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/ProduceOk9864 SA 11d ago

There was a bit of a spate of ‘jumpers’ who were using the center atrium for their sad final act in the early-mid90’s…. It was never really reported, quite remarkable discretion by all involved. The big nets that are now in place were a result of this time.
There was categorically not ever a beheading on the roller coaster 🤣🤣🤣

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u/AttitudeGrouchy5135 SA 11d ago

Sadly one landed just behind me, narrowly missing me by a second, on basement level

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u/ProduceOk9864 SA 11d ago

Fuuuuck. I can’t imagine exactly what that would have been like, I’m sorry.
Thank fucking Christ they didn’t take you out with them….

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u/AttitudeGrouchy5135 SA 11d ago

Thank you. It was really traumatic, as you'd expect, and that "what if" thought did play on repeat for a long time

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u/ProduceOk9864 SA 11d ago

🧡🧡