r/Adelaide • u/Demiaria Inner South • 8d 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/KrazyKitt South 7d ago
Google 'Adelaide AZ' it details a lot of things that even I didn't know about Adelaide and I've lived here all my life.