Adelaide - Markets

Central Market
East End Market
Fish Market
Miscellany
Sheep and Cattle Markets

Central Market

The Markets of Early Adelaide

(Taken from Geoffrey H Manning's A Colonial Experience)

Register

The First Markets

In April 1839 an enterprising citizen, Mr J. Lateward, advertised:

Adelaide Market

To Dairymen, Market Gardeners, Butchers, Seedsmen, Fishmongers and Others. A plan of the above market may be seen and shops and stall engaged at the proprietor's opposite the new Wesleyan Chapel, Gawler Place - To open 1 May.

This market had a frontage of 90 feet to Rundle Street and 80 feet to Gawler Place. Built of brick from a plan prepared by G.S. Kingston it consisted of 'well-lighted shops, with a cool covered way, with a well of capital water in the centre.'

In July 1840, following an invitation in the SA Gazette and Colonial Register, 'a very numerous body of the colonists' attended at Government House where it was decided that a market should be placed in the neighbourhood of the Botanic Gardens where grain, butcher's meat, vegetables, fruits, butter and country produce could be sold on Saturday of each week from daybreak until noon.'

In January 1841 the government announced that 'the slaughter-house erected in the Park Lands near to the village of Thebarton shall be the authorised place for slaughtering cattle and that a cattle market would be conducted there on Tuesdays and Fridays from 8 January 1841.'

A general market was opened in March 1841 on the 'Corporation acre adjoining that whereon the public offices are erected.' Fresh vegetables such as melons, lettuces, cabbages and turnips, together with butter, poultry and fish were available and 'the scene was most gratifying and such as could not have been anticipated on a first and little known occasion.

This innovation was, apparently, short-lived for in February 1843 an irate Adelaidean proclaimed:

The scrupulous hesitation of the first corporate body and the imbecility of the second, combined with the supercilious treatment of the present corporation by the Government, seem to have placed a barrier in the way of any effective measures for the good of the city... In any scheme for the permanent establishment of a market, that no private speculator could ever be permitted to interfere with the public good.

On 2 March 1843 another attempt was made when 200-300 people presented themselves in front 'of the Auction Company's premises' in King William Street, while at the same time a Corn Exchange began operations 'directly opposite the office of [the Register]'. Again, these ventures failed because in 1844 it was apparent that 'everybody's business [was] nobody's business'.

Events of the 1850s

Register

A meeting of the inhabitants of Currie Street was held in June 1851 when Mr J.M. Solomon proclaimed that 'it had been mooted that Victoria Square was a proper site' but, in his opinion, that venue was entirely unsuitable for it was 'occupied with Government offices, to which a market could not fail to be a source of annoyance. The Catholics, also, were about to build a cathedral there, and a market should be removed as far as possible from places of religious worship.'

A resolution was passed declaring Light Square the proper site, for it had the advantage of 'presenting a ready and easy access from the South and West.' However, some doubts were expressed because of 'its contiguity to the dens of infamy congregated on the spot' which could 'prevent the attendance of that respectable class of people who may require to attend.

In a letter to the Register in 1853 Mr A.H. Davis of Moore Farm, Lockleys, expressed indignation at the existing market facilities:

We want a produce market, at which a seller and buyer may meet and in an hour or two transact their business... What is the affair in King William Street? A retail stall where Mr George Stevenson, by proxy, supplies parties retail at the same prices he sells to the shops wholesale.... I deny that his is a market; it is an interference with the retail dealer, much more justly to be complained of than hawkers' baskets...

In 1855 the Corporation built and opened a new market comprising 26 stalls, one being reserved for the sale of fish, in a building measuring 140 feet by 40 feet, and by 1859 had passed a by-law 'prohibiting the sale of butcher's meat, butter, vegetable and other provisions except in shops and at the spot in Victoria Square selected for the new market...'

Protests were forthcoming from the growers, who were adamant that East Terrace should be the venue, but the Corporation was unbending. The market in the Square proved to be a 'white elephant' and, in 1866, the city fathers were looking for a suitable site to build a market; 'six were offered... the best at the rear of the Windsor Castle Hotel...' The ratepayers demanded a poll when 900 votes were recorded, the majority of which went against the Corporation.

At the same time it was reported that 'some time ago the Corporation opened a narrow alley flanked by two rows of stall as a market. This state of affairs existed until January 1869 when 'a more favourable place' was purchased and 'the site was tried by nearly a score of carts.' Thus, the Central Market came into being 'on two acres between Grote and Gouger Streets.'

Goings On in the East End

Observer

In the earliest times the gardeners brought their stuff in and sold direct to the fruit and vegetable shopkeepers and some of them did a little hawking. Then hawkers, who were not growers, came on the scene, then the gardeners at last agreed to meet them on East Terrace at specified hours on certain days and sell their produce wholesale.

The Terrace and Rundle Street in front of the Stag Inn became such a popular rendezvous that the City Council interfered and, having erected posts in Victoria Square to which the gardeners could fasten their horses, ordered that the wholesale exchange of fruit and vegetable should take place there. This was not to the producers' liking and 'before long the yard at the rear of the Stag Inn became the scene of operations.'

A roving reporter had this to say in 1860 about new developments:

The vehicles are arranged in two lines running north and south and close up to the fence of the Park Land, not [at] all interfering with the passage of conveyances and we were told that it is in contemplation to put a stop to this market...

And so the East End Market was born and, in 1866, the opinion was expressed that Mr Vaughan was 'wise in his generation', and took advantage of the necessity which was felt by many persons for a place of meeting between the producer and buyer. He turned his place of vacant land at the bottom end of Rundle Street to account and the existing market is the result.

General Notes

The opening of the Central Market is reported in the Chronicle,
29 January 1870, page 6b.
An article on the Central City Market is in the Register,
1 June 1869, page 2g; also see
30 December 1869, page 3b,
11 January 1870, page 7a,
13 January 1870, page 5f,
26 December 1879,
Observer,
8 January 1870, page 11a,
16 December 1882, page 29c,
29 December 1883, page 30c,
Express,
26 January 1898, page 2f,
8 and 9 February 1900, pages 4b and 4c (includes a sketch,
26 April 1900, page 4g,
15 January 1901, page 4c.

"City Market - Lease of Land for Hotel" is in the Register,
19 August 1879, page 4g.

A correspondent to the Register on 8 July 1887 at page 3h suggests that "the larrikin element is greatly on the increase in the neighbourhood of the Central Market..."

"The Saturday Night Market" is in the Register,
5 August 1902, page 4f.

"Big Conflicting Interests" is in the Express,
22 July 1907, page 1h.
Register,
16 and 23 July 1907, pages 3g and 9c.

"Frozen Turtles from Queensland" is in the Register,
18 November 1907, page 6f.

"Early Closing and the Central Market" is in the Register,
14 and 17 November 1911, pages 6c and 7b.

"Saturday Night Shopping - At the Central Market" is in the Register,
3 February 1912, page 19a,
13 February 1912, page 9c.
Photographs are in the Observer,
9 September 1911, page 30,
of a Central Market Carnival are in the Chronicle,
30 November 1933, page 32.

"Improving City Market" is in the Register,
20 October 1914, page 7f.

The opening of the "Corporation Market" is reported in the Register,
18 December 1915, page 12f.

"The Central Market Celebrates" is in the Register,
13 March 1919, page 4c (includes early history).

"The Central Market" is in the Register,
17 November 1919, page 6e.

A City Market extension is discussed in the Register,
10 May 1922, page 6f.

Information on the City Arcade at the Central Market is in The News,
7 February 1924, page 4c.
Photographs are in the Observer,
23 February 1929, pages 36-37,
Chronicle,
17 April 1930, page 15.

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East End Market

A meeting of market gardeners is reported in the Register,
12 February 1855, page 3c,
23 May 1859, page 3f.

The need for a Garden Produce Market is discussed in the Register,
3 March 1860, page 3b.

Information on the East End Market is in the Advertiser,
29 January 1864, page 3a,
1 February 1864, page 3b,
29 January 1870, page 3f,
Register,
8 March 1866, page 2e,
10 April 1866, page 2f,
Express,
23 December 1867, page 2b;
its history appears in the Register,
25 December 1868, page 2h; also see
Observer,
2 January 1869, page 10f,
13 February 1869, page 4f-g,
Register,
19 January 1869, page 3b,
20 and 25 February 1869, pages 3d and 2g,
24 January 1870, page 3c,
Express,
24 February 1869, page 2c,
3 March 1869, page 3c,
Observer,
15 January 1870, page 3f,
Express,
24 February 1869, page 2c,
3 March 1869, page 3c,
31 December 1869, page 2b,
Chronicle,
23 July 1870, page 13b,
Observer,
30 December 1871, page 11e,
29 June 1872, page 4b,
Register,
26 December 1871, page 7b,
11 June 1872, page 4e,
9 July 1872, page 5f and
Register,
26 December 1871, page 7b,
11 June 1872, page 4e,
9 July 1872, page 5f,
Observer,
28 December 1872, page 5f,
4 January 1873, page 12c
Parliamentary Paper 102/1872.
A sketch is in the Pictorial Australian in
August 1880,
A sketch is in the Pictorial Australian in
August 1880, photographs in the Observer,
7 December 1929, pages 32-33,
27 November 1930, page 34.

A poem titled "Sammy's Market" and a cartoon are in The Adelaide Punch,
11 March 1869, pages 68 and 69,
"Ye Gardeners of Payneham" on
18 March 1869, page 73.

"Vaughan Testimonial" is in the Register,
1 July 1869, page 2h.
A banquet given for Mr Richard Vaughan is reported in the Chronicle,
25 May 1878, page 9b. Richard Vaughan's obituary is in the Observer,
26 April 1884, page 28a.

A celebration at the market is reported in the Register,
2 January 1873, page 5f.

A proposal to float a joint stock company in respect of the East End Market is discussed in the Observer,
16 January 1875, page 4c.

"Christmas at the East End Market" is in the Register,
25 December 1873, page 5a; also see
24 August 1874, page 5d,
13 January 1875, page 5b,
Observer,
24 July 1875, page 12d,
Express,
28 July 1876, page 3c,
Advertiser,
26 December 1876, page 6b,
Register,
26 December 1879,
25 December 1883, page 5g,
25 December 1888, page 6b,
1 and 4 October 1889, pages 3h and 7f,
1 November 1890:

Advertiser

A prospectus of the East End Market Co. Ltd is in the Register,
15 January 1875, page 3d.

An East End Market picnic at Grange is reported in the Chronicle,
18 November 1882, page 23a; also see
20 October 1883, page 4e,
28 October 1893, page 23b.

"A Saturday Night's Scene" at the East End Market is reported in the Register,
1 December 1879, page 5e,
Observer,
6 December 1879, page 19f.

A picnic is reported in the Express,
19 October 1883, page 3b.

"A Night at the East End Market" is in the Register,
17 December 1884, page 6a.
Petty pilfering at the market is reported on
17 September 1914, page 6g; also see
24 December 1914, page 11f,
24 December 1914, page 11f,
10 February 1923, page 10e and
Advertiser,
12 December 1936, page 12g.

Information on it is in the Observer,
29 December 1888, page 34a,
31 December 1892, page 41b,
Register,
24 December 1892, page 6f,
Express,
19 and 21 November 1890, pages 6f and 3f,
16 December 1890, page 3d,
24 December 1891, page 2e,
15 June 1899 page 3g.

"The Corporation and the Market Company" is in the Observer,
18 March 1899, page 2c,
1 April 1899, page 28c.

"Traffic in the East End" is in the Register,
29 March 1899, page 5a.

A photograph of the market decorated for the Royal visit is in the Chronicle,
25 July 1901 (supplement); also see
2 May 1903.
Register,
26 November 1903, page 3i,
Observer,
28 November 1903, page 39a,
The Critic,
10 February 1904, page 16.

Information on the proposed Fruit and Produce Exchange building is in the Register,
27 August 1903, page 4g,
10 February 1904, page 7f,
3 May 1904, page 8c,
2 July 1904, page 6f,
Express,
13 November 1903, page 4g; also see
29 April 1904, page 1f,
3 May 1904, page 2c.

An obituary of William H. Hall is in the Observer,
15 September 1917, page 40c,
of Charles Willoughby on
12 August 1922, page 20a.

"Mr Hammer Retires" is in the Express,
25 January 1923, page 3d;
Observer, 27 January 1923, page 32a,
Register,
27 September 1927, page 18d.
An obituary is in the Observer,
13 October 1928, page 50b.

An obituary of T.H. Brooker is in the Observer,
16 July 1927, page 44d.
A memorial tablet is reported upon in the Register,
21 July 1928, pages 13 (photo.)-17h.

"Back to Barkers - The Clearing House for Horses" is in the Observer,
8 October 1927, page 21c.

"Market Reborn" is in the Register,
22 December 1928, page 10a.

"Housewives Pay Surprise Visit to East End Market" is in the Register,
10 and 24 August 1929, pages 28a and 7a.

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Fish Market

The need for a fish market is canvassed in the Advertiser,
3 June 1882, page 4f,
Express,
18 December 1882, page 2b,
Register,
30 December 1882 (supp.), page 1g,
Observer,
6 January 1883, page 38e. "Our Fish Trade" on
14 January 1885, page 6d and
"Fish for Adelaide" on
16 April 1887, page 4h.
19 May 1887, page 5b-c,
25 January 1890, pages 5a-7f,
6, 7, 8, 10, 11 and 12 February 1890, pages 7b, 7a, 7c, 4f-6c, 5b and 7d, 15 May 1891, page 7a,
6, 9 and 11 May 1892, pages 4g, 6f and 7h,
15 September 1893, page 6d,
30 May 1894,
9 March 1896, page 4d,
Advertiser,
19 May 1898, page 6a.

Also see 19 May 1887, page 5b-c,
25 January 1890, pages 5a-7f,
6, 7, 8, 10, 11 and 12 February 1890, pages 7b, 7a, 7c, 4f-6c, 5b and 7d,
15 May 1891, page 7a,
6, 9 and 11 May 1892, pages 4g, 6f and 7h,
15 September 1893, page 6d,
30 May 1894,
9 March 1896, page 4d,
Advertiser,
19 May 1898, page 6a.

A sketch of the market is in the Pictorial Australian in
June 1888, page 85.
A new fish market is discussed in the Observer,
14 July 1888, page 31a.

"The Price of Fish" is in the Observer,
14 May 1892, page 34c.

A fishmongers' picnic is reported in the Register,
20 November 1894, page 7f,
Express,
10 November 1895, page 4a.

"Our Fish Supply" is in the Register,
30 May 1894, pages 5a-7b.

"Condemned Fish" is in the Observer,
2 June 1894, page 15a,
"Fish and the Public Health" in the Express,
26 July 1901, page 4b.

"Oysters - The City's Supply" is in the Register,
5 January 1898, page 5g.

Also see Register,
13 January 1899, page 5i,
Advertiser,
26 May 1899, page 7a,
Register,
11 February 1902, pages 4c-7h,
13 March 1906, page 6e,
4 April 1907, page 6h,
Express,
16 February 1906, page 2c,
13 March 1906, page 4g,
Advertiser,
23 August 1909, page 4g,
7 September 1909, page 5h,
Register,
12, 16 and 17 August 1910, pages 5g, 9a and 4b-6a,
9 May 1914, page 15c,
15 April 1915, page 5a.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
18 May 1907, page 27,
Observer,
27 May 1911, page 29.

A history of the market is in the Register,
31 August 1909, page 6g.

A proposed government market in Light Square is discussed in the Express,
22 May 1911, page 4c,
6 June 1911, page 4b.

"The Fish Market" is in the Register,
23 December 1911, pages 6d,
17 January 1912, page 8h (includes a photograph).

"A Market for Fish - Adelaide v Melbourne" is in the Observer,
16 May 1914, page 50c.

"Government Fish" is in the Register,
12 December 1914, page 8f.

"At the Fish Auction" is in the Observer,
17 April 1915, page 36b.

"The Fish Supply - Inadequate Marketing" is in the Register,
27 January 1917, page 4h,
Observer,
3 February 1917, page 49b.

"At a Fish Auction" is in the Register,
15 April 1915, page 5a.

"Alleged Fish Monopoly" is in the Register,
18 and 21 May 1915, pages 6d and 4d.

An obituary of Edwin Daw is in the Register,
14 May 1917, page 6f,
Observer,
19 May 1917, page 33a.

Also see Advertiser,
15 February 1916, page 6i,
Register,
27 January 1917, page 4h.

"Facts About Fish"is in the Register,,
21 September 1917, page 5d.

"Extortionate Prices for Fish" in The Mail,
9 October 1920, page 3d.
The Register of
16 May 1922, page 7g reports the opening of a new fish market; also see
The News,
3 October 1928, page 12d for information on weekly auctions.

"Mixed Fish - Shark for Murray Cod" is in the Register,
31 October 1917, page 7e,
3 November 1917, page 6c.

"Price of Fish" is in the Register,
26 July 1919, page 7d.

"Extortionate Prices for Fish" in The Mail,
9 October 1920, page 3d.

"New Fish Market" is in the Register,
15 March 1921, page 6f.
The Register of
16 May 1922, page 7g reports the opening of a new fish market; also see The News,
3 October 1928, page 12d for information on weekly auctions.

"SA Women to Break Fish Ring" is in the Register,
14 June 1929, page 3d.

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Miscellany

"Adelaide's First Market" is in the Register,
28 December 1906, page 6b.

A history of early markets is in the Observer,
16 February 1929, page 71a.

The need for a market is discussed in the Southern Australian,
24 November 1838, page 3d,
while an advertisement for the Adelaide Market is in the Register,
6 April 1839, page 6c,
11 May 1839, page 4d; also see
4 January 1840, page 2b,
1 August 1840, page 5c,
9 January 1841, page 1d.
The opening of a farm produce market is reported in the Southern Australian,
23 March 1841, page 2c.

The establishment of a corn market is reported in the Register,
18 February 1843, pages 2e-3a; also see
22 and 25 February 1843, pages 2e-3a and 2e,
4 March 1843, pages 2e-3f and
South Australian,
17 December 1844, page 2d; also see
Observer,
6 December 1851, page 5f.

A proposed corn exchange and market day are discussed in the Register,
19 and 22 October 1855, pages 2h and 3h,
5 and 13 November 1855, pages 3f and 3g,
5 January 1856, page 2h,
12 February 1856, page 3g; also see
Observer,
27 October 1855, pages 3e-5f,
10 November 1855, page 3c,
5 January 1856, page 1d (supp.),
2 February 1856, page 4g,
Register,
14 July 1880, pages 5b-6f.

A proposal for a market to be conducted in Light Square is in the Register on
4 June 1851, page 2d; also see
SA Gazette & Mining Journal,
5 June 1851, page 3b,
Adelaide Times,
20 June 1851, page 3f for an objection to a market being established in "the most notorious den of iniquity in town" and
10 November 1851, page 3b.

"The Want of a Public Market" is in the Observer,
23 October 1852, page 7d.

A letter in respect of a need for a produce market is in the Register,
20 January 1853, page 3b; also see
18 January 1854, page 3d.

Information on a city market is in the Register,
15 and 29 January 1855, pages 3c and 2g,
7 and 19 February 1855, pages 3d and 3g,
Observer,
23 December 1854, page 9g,
27 January 1855, page 3c,
17 February 1855, page 5b,
12 January 1856, page 4d,
19 January 1856, page 1b.

"A Taste for Vegetables - The Beginning of Marketing - Some Real Pioneers" is in the Advertiser,
2 August 1913, page 6g.

The architecture of the City Market is discussed in the Register,
15 and 16 January 1855, pages 3c and 3f.

The opening of a new city market is reported in the Register,
17 February 1855, page 2g; also see
Chronicle,
28 May 1859, page 3d.

The opening of a new city market is reported in the Register,
17 February 1855, page 2g; also see
Chronicle,
28 May 1859, page 3d.
"The Late City Market" is in the Observer,
12 January 1856, page 4d.

Information on the City Grain and Flour Market is in the Register,
31 January 1856, page 2h.

Information on a vegetable market is in the Observer,
19 March 1859, page 6g,
14 May 1859, page 1c (supp.),
Register,
9, 17 and 23 May 1859, pages 3f, 3h and 3f and
on a hay market on 13 May 1859, page 3c.

Meetings of market gardeners are reported in the Register,
30 January 1860, page 3g,
13 February 1860, page 3f; also see
Chronicle,
5 May 1860, page 3f.

"Parks and Markets" is in the Farm & Garden,
8 March 1860, page 150.

City markets are discussed in the Register,
5 and 7 June 1861, pages 3a and 3b; also see
20 and 25 February 1869, pages 3d and 2g,
1 June 1869, page 2g.

"Market Accommodation" is in the Observer,
27 August 1864, page 2h,
22 and 29 July 1865, pages 5d-8c (supp.) and 3c,
Register,
21 February 1865, page 2e,
24 and 25 July 1865, pages 3d and 3b.

"The Proposed City Market" is in the Register,
17 and 20 March 1866, pages 3e and 2h,
Observer,
24 March 1866, pages 6g-1c (supp.),
Express,
17, 19 and 20 March 1866, pages 3a, 3a and 2e,
Advertiser,
21 March 1866, page 2d; also see
Chronicle,
14 April 1866, page 1a (supp.),
Register,
19 June 1866, page 3b,
Observer,
23 June 1866, page 4f (supp.).

"Public Markets" is in the Express,
23 January 1869, page 2a,
Register,
27 and 29 January 1869, pages 2g and 2h,
1, 8 and 20 February 1869, pages 2h, 2h and 3d,
Advertiser,
25 January 1869, page 2e,
4 March 1869, page 2d,
Observer,
30 January 1869, pages 6a-15d,
6 and 13 February 1869, pages 6e-13c and 4f.

Information on early fruit and vegetable markets is in the Chronicle,
6 March 1869, page 5c.

"Gas and the City Market" appears on
18 May 1869, page 3a.

Information on early fruit and vegetable markets is in the Chronicle,
6 March 1869, page 5c.

"Market Buildings" is in the Register,
1 January 1870, page 3b.

"The New Market Bill" is in the Express,
10 June 1870, page 2g.
Register, 5 October 1870, page 4f.

"City Markets" is in the Register,
6 September 1869, page 2d,
13 July 1870, page 3c,
Observer,
16 July 1870, page 11e,
"The Market Bill" on
8 October 1870, page 2f.

"The Market Question" is in the Advertiser,
16 and 21 July 1870, pages 2h and 3b.

"The Adelaide Markets" is in the Register,
27 December 1875, page 5e.

"Open Markets" is in the Register,
18 November 1880, page 4d

A gardeners' and market salesmen's picnic is reported in the Chronicle,
18 October 1884, page 22e,
16 October 1886, page 22g.
A photograph of the committee is in the Chronicle,
4 November 1911, page 33.

"New Market Yards and Cattle Traffic" is in the Observer,
2 January 1886, page 14d.

A proposed West End market is discussed in the Register,
7 September 1889, page 5c,
Observer, 12 September 1891, page 31e.

The laying of the foundation stone of the new city market is reported in the Register,
9 February 1900, page 7h; also see
19 January 1901, page 10a,
Advertiser,
30 April 1904, page 10a (opening of),
Register,
16 July 1907, page 3g.
Photographs of the opening ceremony are in the Chronicle,
7 May 1904, page 42.
"An Hour at the Saleyards" is in the Chronicle,
20 July 1907, page 41b.

An informative article on Adelaide's markets is in the Register,
16 February 1893, page 7a; also see
21 and 26 November 1903, pages 7d and 3i.

"At a Horse Sale [at John Bull Bazaar]" is in the Register,
27 July 1900, page 2h,
Observer,
28 July 1900, page 32a.

"Christmas Markets" is in the Register,
25 December 1902, page 6h.

Information on "The New Market", The Adelaide Fruit and Produce Exchange, is in the Observer,
13 February 1904, page 3b (supp.),
7 May 1904, pages 25 (photos)-38a,
Register,
10 February 1904, page 7f,
30 April 1904, page 4a,
3 May 1904, page 8c;
21 June 1907, page 7h also see
22 December 1905, page 7a,
Express,
14 December 1910, page 1g,
1 June 1911, page 1h.
"The New Market - 21 Years Progress" is in the Observer,
7 March 1925, page 6a.

"Midnight on a Market Wagon [from Forest Range] is in the Register,
13 May 1907, page 6b.

"Unjust Weights - Four Defendants Fined" is in the Register,
30 October 1907, page 8f.

Early morning markets are described in the Register,
24 December 1908, page 5d.

"Christmas Markets - Feeding the People" is in the Register,
23 December 1911, page 6c (includes photographs).

The opening of the "Corporation Market" is reported in the Observer,
25 December 1915, page 45b.

"How Adelaide Goes Marketing" is in The Mail,
4 November 1922, page 7d.

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Sheep and Cattle Markets

A proposed cattle market is discussed in the Observer,
11 February 1854, page 6f.

Information on early sheep markets is in the Register,
30 July 1902, page 8b.

A cattle market is described in the Register,
9 April 1859, page 3b; also see
Observer,
16 April 1859, page 7c.

The opening of a new cattle market is reported in the Express,
23 July 1864, page 2c,
Register,
25 and 30 July 1864, pages 2g-3f and 2h;
Observer,
30 July 1864, pages 4f-2h(supp.).

"The Old Sheep Market - Reminiscences of Fifty Years" is in the Advertiser,
9 and 10 July 1913, pages 18h and 12a,
Observer,
12 July 1913, page 38a.

"The City Sheep and Cattle Markets" is in the Observer,
22 February 1879, page 9b.
Information on a new cattle market is in the Express,
19 April 1880, page 3c,
3 and 19 May 1880, page 2c,
Register,
3 May 1880 (supp.), page 2e; also see
19 May 1880, page 5b,
Express,
27 and 28 October 1885, pages 2e and 4c,
Chronicle,
31 October 1885, page 13d,
Register,
2 May 1894, page 7e and
Advertiser,
7 May 1898, page 10c.

Also see Register,
26, 28, 30 and 31 October 1885, pages 5b, 6h and 6g,
23 December 1885, page 7b,
Chronicle,
31 October 1885, page 13d,
Register,
16 February 1893, page 7a,
Observer,
25 February 1893, page 10a,
Register,
2 May 1894, page 7e and
Advertiser,
7 May 1898, page 10c.

An obituary of E.M. Colley, cattle salesman, is in the Register,
22 August 1887, page 5a.

A site for a new cattle market is discussed in the Chronicle,
15 June 1895, page 9c,
Register,
26 October 1885, page 5b; also see
27, 28, 30 and 31 October 1885, pages 4g, 6g, 6h and 6g,
2, 3 and 5 November 1885, pages 6f, 7g and 7d,
23 December 1885, page 7b,
Advertiser,
18 August 1909, page 8d.

An article headed "Our Meat Supply - The City Sheep and Cattle Market", which includes a history of markets in Adelaide, is in the Register,
16 February 1893, page 7a.
"Adelaide's Meat Supply - A Chat with Mr S. Kidman" is in the Chronicle,
26 October 1901, page 40a.

"Prison Labour - Free [in Markets]" is in the Register,
24 and 25 March 1893, pages 3e and 7a.

The opening of new cattle yards is reported in the Observer,
5 May 1894, page 14a.

"A Day at the Cattle Market" is in the Register on
17 July 1900, page 6d; also see
26 June 1903, page 6c.
"At the Stock Markets - Scene on a Sale Day" appears on
8 April 1911, page 8c; also see
Advertiser,
30 December 1911, page 7a.

Information on Adelaide's meat supply and photographs of the market, etc., are in The Critic,
4 July 1903, page 30,
1 February 1905, page 28.

"The Price of Meat" is in the Express,
21 July 1905, page 4f.

"The Sheep Market" is in the Advertiser,
7 August 1909, page 14c, and
a horse market on
9 August 1909, page 9a.

"At the Stock Markets" is in the Register,
8 April 1911, page 8c (includes photographs),
Observer,
15 April 1911, page 12c.

An obituary of H. Kither, cattle auctioneer, is in the Observer,
12 August 1911, page 41a.

"Christmas Cattle - Personalities at the Sale" is in the Register,
19 December 1911, page 7a,
"Christmas Markets - Feeding the People" on
23 December 1911, page 6c.

The last sales at the cattle yards "near Hindmarsh" are reported in the Register,
7 and 8 July 1913, pages 7b and 7a;
the sheep market is discussed on
10 July 1913, page 6i.
Photographs are in the Observer,
12 July 1913, page 30.

Photographs of the abattoirs are in the Chronicle, 31 August 1933, page 39.

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