Adelaide: The City of Chimneys

In the early days of European settlement, everything was in Adelaide: homes and hotels, offices and shops, butchers and bakers and candlestick makers. And factories too. Some were major enterprises whose goods became well-known international brands.

Join speaker Richard Venus as he tells the stories of Adelaide’s engineering heritage, from the mills and foundries that once sent smoke up over the young city to the ingenuity that powered them. Look at the 1856 view from Montefiore Hill, and count the chimneys yourself.

Richard Venus has presented this talk before as part of South Australia’s History Festival. Read about that event.

Banner image: View of Adelaide looking south from Montefiore Hill, c. 1856. Scots Church is at left, Government House left of centre, the railway station in the centre, and one of Adelaide’s mills at right. State Library of South Australia, B 1121.