Here is the next instalment of my monthly feature going
through the States of Australia in alphabetical order to check out how they got
named, what their flag is like and other things of interest.
Location –
South Australia has borders with every other state except Tasmania (which is an
island). Just under 2 million people
live in the state, about ¾ of them in and around Adelaide.
Nicknames –
The Festival State, The Wine State
Flag
Capital –
Adelaide (largest city too) – named after the wife of King William IV, founded
in 1836 as a planned capital. It was
formed from free settlers – not as a penal colony.
Flower –
Sturt's Desert Pea
State
Bird
– Piping shrike – important enough to be on the flag
State
Animal – Southern hairy-nosed wombat
State
Sports – Australian Rules Football (don't understand it at
all but quite like the outfits) and in
the summer, Cricket
Signature
foods – Pie floater ( a classic meat pie sitting in pea
soup)
Great
places to visit – McClaren Vale, Barossa Valley, any of the
many festivals
Famous
businesses/brands – Australia builds most of its submarines
here.
Famous
people from South Australia – Sir Donald Bradman, Maggie
Beer (born NSW but farms in SA), Robert Stigwood (producer),Vernon Knowles
(writer), the Chappell brothers
(cricket), Lleyton Hewitt (tennis), Sia (eccentric pop star)
Ooooo, I like this series!
ReplyDeleteSo lovely. One of my very very best friends lives in Adelaide, it was nice to see it mentioned.
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Marianne from Let's Read
Interesting! The wombat is so cute! I've never heard of Pie Floater before.
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