ADELAIDE

Adelaide is a cosmopolitan 21st century city, strategically located near the centre of the national network of major Capital Cities in Australia.

Adelaide (Tandanya) is located on the land of the indigenous Kaurna people and is the capital of South Australia, proclaimed in 1836 as Australia’s first self-supporting, planned English colony; free of convict labour.

The City of Adelaide was the first municipal corporation in Australia (1840).

A small city by world standards, but big on amenity and style, the city is rated one of the safest, cleanest, greenest, most affordable, comfortable and convenient boutique cities in the world.

Renowned for its friendly, helpful people; one in four ‘Adelaidians’ are immigrants representing 130 different ethnic backgrounds.

The City sits on the shores of the Gulf St Vincent on a wide plain surrounded by rolling hills and white sandy beaches, under a clean blue sky with average daily temperatures of 25 degrees.

It is a city that blends picturesque, wide and sunny boulevards, with charming, bustling streets, heritage architecture; surrounded by the world recognised Adelaide Park Lands.

Adelaide is a smart, vibrant, energetic, artistic City (UNESCO City of Music) and an intelligent learning city where education has long played a leading role in the community.

Leigh Street, one of Adelaide laneways.

The quality and diversity of the programs offered at the city’s universities, and wide range of public and private institutions of further education and research in the city centre, give Adelaide an outstanding competitive advantage in the provision of educational services.

Gateway to world class wineries, the great outback and Elon Musk’s Big Battery, Adelaide is a premier destination for overseas visitors.

The construction of optical fibre networks in the CBD; NBN Co, GigCity and Ten Gigabit Adelaide, makes Adelaide one of the most connected cities in the world and a great place to do business.

Lord Mayor Profile

Dr Jane Lomax-Smith AM

Jane Lomax-Smith is a Pathologist with a career in research and clinical medicine. She trained in London and has worked in Boston and Adelaide where she gained a PhD in immunology.

Jane has run hospital departments and private practices including her own. She is a staunch supporter of conservation of heritage buildings and Adelaide Park Lands. She has held elected office as a City Councillor, Lord Mayor and as MP for the City when she was also Minister for Education and Tourism.

She has written Commonwealth and State Government reports on funding for universities and the future of Leigh Creek. She is now the Chair of the Teachers Registration Board and the Don Dunstan Foundation which researches and promotes ideas on a range of social justice issues.