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    Adelaide - Gardens, Parks and Public Squares

    "Park Lands and Public Squares" is in the Register,
    10 and 13 June 1846, pages 3d and 1d,
    "Planting Victoria Square" on
    6 June 1854, page 2f,
    "The City Squares" on
    27 and 28 August 1858, pages 2c and 3f.

    A proposal to fence four of Adelaide's Squares is in the Observer,
    27 July 1850, page 4.

    Information on the mill in Hurtle Square is in the Observer,
    17 May 1856, page 3b,
    on a "Rescue Home" in Hurtle Square in the Register,
    18 June 1887, page 7b,
    31 October 1893, page 7e.

    "The City Squares" is in the Observer,
    4 September 1858, page 6c,
    Register,
    19 March 1866, page 2e.

    "The Citizens and the Public Squares" is in the Register,
    14 and 15 August 1867, pages 2b and 3f,
    "The City Squares" on
    25 February 1868, page 2d.

    "Beautifying Squares and Plantations" is in the Register,
    4 May 1872, page 4e,
    Observer,
    11 May 1872, page 3b.

    "King William Street and Victoria Square" is in the Register,
    7 June 1876, page 7d.

    "Civic Improvements" is in the Register,
    7 January 1878, page 4d.

    Parks and Squares are discussed in the Register,
    15 May 1878, page 4d.

    "Fencing the City Squares" is in the Register,
    30 October 1880, page 5b,
    25 and 26 November 1880, pages 4g and 5b,
    2, 21, 22 and 31 December 1880, pages 6d, 4e-5a-6g-1a (supp.), 6e and 5c,
    Observer,
    25 December 1880, pages 1068c-1074b,
    28 May 1881, page 943c.

    Information on Victoria Square is in the Register,
    13, 14 and 15 December 1881, pages 1e (supp.), 4e-5b and 1a (supp.),
    13 September 1884, page 5a.
    "Old-Time Memories" on,
    9 October 1919, page 4d.

    "The Telegraph and the Trees in the City" is in the Register,
    2 and 16 May 1882, pages 4g and 5a,
    "The City Trees" on
    13 June 1889, page 4h.

    "Road Through Victoria Square" is in the Register,
    18 August 1882, page 5b; also see
    12 December 1882, page 4g.

    "Dispute About City Plantations" is in the Register,
    7 September 1882, page 5a,
    "City Tree-Planting" on
    19 March 1883, page 5a,
    "The City Plantations" on
    28 April 1884, page 4f.

    "The City Squares and Park Lands" is in the Register,
    21 March 1883, page 4g.

    A road through Victoria Square is discussed in the Register,
    1 December 1883, pages 4g-6e,
    through Hindmarsh Square on
    19 February 1884, page 5b,
    13 March 1884, page 4f.
    "Road Through Hindmarsh Square" is in the Express,
    12 February 1884, page 2c.
    "Hindmarsh Square Mutilated" is in the Register,
    29 and 30 April 1914, pages 9a and 6d.
    A photograph is in The Critic,
    24 June 1914, page 19.

    "Our Front Gardens" is in the Observer,
    8 December 1883, page 11c.

    An editorial on the city's squares is in the Advertiser,
    12 February 1884, page 4c.

    "Street and Square Planting" is in the Register,
    7 March 1884, page 4f.

    "Laying Out Victoria Square" is in the Register,
    7 May 1884, page 5a.

    "The Penalty of Official Negligence" is in the Register,
    28 November 1884, page 4d.

    Information on tree planting in the city and parklands is in the Register,
    9 April 1885, page 5g.

    A complaint about the city's squares being "turned into a lounging-place for semi-drunken men" is in the Register,
    3 December 1886, page 6g.

    "Our Squares and Park Lands" is in the Register,
    1 September 1900, page 7a.

    A proposed road through Light Square is discussed in the Register,
    20 January 1903, page 4g.
    A photograph is in The Critic,
    24 June 1914, page 19.

    "The Lungs of the City - Parks and Plantations" is in the Register,
    22 January 1903, page 3h.

    "The City Beautiful - Parks and Gardens" is in the Register on
    30 June 1904, page 6b and
    4 July 1904, page 8a,
    "Wanted More Trees - A Plea for a Universal Arbor Day" on
    1 July 1904, page 5d,
    "The Garden City - New Schemes" on
    20 January 1906, page 5d,
    "Adelaide - Its Parks and Open Spaces" on
    6 March 1907, page 9c.

    "Suburban Streets and Parks" is in the Register,
    19 June 1907, page 10a.

    "Around Adelaide's Parks" is in the Register,
    21 June 1907, page 4g.

    "Tramways and City Squares" is in the Register,
    9, 12 and 16 October 1907, pages 4d, 8f and 8g,
    "Desecrating the Squares" on
    18 June 1910, page 18h.
    The question "Is it Desecration?" is posed in the Register on
    22 and 23 June 1910, pages 9c and 9h,
    2 July 1910, page 15h - this relates to a newly-erected toilet in Victoria Square; also see
    9 July 1910, page 3f,
    Advertiser,
    2 August 1910, page 7i,
    Register,
    9 August 1910, page 9a.

    "Civic Parks and Gardens" is in the Register,
    23 April 1910, page 6c.

    "An Autocratic Trust - Destroying Gardens" is in the Express,
    1 June 1910, page 4i,
    "Where Adelaide Leads - Civic Parks and Gardens" is in the Register on
    23 April 1910, page 6c,
    "Our Priceless Jewels - Adelaide's Parks and Gardens" on
    18 June 1914, page 6h,
    "Beautifying the Parks" on
    17 August 1915, page 5a.

    "Fencing Around the Squares" is in the Advertiser,
    6 and 7 May 1913, pages 11e and 14d.
    A photograph is in The Critic,
    24 June 1914, page 19.
    "A City Blot - The Victoria Square Enclosure" is in The Mail,
    6 October 1917, page 8d; also see
    20 October 1917, page 4c,
    10 November 1917, page 2c,
    21 May 1921, page 1f,
    4 June 1921, page 2g,
    The News,
    22 March 1929, page 13c.

    "Hindmarsh Square Mutilated" is in the Register,
    29 April 1914, page 9a.
    A photograph is in The Critic,
    24 June 1914, page 19.

    "Our Priceless Jewels - Adelaide's Parks and Gardens" is in the Register,
    18 June 1914, page 6h,
    "Beautifying the Parks" on
    17 August 1915, page 5a.

    "A Public Nuisance - Problems of the Parks - The Menace of Immodesty" is in the Register,
    22 February 1917, pages 6d-7a,
    1 March 1917, page 3e,
    "Conduct in the Parks" on
    30 May 1918, page 4d.

    "City Square Fences" is in the Register,
    8 June 1921, page 4c.

    "Gardens and Parks - The Work of Messrs Pelzer and Bailey" is in the Advertiser,
    23 May 1923, page 10c.

    "The Genesis of Victoria Square" is in the Register,
    1 and 7 December 1923, pages 11d and 9d.

    "Beautifying the Metropolis" is in the Advertiser,
    21 June 1924, page 13a.

    "Beauty Spot [Victoria Square] Become an Eyesore" is in the Advertiser,
    25 January 1930, page 21i.

    "Girdle of Gardens for Adelaide" is in the Advertiser,
    2 April 1932, page 8f.