Victoria Square from its western edge

Victoria Square (34°55′50″S, 138°36′15″E) is a public square located in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. The square forms the centre of the city's grid of one square mile. The square was named on May 23, 1837 after Princess Victoria, heir presumptive of the British throne. [1] Less than a month later the King died and she became Queen. A statue of Queen Victoria stands in the centre of the square. The Kaurna know the area as Tarndanyangga and in line with the Adelaide City Council's recognition of Kaurna country, it is officially referred to as Victoria Square/Tarndanyangga. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1914x1067, 311 KB) Picture taken myself I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1914x1067, 311 KB) Picture taken myself I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... In the United States, a town square is an area in the middle of a traditional town consisting of a park or plaza and surrounded by small shops. ... Emblems: Hairy Nosed Wombat (faunal); Leafy Seadragon (marine); Piping Shrike (bird: unofficial); Sturts Desert Pea (floral); Opal (gemstone) Motto: United for the Common Wealth Slogan or Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Const. ... Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1. ... May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 (MDCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and the first Empress of India from 1 January 1877, until her death in 1901. ... An Heir Presumptive (capitalised) is the person provisionally scheduled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honor, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an Heir Apparent or of a new Heir Presumptive with a better claim to the throne. ... William IV (William Henry) (21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom and of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death. ... Kaurna refers to the indigenous or aboriginal people and language of the Adelaide Plains of South Australia. ... Victoria Square is a public square located in the centre of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. ... For other uses, see City of Adelaide (disambiguation). ...

The fountain in the square is designed to represent the three rivers from which Adelaide receives most of its water—the Torrens, the Onkaparinga and the Murray. Categories: Australia geography stubs | Adelaide ... Onkaparinga Gorge The Onkaparinga River runs from its source near Mount Torrens in the Mount Lofty Ranges, and flows south westerly to an estuary at Port Noarlunga. ... The Murray River, or River Murray, is Australias second-longest river in its own right (the longest being its tributary the Darling). ...

Victoria Square is bordered by important public institutions, such as the Supreme Court of South Australia, the Adelaide Magistrate's Court, the Federal Court of Australia, the Treasury and the Adelaide General Post Office. On the eastern side is the Roman Catholic Cathedral Church of St Francis Xavier. The Torrens Building, once home to several community organisations, is now used by the Heinz School Australia, an international campus of Carnegie-Mellon University. The Adelaide Central Market is located to the west of the Square. The Supreme Court of South Australia building from Victoria Square. ... A magistrates court or petty sessions is the lowest kind of court in England and Wales and other common law jurisdictions. ... In Melbourne, the Federal Court is housed with other federal courts such as the High Court and the Federal Magistrates Court in the Federal Court Building on the corner of La Trobe Street and William Street The Federal Court of Australia is the Australian court in which most civil disputes... The term treasury was first used in classical times to describe the votive buildings erected to house gifts to the gods, such as the Siphnian Treasury in Delphi or the many buildings put up in Olympia, Greece by competing city-states, to impress each other during the Ancient Olympic Games. ... Australia Post is the government-owned postal service monopoly of Australia. ... The Roman Catholic Church or Catholic Church (see Terminology below) is the Christian Church in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, currently Pope Benedict XVI. It traces its origins and sees itself as the same Church founded by Jesus of Nazareth and maintained through Apostolic Succession from the Twelve... Heinz School Australia is an international campus of the Heinz School of Public Policy and Management of Carnegie Mellon University located in Adelaide, South Australia. ... Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... Adelaide Central Market from Grote Street. ...

King William Street passes around the square making a diamond shape with the southbound carriageway passing to the east, and the northbound carriageway around the west of the square. It is bisected by Wakefield Street entering from the east meeting Grote Street entering from the west. The terminus for the Glenelg Tram is in the southern part of the square. King William Street, looking south towards Victoria Square Named after King William IV (monarch at the time of South Australias proclamation), King William Street is a major arterial road that traverses the city of Adelaide from north to south. ... Terminal Station was also the name of a railway station in Chattanooga, Tennessee; see Chattanooga Choo Choo. ... A depiction of one of the H-class Glenelg trams by Simon Lieschke. ...