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Picture special: Everyday life in Adelaide and South Australia in the 1930s

THE first John Martin’s Christmas pageant, the start of WWII, the Bodyline series — and children riding elephants. In part of an ongoing historical series, this is life in South Australia in the 1930s.

John Martin & Co. Ltd., Rundle Street, Adelaide. Children sitting on Rudolph the Rooster in Easter Cave, 1937.
John Martin & Co. Ltd., Rundle Street, Adelaide. Children sitting on Rudolph the Rooster in Easter Cave, 1937.

THE first John Martin’s Christmas pageant, riots, the Great Depression, the start of World War II, the Bodyline series — and children riding elephants.

This is life in South Australia in the 1930s.

Everyday life in SA in the 1930s

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