Adelaide - Social Matters & Town Planning
Social Matters
"Night Auctions", containing information on pawnbrokers, is in the Adelaide Times on29 April 1850, page 3f,
11 May 1850, page 5c.
See Miscellany and Obituaries for an essay on "Auctions".
Pawnbrokers' establishments are described in the Register,
14 July 1879, page 5e; also see
14 January 1884, page 4d,
14 June 1884 (supp.), page 1b,
31 July 1884, page 6b,
11 August 1885, page 6a,
4 February 1886, page 7c,
16 and 20 April 1887, pages 5c,
9 July 1888, page 4h.
Also see South Australia - Miscellany
- Pawnbrokers.
"Overcrowding of the Population in the City" is in the Register,
7 April 1880, page 4e.
"The Population of Adelaide is in the Observer,
9 May 1891, page 24e.
"Trained Nurses for the Poor" (District Nurses) is in the Register,
13 and 27 July 1894, pages 6e and 6c,
10 September 1894, page 4e; also see
7 August 1897, page 6f (the diary of a nursing sister),
22 and 23 July 1898, pages 5h and 6c,
11 August 1898, page 6c.
Also see Register,
22 July 1899, page 6e,
27 July 1899, pages 4e-g-6h,
23 and 24 July 1902, pages 4e-5a and 3h,
23 July 1903, page 7a,
22 June 1904, page 6i,
29 and 30 July 1904, pages 4d-f (history of) and 4g,
29 July 1905, page 8h,
27 June 1906, page 8b,
27 and 28 July 1906, pages 8a and 6g-8h.
A history of sick nursing appears on
31 August 1906, page 4g; also see
22 July 1910, page 6c,
Advertiser,
4 March 1929, page 16c.
See South Australia - Women -
Nurses and Female Doctors.
The Rosina Street Women's Shelter is described in the Register,
7 February 1900, page 3d and
"Children in the Streets" on
15 March 1906, page 3f.
"Adelaide's Darker Side" is in the Register,
8 March 1909, page 6g:
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Many young men and maidens are drifting towards a questionable morality that
is undermining their physical, moral and mental constitutions... Our City
fathers are not awake to their moral responsibilities or they would not have
allowed the walls and hoardings of Adelaide to be placarded with posters
of an immoral character... Too much wickedness exists in our fair city...
(Also see Register, 9 March 1909, page 4d.)
"Boys and Girls - The Problem of the Streets" is in the Register,
22 March 1909, page 6e; also see
24, 26, 27 and 30 March 1909, pages 7i, 7f, 8d and 9e,
2, 6 and 7 April 1909, pages 6g, 4g and 3d-7d.
Under the heading "Children on the Streets" the Register of 10 October 1900, page 7g says:
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One only has to walk the streets of the city at night to have the fact forcibly
brought under his notice that scores of young lads and girls are nightly
wandering aimlessly about... who ought to be at home or under the protection
of some responsible person.
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Bah! I am sick of it all - this whining, sneaking, open, defiant, unblushing
mendicancy - this constant beg, beg, beg, which is undermining the manhood
and womanhood of South Australia...
"Adelaide's Seamy Side - Caring for Young Girls" is in the Register,
24 August 1911, page 5a.
A "School for Mothers" is in the Register,
16 and 17 September 1913, pages 5b and 5e,
"Morals of Adelaide Girls" on
14, 15 and 19 December 1923, pages 9e, 9f and 10d.
Town Planning
Also see City Council and Allied Matters - Miscellany.
"Early Townplanning" is in the Register,
9 April 1920, page 6e,
Observer,
17 April 1920, page 7d,
"The First Local Town Planner" in the Register,
8 and 16 April 1921, pages 8g and 11d.
Information on town planning is in the Register,
28 November 1911, page 9c, 9 July 1912, page 9d,
8 February 1913, page 14f, 22 and 26 September 1914, pages 6f and 8c,
7 October 1914, page 6c.
A town planning conference is reported in the Observer,
26 July 1913, page 47e.
"Town Planning and Adelaide Slums" is in The Critic,
7 October 1914, page 5.
"Town Planning" is in the Advertiser,
27 December 1912, page 8g,
Register,
8 April 1914, page 10c,
Observer,
1 August 1914, page 40b,
Advertiser,
21 August 1915, page 14d, 17 April 1916, page 9h,
Register,
22 January 1916, page 8f, 12 and 15 September 1916, pages 4d-5c and 7e,
6 November 1916, page 4c, 9 January 1917, page 4f,
14 April 1917, page 8f, 14 and 15 September 1917, pages 6e and 8f,
15 and 25 October 1917, pages 4c-i and 8e, 15 February 1918, page 4c.
"Town Planning Lectures" is in the Observer,
25 April 1914, page 43d;
also see 26 June 1915, page 33a.
"Does Town Planning Pay" is in The Mail,
1 July 1916, page 9c.
The formation of a a Town Planning Association is reported in the Register,
21 January 1915, page 4h;
also see 23 and 26 August 1916, pages 6c-8e and 13a.
Information on the first Australian Town Planning Conference, which was held
in Adelaide, is in the Advertiser,
18 and 22 October 1917, pages 5d and 6d;
also see 1 August 1918, page 4d.
Photographs are in The Critic,
24 October 1917, page 13.
"Town Planning - A Woman's Point of View" is in the Register,
25 October 1917, page 8e,
"The Town Planner - Some of His Work" is in the Register,
23 and 24 May 1918, pages 4g and 9d,
"Town Planning Progress" on 12 June 1918, page 6c.
"Australian Town Planning" is in the Register,
17 April 1919, page 6e;
comment on the Adelaide scene is in the Register,
30 April 1919, pages 4c-7e, 1, 15 and 29 May 1919, pages 6c, 5c and 4f.
"Town Planning and Housing" is in the Register,
15 and 17 July 1919, pages 6f and 5c, 5, 6, 19 and 26 August 1919, pages 4g-
9i, 4f and 4d;
also see 4, 13, 16 and 17 September 1919, pages 6d, 5b, 6e and 7e,
1, 2, 8, 9, 14 and 17 October 1919, pages 8c, 3h, 6f, 3i, 6d and 6e.
Also see Register,
23, 24, 28 and 29 October 1919, pages 4d, 6e, 7g and 9f,
1, 5, 20 and 24 November 1919, pages 8g, 6f, 4g and 6d,
10 December 1919, page 6g,
15 and 22 January 1920, pages 9d and 4c,
12 February 1920, page 5a,
27 January 1921, page 5d.
"Town Planning - Comprehensive Official Report" is in the Register,
9 April 1920, page 9f.
Comments from a town planner in respect of Heywood Park at Unley is in the Register,
17 April 1920, page 8f.
Also see Place Names - Unley.
"Surveyors and Land Brokers on Townplanning" is in the Register,
4 and 5 May 1920, pages 6g and 6h.
"Government Town Planning" is in the Register,
18 and 20 May 1920, pages 4g and 4 (photo.);
also see 15 and 19 May 1920, pages 11f and 11c.
"Town Planning and New Subdivisions" is in the Register,
24 May 1920, page 6h, 11 June 1920, page 6g.
"Town Planning" is in the Register,
23 June 1920, pages 6e-10d;
Also see 26 August 1920, page 7c,
4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14 and 15 September 1920, pages 7a, 8f, 4e-5b-6f, 8e, 12f,
11b, 4d and 10e,
23, 24 and 30 September 1920, pages 5d, 9f and 5a,
7 and 26 October 1920, pages 5a and 5c,
1, 2, 23, 24, 26, 27 and 30 November 1920, pages 8e, 4c, 6e, 6h, 6g, 9c and
7a, 1,
9 and 10 December 1920, pages 6f, 5g and 4i.
"Town Planning in Malay States" is in the Register,
24 March 1921, pasge 7d.
"Town Planning - An Important Year" is in the Register,
28 April 1921, page 3f,
Observer, 30 April 1921, page 20a;
also see 9 and 29 June 1921, pages 7e and 6g,
19 November 1921, page 29b,
"Town Planning - Activities in SA" on 18 November 1922, page 53d.
"Town Planning - A Professional View" is in the Register,
3 May 1921, page 7c;
also see 14 July 1921, page 5d,
25 August 1921, page 5g,
17 November 1921, page 6e.
"Town Planning Laws" is in the Register,
16 January 1922, page 9c,
"New Town Planner" on 25 January 1922, page 6f;
also see 8 February 1922, page 11f, 1 April 1922, page 9d.
"Town Planner Resigned" is in the Register,
27 May 1922, page 9d.
Also see Register,
7 and 15 July 1922, pages 6e-9g-10a and 12a-13c.
Biographical details of William J. Earle are in The Critic,
30 August 1922, page 5.
"Planning Under State Supervision" is in the Register,
21 September 1922, page 4a.
Biographical details of W. Scott-Griffiths are in the Register,
23 September 1922, page 8h.
"The City Beautiful - Modern Town Planning" is in The Mail,
10 February 1923, page 2d,
"Town Planning - Important Government Proposals" is in the Advertiser,
29 October 1924, page 12a,
"South Australia Leads" on 3 December 1924, page 11c.
"Evolution of Town Planning" is in the Register,
16, 23 and 30 August 1923, pages 5c, 6c and 6c.
"North Terrace Problem - Town Planners' United Meeting" is in the Register,
19 October 1923, page 9g;
also see Register,
28 November 1923, page 10g.
"Foreshore Improvements - Plans by Town Planner" is in the Register,
4 April 1924, page 10i.
"Town Planning - Praise for SA" is in the Register,
7 May 1924, page 10b.
"Town Planning Association - A Year's Work" is in the Register,
6 June 1924, page 10g.
"Town Planner's Visit" is in the Register,
4 September 1924, page 8f.
"Town Planning Bill" is in the Register,
29 October 1924, page 10f, 16 December 1924, page 10c.
"Town Planning in SA" is in the Register,
4 December 1924, page 5e,
"Town Planning in the Suburbs" on 13 January 1925, page 7g.
"High Buildings - Townplanner's Report" is in the Register,
3 October 1925, page 13e.
"Town Planning Law" is in the Register,
3 November 1925, page 10f.
"Town Planning Regulations" is in the Register,
9 December 1925, page 10h.
"History of Housing - The Romans as Town Planners" is in the Register,
6 May 1926, page 4d.
"Town Planning Exhibition [in Kuala Lumpur]" is in the Register,
11 November 1926, page 8f.
"Town Planning Problems" is in the Register,
10 March 1927, page 10b.
"Town Planning Act - Blot on Statute Book" is in the Register,
12 and 15 October 1927, pages 10a and 3g.
An obituary of a town planner, W. Scott-Griffiths, is in the Observer,
23 March 1929, page 20d.
"Town Planning Legislation - Is it Behind the Times" is in the Observer,
30 March 1929, page 20d.
"Town Planning Gone Wrong" is in the Advertiser,
26 February 1937, page 20b.
