Adelaide (AU)

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Named in honour of Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, queen consort to King William IV, the city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for a freely-settled British province in Australia. Colonel William Light, one of Adelaide's founding fathers, designed the city and chose its location close to the River Torrens, in the area originally inhabited by the Kaurna people. Light's design set out Adelaide in a grid layout, inter-spaced by wide boulevards and large public squares, and entirely surrounded by parkland. Early Adelaide was shaped by prosperity and wealth–up until the Second World War, it was Australia's third largest city. Religious freedom, a commitment to political progressivism and civil liberties led to the moniker "City of Churches", which is still used today. Prior to its proclamation as a British settlement in 1836, the area around Adelaide was inhabited by the indigenous Kaurna Aboriginal nation (pronounced "Garner" or "Gowna").

Postmark Examples

Year?

2007 postmark

Cards and covers

1931 Adelaide to Dunedin, New Zealand

1935 Adelaide to South Haven, Michigan

2005 Aerogramme from ADELAIDE MC to Scotland

Postmarks in British South Australia

Before 1913.

Duplex on the 1876 issue.

DC in 1903.

Circle PARCEL P.O. in 1907.