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Roots Earth in Adelaide: audio stories about 42 places

Roots Earth has audio stories about 42 places in Adelaide, Australia, in Oceania. The Adelaide stories are in all seven Roots Earth languages: English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The app needs no account: open Adelaide, pick a place on the city's map of places and play. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection. The stories are written by local people.

The 42 places are listed below in the order the app shows them, and again further down with their coordinates. The lists were taken from the Roots Earth catalogue on 15 September 2026.

Published 16 September 2026. Markdown: adelaide.md

The 42 places in Adelaide with audio stories

In the order the app shows them.

  1. St Peter's Cathedral
  2. Adelaide Town Hall
  3. Adelaide Oval
  4. St Francis Xavier's Cathedral
  5. Parliament House
  6. Government House
  7. South Australian Museum
  8. Art Gallery of South Australia
  9. State Library of South Australia
  10. Adelaide Botanic Garden
  11. Victoria Square
  12. Rundle Mall
  13. Adelaide Railway Station
  14. General Post Office
  15. National War Memorial
  16. Ayers House
  17. Adelaide Festival Centre
  18. Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute
  19. Migration Museum
  20. Adelaide Gaol
  21. Adelaide Zoo
  22. Adelaide Arcade
  23. Holy Trinity Church
  24. Beehive Corner
  25. University of Adelaide
  26. Bonython Hall
  27. Adelaide Convention Centre
  28. Elder Park
  29. Adelaide Central Market
  30. North Adelaide
  31. Rundle Street
  32. Hindley Street
  33. Glenelg
  34. Henley Beach
  35. Semaphore
  36. Port Adelaide
  37. Adelaide Himeji Garden
  38. Rymill Park
  39. West Terrace Cemetery
  40. River Torrens
  41. Adelaide Hills
  42. Hahndorf

Is there an audio guide for St Peter's Cathedral?

Yes. St Peter's Cathedral has its audio stories in the Roots Earth app: a short introduction and a deeper story, in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian.

It is place 1 of the 42 Adelaide places in the app, at -34.91278, 138.59806. Every one of the other 41 places in the list above has the same two stories.

Roots Earth is not a guided tour: you choose the place on the city's map of places and play its story yourself.

How to use Roots Earth in Adelaide

Open Roots Earth and choose Adelaide. The city has its own map of places with all 42 of them on it. Tap the place you are standing in front of, or any other, and play its short introduction or its deeper story. You decide what to listen to and in which order.

You can listen in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian, and there is no account. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection.

In full

All 42 places in Adelaide, in the app's order, with their coordinates.

All 42 places in Adelaide, with coordinates

Every place below has a short introduction and a deeper story in the Roots Earth app, in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. The names, the coordinates (latitude, longitude) and the one line descriptions are the app's own catalogue values of 15 September 2026; a place without a line here has none that this page can print.

1. St Peter's Cathedral

Coordinates
-34.91278, 138.59806
In one line
St Peter's Cathedral is Adelaide's Anglican cathedral, a French Gothic Revival landmark begun in 1869. Twin western spires, a great rose window, and the heaviest ring of eight bells in the Southern Hemisphere define its skyline.

2. Adelaide Town Hall

Coordinates
-34.9261, 138.60018
In one line
Adelaide Town Hall is the city's grand civic building, raised between 1863 and 1866 in a Renaissance Revival style. Its arcaded facade, the Albert clock tower, and a fine auditorium organ have anchored King William Street for over a century.

3. Adelaide Oval

Coordinates
-34.91556, 138.59611
In one line
Adelaide Oval is one of the world's most picturesque sporting grounds, hosting cricket since 1873 beneath the cathedral spires. A heritage hand-operated scoreboard, old Moreton Bay figs, and sweeping curved stands from a 2014 rebuild define it.

4. St Francis Xavier's Cathedral

Coordinates
-34.929, 138.6014
In one line
St Francis Xavier's Cathedral is Adelaide's Catholic cathedral on Victoria Square, begun in 1856 in Gothic Revival sandstone. Built over 140 years, it features a 36-metre tower, rich stained glass, and a carved marble Lady Chapel altar.

5. Parliament House

Coordinates
-34.9211, 138.59855
In one line
Parliament House is the seat of South Australia's legislature on North Terrace, constructed in two stages: the west wing from 1883 to 1889 and the east wing from 1936 to 1939. Its Greek Revival facade of Corinthian marble columns recalls a state that gave women the vote in 1894.

6. Government House

Coordinates
-34.92013, 138.60032
In one line
Government House is one of Australia's oldest official residences, home to South Australia's governors since 1840. Set behind walled gardens on North Terrace, its Regency and Italianate wings reflect construction begun in 1839 and a major extension in 1855–56.

7. South Australian Museum

Coordinates
-34.92078, 138.60302
In one line
The South Australian Museum on North Terrace holds the world's largest collection of Australian Aboriginal cultural material. Its historic complex, including the North Wing opened in 1895 and the East Wing in 1915, is famed for whale skeletons displayed behind its glass facade.

9. State Library of South Australia

Coordinates
-34.92087, 138.60215
In one line
The State Library of South Australia traces its roots to 1855. Its glory is the Mortlock Wing of 1884, a French Renaissance reading hall of tiered timber galleries beneath a glass dome, among the most beautiful library rooms in the world.

10. Adelaide Botanic Garden

Coordinates
-34.9175, 138.6125
In one line
Begun in 1855 and opened in 1857, the Adelaide Botanic Garden spreads across 51 hectares beside North Terrace. It holds the 1877 Palm House from Bremen, the 1881 Museum of Economic Botany, and the vast Bicentennial Conservatory.

11. Victoria Square

Coordinates
-34.9281, 138.5999
In one line
Victoria Square, dual-named Tarntanyangga in the Kaurna language, anchors Colonel Light's 1837 city plan. The 2. 4-hectare civic heart holds the Three Rivers Fountain, a statue of Queen Victoria, and deep significance for Adelaide's Aboriginal community.

12. Rundle Mall

Coordinates
-34.9229, 138.60188
In one line
Rundle Mall, pedestrianised in 1976 along a Victorian shopping street, is Australia's busiest retail precinct. It is known for the silver Spheres sculpture, the bronze pigs, and heritage arcades, drawing tens of millions of visitors a year.

13. Adelaide Railway Station

Coordinates
-34.9211, 138.5964
In one line
Built between 1926 and 1928 in grand Neoclassical sandstone, Adelaide Railway Station anchors North Terrace. Its centerpiece is the Marble Hall, a vast domed waiting room. The upper floors now house the Adelaide Casino.

14. General Post Office

Coordinates
-34.9261, 138.60018
In one line
Built between 1867 and 1872 in Renaissance Revival style, Adelaide's General Post Office rises beside Victoria Square. Its Victoria Tower, nearly 47 metres tall, holds a clock and bells. For 147 years it served the colony's mail.

15. National War Memorial

Coordinates
-34.92105, 138.60152
In one line
South Australia's principal war memorial stands at the corner of North Terrace and Kintore Avenue. Unveiled in 1931, this Art Deco monument in marble and bronze honours those who served and died in the First World War.

16. Ayers House

Coordinates
-34.92167, 138.60944
In one line
A bluestone Regency mansion at 288 North Terrace, grown over decades from nine rooms to roughly forty. It was the home of Sir Henry Ayers, repeated Premier of South Australia, and survives as the last great residence on the terrace.

17. Adelaide Festival Centre

Coordinates
-34.91944, 138.59778
In one line
Australia's first multi-arts complex, opened in 1973 on the banks of the River Torrens. Its angular white roofs house theatres and concert halls, and it was completed before the Sydney Opera House, at a fraction of the cost.

18. Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute

Coordinates
-34.92389, 138.60556
In one line
Australia's oldest Aboriginal-owned and run cultural institute, founded in 1989 on Grenfell Street. Housed in a former power station, it takes its name from the Kaurna word for the Adelaide area, meaning place of the red kangaroo.

19. Migration Museum

Coordinates
-34.92011, 138.60139
In one line
Australia's oldest museum of its kind, opened in 1986 on Kintore Avenue. Set in colonial bluestone buildings that once formed the city's destitute asylum, it tells the immigration and settlement history of South Australia.

20. Adelaide Gaol

Coordinates
-34.9176, 138.5849
In one line
One of the two oldest public buildings in South Australia, operated from 1841 to 1988. Designed by George Strickland Kingston, this stone prison held some 300,000 inmates over 147 years and now operates as a museum.

21. Adelaide Zoo

Coordinates
-34.91417, 138.60583
In one line
Australia's second-oldest zoo, opened in 1883 in the parklands beside the River Torrens. Spread over eight hectares with heritage buildings and ornate 1883 gates, it cares for thousands of animals and runs the Southern Hemisphere's largest giant panda centre.

22. Adelaide Arcade

Coordinates
-34.9235, 138.6038
In one line
Adelaide Arcade is an ornate Victorian shopping passage opened in 1885, linking Rundle Mall and Grenfell Street beneath a long glass roof. Designed by Withall and Wells, it was among the first buildings in Australia lit by electricity.

23. Holy Trinity Church

Coordinates
-34.92215, 138.59395
In one line
Holy Trinity Church on North Terrace is the oldest Anglican church in South Australia, its foundation stone laid in 1838. The Gothic Revival building was later rebuilt in the 1880s and holds windows and a clock dating from the colony's earliest years.

24. Beehive Corner

Coordinates
-34.92286, 138.59976
In one line
Beehive Corner is a distinctive Neo-Gothic building at King William Street and Rundle Mall, built in 1895 and 1896 and crowned by a gilded beehive and bee. For over a century it has been Adelaide's best-known meeting place.

25. University of Adelaide

Coordinates
-34.91916, 138.60414
In one line
The University of Adelaide, founded in 1874, is the third-oldest university in Australia and among the first in the English-speaking world to admit women to degrees. Its North Terrace campus is anchored by the Gothic Revival Mitchell Building of 1882.

26. Bonython Hall

Coordinates
-34.92055, 138.6054
In one line
Bonython Hall is the great hall of the University of Adelaide, built between 1933 and 1936 in Gothic style and funded by Sir John Langdon Bonython. Its deliberately sloping floor, by local legend, was meant to discourage dancing.

27. Adelaide Convention Centre

Coordinates
-34.92083, 138.59472
In one line
The Adelaide Convention Centre opened in 1987 as the first purpose-built convention centre in Australia. Set on the River Torrens riverbank off North Terrace, it has been expanded several times, including a major redevelopment completed in 2017.

28. Elder Park

Coordinates
-34.91843, 138.59838
In one line
Elder Park spreads along the southern bank of the River Torrens beside the Festival Centre. Named for Sir Thomas Elder, it centres on an ornate 1882 rotunda he donated, and hosts much-loved events such as Carols by Candlelight.

29. Adelaide Central Market

Coordinates
-34.92972, 138.5975
In one line
Open since 1870, Adelaide Central Market is among Australia's oldest produce markets. More than 70 traders fill its undercover halls with fruit, cheese, meat and seafood, drawing roughly 8 and a half million visitors each year.

30. North Adelaide

Coordinates
-34.9061, 138.5939
In one line
Laid out by Colonel William Light in 1837 across 342 acres north of the River Torrens, North Adelaide is a leafy residential quarter of grand bluestone mansions, heritage pubs and elegant streets, ringed entirely by parklands.

31. Rundle Street

Coordinates
-34.92228, 138.60556
In one line
Named in 1837, Rundle Street anchors Adelaide's lively East End. Behind heritage Victorian facades sit cafes, fashion boutiques, cinemas, pubs and clubs, making this 500-metre strip one of the city's favourite places to eat, shop and gather.

32. Hindley Street

Coordinates
-34.9233, 138.5941
In one line
One of Adelaide's first streets, laid out in 1836, Hindley Street was long the city's late-night heart of theatres, pubs and clubs. Today its West End mixes heritage buildings, university campuses, bars and restaurants in a changing precinct.

33. Glenelg

Coordinates
-34.98055, 138.51393
In one line
South Australia was proclaimed at Glenelg's Old Gum Tree in 1836, making it the state's oldest mainland settlement. Today this seaside suburb pairs that history with a jetty, a vintage tram, Jetty Road and a broad swimming beach on Holdfast Bay.

34. Henley Beach

Coordinates
-34.92, 138.494
In one line
Settled around 1860 and named after Henley-on-Thames, this relaxed seaside suburb centres on Henley Square and its jetty. Cafes and restaurants line the Esplanade, drawing locals and visitors to one of Adelaide's favourite beachfronts.

35. Semaphore

Coordinates
-34.83878, 138.4836
In one line
Named for the signal mast that once flagged ship arrivals, Semaphore is a heritage seaside suburb near Port Adelaide. Its 1875 Time Ball Tower, long jetty, vintage carousel and broad beach recall its days as a busy port and Victorian resort.

36. Port Adelaide

Coordinates
-34.84306, 138.50361
In one line
Port Adelaide, founded in 1837 on Kaurna land once called Yertabulti, grew from tidal mudflats nicknamed Port Misery into South Australia's maritime heart, now a heritage precinct of colonial wharves, pubs, and museums.

37. Adelaide Himeji Garden

Coordinates
-34.93572, 138.60976
In one line
The Adelaide Himeji Garden, gifted in 1982 to mark the sister-city tie with Himeji, Japan, blends a mountain-and-lake garden with a dry rock garden in the Park Lands, a serene retreat of raked gravel, stone lanterns, and still water.

38. Rymill Park

Coordinates
-34.9236, 138.6141
In one line
Rymill Park, laid out in 1959 in Adelaide's East Park Lands and named for Lord Mayor Sir Arthur Rymill, centres on a boating lake amid rose gardens and tree-lined avenues. Its Kaurna name, Murlawirrapurka, honours an Aboriginal elder.

39. West Terrace Cemetery

Coordinates
-34.93444, 138.585
In one line
West Terrace Cemetery, marked on Colonel Light's 1837 city plan and burying its first resident in 1840, spreads across 27. 6 hectares with more than 150,000 interments. Its denominational sections and war graves mirror Adelaide's diverse early society.

40. River Torrens

Coordinates
-34.91667, 138.6
In one line
The River Torrens, known to the Kaurna as Karrawirra Parri, drew Colonel Light to choose Adelaide's site in 1836. A weir completed in 1881 created Torrens Lake, the scenic heart of the city's riverside parklands.

41. Adelaide Hills

Coordinates
-34.91119, 138.70735
In one line
The Adelaide Hills, the southern Mount Lofty Ranges east of the city, hold cool-climate vineyards first planted in 1839, German settlement towns, and wildlife parks.

42. Hahndorf

Coordinates
-35.03027, 138.80765
In one line
Hahndorf, founded in 1839 by Prussian Lutheran migrants, is Australia's oldest surviving German settlement. Named for Captain Dirk Hahn of the ship Zebra, its main street keeps timber-framed buildings, German food, and an enduring Lutheran heritage.

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