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Jubilee 150 Walkway
The Jubilee 150 Walkway, also variously known as the Jubilee 150 Commemorative Walk, the Jubilee 150 Walk, and the Jubilee Walk, is a series of (initially) 150 bronze plaques set into the pavement of North Terrace, Adelaide. It was officially opened on 21 December 1986.〔(Jubilee 150 Commemorative Walk ), Corporation of the City of Adelaide.〕 It was commissioned as part of the celebrations commemorating the 150th anniversary of the founding of the state of South Australia.〔South Australia was founded on 28 December 1836.〕 The plaques contain the names and deeds of (initially) 170 people who made major contributions to the founding and development of South Australia. Since 1986, the Adelaide City Council has added four plaques.〔The Walkway now comprises 154 plaques containing the names and deeds of 174 people, plus the first and last plaques.〕
The plaques are arranged in alphabetic order,〔The exceptions to strict alphabetic order are:
* The 13 South Australians awarded the V.C. and the G.C. in the two World Wars and the Vietnam War appear in front of the War Memorial;
* Mary Lee's plaque appears between the plaques for Stow and Strange;
* Torrens and Traeger are interchanged;
* The eight pioneer vignerons are grouped on two plaques between Veale and Waite.〕 and stretch from King William Street to Pulteney Street along the north side of North Terrace. The walkway starts at the South African War Memorial, and passes in front of Government House, the National War Memorial, the State Library, the Museum, the Art Gallery and the University of Adelaide.
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