Social Justice Tour of Adelaide

Name: Social Justice Tour of Adelaide
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Join an easy-paced 2 hour small-group walking tour around parts of the city of Adelaide. The focus of this tour is on Social Justice and its importance in the history of Adelaide and South Australia, and the stories about Adelaide's social development from colonial times to today. Most of the sites visited are public institutions, statues and monuments and tour participants, whether locals, interstate or from overseas get to experience the essence of what Adelaide is all about.

Learn about groundbreaking social justice legislation and its effect on the fabric of our society over the course of our history. These include the introduction of the Secret Ballot, Women's Franchise, Aboriginal rights, Sexual Discrimination Laws, Recycling, Renewable Energy, Religious Freedoms, Police establishment, Education reforms etc.

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Parliament of South Australia
North Terrace, , Adelaide, Australia
Introduction to Wakefield's systematic colonisation scheme. What is Social Justice? Historic Parliamentary reforms as well as the Secret Ballot. Outline of tour.
15 min
Government House
North Terrace Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
Discuss the oldest continuously used Government House in Australia. The appointment of Australia's first Indigenous Governor as well as the appointment of Australia's first Female Governor.
10 min
Dame Roma Mitchell
North Terrace, Prince Henry Gardens, Lat: -34.921263 Long: 138.600046, Adelaide, Australia
Discuss Dame Roma Mitchell's life, her many firsts for a Female within the Judicial system, including First Female QC in Australia, First Female High Court/Supreme Court Judge, First Female Vice-Chancellor of a University in Australia and Australia's First Female Governor.
10 min
Mary Lee
North Terrace & King William Road, near Government House Gates, Lat: -34.921358 Long: 138.599826, Adelaide, Australia
Discuss the contribution of Mary Lee to Women's Suffrage movement in South Australia as well as Muriel Matters.
10 min
Centre of Democracy
Corner North Tce & Kintore Ave, Institute Building, Adelaide, Australia
Discuss South Australia's progressive Premier, Don Dunstan and his impact on Social Justice and its many reforms during his leadership. Enter the Centre of Democracy to view the exhibits.
10 min
State Library of South Australia
Kintore Avenue, Corner of North Terrace, Adelaide, Australia
Enter the State Library of South Australia and discuss the legacy of Catherine Helen Spence, the first Female Journalist in Australia, the first Female Politician in Australia and her tireless work with Women's Suffrage movement.
5 min
Migration Museum
82 Kintore Ave, Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
The site of the former Destitute Asylum, allowing those with very little financial or social support to enter. Discuss social reforms during the 19th and into the 20th century re homeless, destitute, and unmarried mothers.
15 min
South Australian Police Historical Society Museum
Gaol Rd, Thebarton Police Barracks, Adelaide, Australia
Enter the site of the Old Mounted Police Barracks dating from 1850s and discuss the significance of the 3rd oldest, organised, centrally controlled police forces in the world. Also tell the stories regarding the first place in the British Empire to have Women Police in 1915. The abolition of capital punishment is also discussed.
15 min
The University of Adelaide
North Terrace, Adelaide, Australia
Discuss Education and the University's status as one of the oldest universities in Australia dating from 1874. Of significance is the university's ground-breaking admission of women to degrees - the first in Australia and one of the first places in the world.
10 min
Scots Church Adelaide
237 North Terrace, Adelaide, Australia
Religious freedom was an early feature of South Australia's foundations for settlement and an early separation of State and Religion.
5 min
Discuss Laws relating to liquor and alcohol trading hours
Relay our advanced Environmental Policies, our Renewable Energy quotas, our Recycling Policies. Also our adoption of Voice to Parliament for indigenous. Tour ends here.
15 min