Behind the streets of Adelaide : the unrevealed history of the roads and pavements of a modern city

by Jeff Nicholas

Other authorsJulian Grenvell, Lord, Baron of Kilvey (Foreword)

Hardcover, 2016

Status

Reference - Not for loan

Call number

REF NIC J

Local notes

In this stunning 3 volume box set, Behind the Streets of Adelaide Dr Jeff Nicholas pays tribute to the 62 men and women named in Adelaide’s streets. He mines their ‘biographical archaeology’ with persistence and intellectual acuity to reveal each respective story, illuminating their lives through academic rigour and a lyrical turn of phrase.

Volume 1: Born of Reform: A Pantheon of Dissent
Volume 2: From Rundle to Morphett
Volume 3: From Wellington to Mann

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Publication

Malvern, Vic. : Torrens Press, 2016.

Description

Grote, Wakefield, Light and Gouger are just some of the well-known streets and squares in the city of Adelaide. But the personal stories of how these and other reformers came to be named in Adelaide's streets has been largely overlooked. Who were they? What drove them? Why do some now believe they constitute a 'pantheon of dissent'? In Behind the Streets of Adelaide Dr Jeff Nicholas pays tribute to the 62 men and women named in Adelaide's streets. He mines their 'biographical archaeology' with rigour and intellectual acuity, and illuminates each respective story with a lyrical turn of phrase.