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...that the Adelaide O-Bahn (pictured) is a guided busway in Australia that runs from Adelaide CBD to the Tea Tree Plaza shopping centre in Modbury?

...that Semaphore, South Australia, the home of Australia's largest carousel is also the birthplace of renowned aviator Sir Ross Smith?

...that the International Grape Genome Program in Adelaide, Australia discovered that white grapes only exist today due to a rare genetic mutation that took place thousands of years ago?

...that John Downer, Premier of South Australia from 1885 to 1887, is the grandfather of Alexander Downer, the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 2007?

Beaumont House

...that Beaumont House (pictured) was constructed for Augustus Short, the first Anglican bishop of Adelaide and founder of St Peter's Cathedral?

...that Ansett Airlines Flight 232 from Adelaide to Alice Springs in 1972 was the first aircraft hijacking to take place in Australia?

...that the Barker Inlet in South Australia contains one of the southernmost mangrove forests in the world ?

...that the Yatala Labour Prison is located on an escarpment of the Para Fault Block, overlooking the Adelaide Plains?

St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral

...that construction of St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral (pictured) in Adelaide did not finish until 1996, 130 years after it began?

...that Sir Samuel Davenport, a South Australian parliamentarian, had an electoral district named after him?

...that Adelaide was the first city in Australia to introduce horse trams and the last to discard them for more modern public transport?

...that Smoky Bay in South Australia was named so after Matthew Flinders noticed large plumes of smoke from fires lit by the area's aboriginal people?

Richard Layton Butler

...that Richard Layton Butler (pictured) and his father were 31st and 23rd Premiers of South Australia, respectively?

...that the The Beaumont Children disappeared without a trace from a beach near Adelaide, Australia in 1966?

...that the town of Booleroo Centre, located in the southern Flinders Ranges region of South Australia, is home to one of Australia's largest collections of tractors and steam engines?

...that the South Australian Register was the first newspaper to be produced and distributed in South Australia?

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