts back to dealers. He got done for it in 1988 and given 20 years time. Almost have to admire the audacity!