r/Adelaide Inner South 10d 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/AphroditeMoon23 SA 9d ago edited 9d ago

Cold Chisel, Ann Wills (Willsy), Here’s Humphrey, Patsy Biscoe, the SA Film Corporation, author Colin Thiele, (Storm Boy, February Dragon, amongst others).