Adelaide Town Hall is a landmark building on King William Street in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The City of Adelaide Town Hall complex includes the Town Hall and the office building at 25 Pirie Street.
Hooper Josse Brewster-Jones (1887–1949) was a musician, composer, teacher and music critic, born near Orroroo on the Black Rock Plain, South Australia.
The Jubilee Oval was a sporting ground created in 1895 between the Jubilee Exhibition Building and the River Torrens. It was located next to the railway station at the end of the Jubilee Exhibition Railway line, which operated from 1887 to 1927. It incorporated a (banked) cycle racing track, and a new grandstand and seating on the mound were built in 1896.
Alfred Scott Broad was an Australian artist, regarded as the first black-and-white artist born in South Australia to be published. He was known as "Alf", and was often referred to as "A. Scott Broad" as though his surname was "Scott-Broad", and was often written that way. An adult daughter was the subject of an unsolved mystery disappearance.
The Jubilee Exhibition Building in Adelaide, South Australia, was built to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Queen Victoria's accession to the throne on 20 June 1837. The jubilees of her Coronation on 28 June 1838, and of the Proclamation of South Australia on 28 December 1836, were also invoked on occasion.
White's Rooms, later known as Adelaide Assembly Room, was a privately owned function centre which opened in 1856 on King William Street, Adelaide, South Australia. It became Garner's Theatre in 1880, then passed through several hands, being known as the Tivoli theatre, Bijou Theatre, Star Picture Theatre and finally in 1916 the Majestic Theatre and Majestic Hotel.
Hermann Theodor Schrader was a South Australian pianist, violinist and cellist, who had a later academic career in Victoria.
Joshua Ives was the first Professor of Music at the University of Adelaide and founder of the Elder Conservatorium of Music.
Carl Püttmann, often referred to as Carl or Charles Puttmann, was a music teacher and composer of South Australia.
August Moritz Hermann Heinicke, only ever known as Hermann or Herr Heinicke, was a German-born violinist and music teacher in South Australia. He founded Heinicke's Grand Orchestra and was the first conductor of the Adelaide Conservatorium orchestra.
William Richard Pybus was a South Australian organist, pianist and music teacher.
Thomas Henry Jones Mus. Bac. was a South Australian organist and music teacher.
William "Billy" Sanders was an Australian organist, remembered for his long service with the Clayton Congregational Church.
John Adam Horner OBE FRCO LRAM was a Scottish organist, choirmaster and music teacher in South Australia.
George Oughton was a musician and bandleader in South Australia, remembered as the Adelaide Town Hall's first organist.
The Adelaide Liedertafel is a traditional German male choir, one of several Liedertafeln, or song societies, in the history of Adelaide and South Australia. It is Australia's oldest male choir.
John William Louis Yemm, known as Louis W. Yemm, was an organist in South Australia who had a long association with patriotic causes, notably Cheer-Up Society and their Violet Memory Day.
Arthur Hermann Otto was an organist, composer, singer and teacher of music in Adelaide, South Australia. He had a later singing and teaching career in England as Arthur Kingston-Stewart.
Josiah Eustace Dodd was an Australian pipe organ builder, based in Adelaide.
Francis Lymer Gratton ATCL was a teacher and choral conductor in South Australia, known for his leadership of the Thousand Voices Choir.
