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Walk One

This walk will take approximately 45 mins to 1 hour, please identify the answers to questions along the way and drop your answers in to the Health Uni desk Lower ground Nexus 10 (10 Pulteneyst) to be in the draw to win a prize.

Your walk will start at Nexus 10 (10 Pulteneyst) and take you to the Botanic Gardens returning to Nexus 10.

  1. From Nexus 10 please cross the road towards Mitchell Building. Find the statue of Sir Samuel James Way and answer the question.

Question One: Between which years did Sir Samuel James Way serve as Chancellor of the University of Adelaide?

Please write your answer here:

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  1. Continue towards the Mitchell building. Find the statue of Sir Walter Watson Hughes and answer the question.

Question Two: What year was the statue presented by Hughes’s nephews?

Please write your answer here:

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3. On the Mitchell building locate the plaque and answer the question.

Question Three: Which year did Sir WFD Jervois lay the stone on the Mitchell building?

Please write your answers here:

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4. Head between Mitchell Building and the Art Gallery, down the Barr Smith steps, past Union house towards the Uni bridge (situated north of the NT campus- this is the foot bridge which crosses the Torrens river). Find the plaque and answer the question.

Question Four: Which year was the footbridge gifted to the Universityfrom Lily and Eva Waite?

Please write your answers here:

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5. Head east along Victoria drive (heading towards Frome road). CrossFrome road at the lights at the end of Victoria drive.

6. Head south along Frome road until you get to the grass between UniSAReid Building (Pharmacy building) and University of Adelaide Medical SchoolBuilding then head east towards the Botanical Gardens; this path is lined bygum trees.

You are heading towards the Ginkgo gates (please refer to the Botanicgarden map ref 6)

7. Using the Botanic Gardens Map visit the following areas (please note youwill need to end up at the Main Gate on North Terrace)

Palm house (Map Ref 4)

Question Five: Which year was the restored Palm House opened?

Please write your answers here:

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Murdoch Avenue Map Ref 22

Question Six: Name the predominant tree type along Murdoch

Avenue?

Please write your answers here:

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Waterlily pavilion Map Ref 15

Question Seven: On considering sex and lilies, what time are they open for business and when do the beetles arrive?

Please write your answers here:

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Santos Museum Map Ref 16

Question Eight: When was the Santos museum opened?

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Dead house Map Ref 35

Question Nine: What was the dead house used for?

Please write your answers here:

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Summer house Map Ref 1

Question Ten: What year was the iron lion fountain presented to the Botanic Gardens from TR Searle?

Please write your answers here:

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Elvis Memorial Map Ref A

Question Eleven: What year was the memorial donated by the sound of Elvis society?

Please write your answers here:

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8. Head out the Main Gate and along North Terrace heading west.

9. Cross Frome Road (keep on North Terrace). Watch out for the centenaryplaques (they are on the North Terrace footpath). Please find famousUniversity people along the path and answer the following questions

Peter Waite plaque outside (Tailb Mahmud Court)

Question Twelve: What year did Peter Waite die?

Please write your answers here:

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Question Thirteen: James Arthur Prescott was the founder of what discipline in Australia?

Please write your answers here:

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10. Head back to Nexus 10(10 Pulteneyst) Lower ground and please put your completed answers into the draw.

Name: ......

Contact Details: ......

Supported by The Fitness Hub, Adelaide UniCare, School of Medicine, School of Dentistry, School of Nursing, the University’s Student Counselling Service, BUPA and UniSuper

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