Victoria Square, is in the centre of Adelaide City. This is a view looking north, and if you look carefully you will see two flags; one being the Australian flag and the other the Aboriginal (Australian) flag. The traditional Kaurna name for the square is
Tarndanyangga.
In May 1937 the square was named after Princess Victoria, who at the time was heir to the British throne. She became Queen a month later after the death of the King. This statue of her stands in the centre of the Square.
This is a view looking south past the Three Rivers Fountain (see one of my
previous posts) located near the northern end of the Square.
Until recently the Glenelg tram ran in the middle of the Square, but when the extension was made along King William Street it was routed along its western side, reclaiming a valuable amount of space for special events.
To find out more about ABC Wednesdays and see other participants' contributions go to the
ABC Wednesdays' Anthology or to see direct links to their own sites go
here using Mr Linky.
Victoria Square, is in the centre of Adelaide City. This is a view looking north, and if you look carefully you will see two flags; one being the Australian flag and the other the Aboriginal (Australian) flag. The traditional Kaurna name for the square is Tarndanyangga.
In May 1937 the square was named after Princess Victoria, who at the time was heir to the British throne. She became Queen a month later after the death of the King. This statue of her stands in the centre of the Square.
This is a view looking south past the Three Rivers Fountain (see one of my previous posts) located near the northern end of the Square.
Until recently the Glenelg tram ran in the middle of the Square, but when the extension was made along King William Street it was routed along its western side, reclaiming a valuable amount of space for special events.
To find out more about ABC Wednesdays and see other participants' contributions go to the ABC Wednesdays' Anthology or to see direct links to their own sites go here using Mr Linky.
31 comments:
A big, wide open space (and the lovely new trams add interest along the side). Well photographed to really show it off.
I think the Queen should look a bit more impressed!
great choice of V for today. i thank you for the scenic tour of victoria square today.
btw, mine is here: http://seasons.pinoyvibes.net/2008/12/17/v-is-for-vow/. hope you can visit too!
happy wednesday!
Some lovely views there.
Queen Victoria would have enjoyed the square.
Victoria is pippoing up a lot in Australian blogs this week. It is a lovely wide open place. Again you you fit my island in there.
Beautiful park, it looks like a really funny place to spend time with your family...
What a lovely park indeed!
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Very interesting and informative post. This is why I like blogging so much, learning about places I'll never see.
Thank you for participating - ABC Team.
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The statue of Queen Victoria was donated by a long dead relative of mine, Sir Edwin Thomas Smith.
Nice blog Gordon! With beautiful pictures.
Did you know you were made a Blog Of Note? Well done :)
I spent a day in Adelaide last month as part of my Australia tour. Should've spent more time timeafter looing at this blog ...
Congrats on making Blog of Note! The tour of your city and surrounding area are fun armchair travel for people all over the world. Great layout, fun and informative.
Oh my god~
Australia is beautiful.
I have never been to Australia.
It looks very different from Hong Kong.
looks like a nice day to spend in the park.
This site is way cool! Looking forward to more great pics of Adelaide!
I see you made the Blog of Note, Gordon. Well done..
Definitely a gorgeous place to visit!
Great photos. Well done.
Super images. Looks like a nice place !
Congrats on blog of note. You have nice pics. Someday, I'll go to Australia.
Wow I'm pretty impressed..
now i want to go there haha
We got rid of all our statues of queen vic in Ireland.No loss.
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Well done Gordon on making 'blog of note' - a great honour. Congratulations.
I so want to be there now. :) It's cold and rainy -- no snow though.
Thanks for posting the pictures and congrads on being Blog of Note
very nice
I am overwhelmed by all your words of encouragement; just what I need right now. As you see I haven't posted for several days - the first break I have taken in over a year.
I will endeavour to visit all your blogs, but probably it won't be until after Christmas.
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