Itinerary

1. Corner of Brougham place and o'connell street to brougham gardens

   • Commence the tour on the corner of bustling O'Connell Street and Brougham Place.

   • Intro to tour including a brief history of Adelaide in general and North Adelaide.

   • View Victorian villa built in the 1870s was a former Lord Mayor and Brewer home.

   • See how built heritage is blended with progress - former home of one of our Premiers of South Australia and a philanthropic doctor.

   • View the heritage and historic buildings within Lincoln College, a tertiary residential college. Discuss some former owners and their occupations, and admire some striking architecture.

   • View a Gothic-style mansion which has recently been renovated and hear about the family who built the home and the associated stories

   • View some Federation-style homes, one of which was owned by one of Adelaide's premier ironmongers, George Fulton

   • Visit a Queen Anne-style house with distinctive leadlight windows, all in Australian Flora and Fauna themes.

   • View one of the original large acreages, which today is subdivided, however still has one of the oldest houses in North Adelaide within its area dating from the 1830s/1840s.

   • Admire a former rectory and post office, now a private home.

   • View a typical corner store that was a drapery and general store at once. Hear about some early German families who inhabited the house and the woeful tale of a double murder/suicide in the house during the 1880s.

   • Walk past some great examples of German buildings now fully renovated - hear about some of those early families who lived in these dwellings

   • View one of the best intact examples of row housing in Adelaide, and hear about its history and its purpose.

   • Talk about the role pubs/hotels played in our early history

   • View worker's cottages from the 1850s/1860s

   • Pass by and discuss Kindergarten, which is named after a woman who championed early childhood education in South Australia

   • View and discuss some of the diverse forms of housing in the area.

   • Cross over busy Melbourne Street and discuss some prominent buildings nearby, including the Lion Hotel and the old Bakehouse.

   • Visit an old brewery and discuss its history and significance

   • View the third oldest Catholic church in the city of Adelaide and its connection to Mary MacKillop, Australia's first and only saint

   • View some historic villas owned by Journalists, Opticians, Pressmen and Lord Mayors.

   • View a renovated house formerly owned by the wife of one of Australia's aviation pioneers.

   • Visit the Brougham Place Uniting Church, formerly a Congregational Church. Hear about its history, architecture and some of its founders and parishioners.