South Australia
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| Capital | Adelaide |
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| Population | 1. 677 million (Dec 2013) |
| Slogan or nickname | The Festival State; The Wine State |
| Premier | Steven Marshall |
| Points of interest | Barossa Valley |
| Flinders Chase National Park | |
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| ID | 735739 |
About South Australia
South Australia is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of 983,482 square kilometres, it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, and fifth largest by population.
Nuclear test medal: UK veterans to receive recognition after years-long campaign
... Maralinga, in South Australia, saw the first test launches of atomic weapons from aircraft in 1962...
The Australian climate protesters cast as extremists
... This has In May, after several Extinction Rebellion protests, the South Australia government introduced a A$50,000 maximum fine and three months jail for anyone " recklessly" obstructing public spaces, while laws passed in New South Wales last year created a two-year maximum prison sentence for acts disrupting major roads or facilities...
Australia legalises psychedelics for mental health
... Use of the psychedelics would be carefully monitored and not a case of " take a pill and go away" said Dr Mike Musker, a mental health researcher at the University of South Australia...
Climate change: How it's endangering Australian wine
... There was one year, he recalls, when their vineyards in South Australia s Riverland region got only 90mm of rain - 10 times less than the annual average for the famous French wine region of Bordeaux...
Barbie with Down's syndrome on sale after 'real women' criticism
... Academics from the University of South Australia suggested the likelihood of a woman having...
Aukus: Sunak to visit US to finalise defence pact
... The plan is for nuclear submarines to be built in Adelaide, South Australia, with the UK and US providing consultation on technology for their production...
Nuclear test veterans to be honoured with medal after campaign
... " Those who worked under UK command during tests at the Montebello Islands, Christmas Island, Malden Island and Maralinga and Emu Field, South Australia, between 1952 and 1967, will be able to apply for the medal...
Mystery of Australia's 'Somerton Man' solved after 70 years, researcher says
... South Australia Police are yet to confirm the finding, but Prof Abbott says it is " very convincing"...
Mystery of Australia's 'Somerton Man' solved after 70 years, researcher says
In 1948, The Body of a well-dressed Man was found slumped on Australian beach.
A half-smoked cigarette was resting on his collar, and there was a line from a Persian poem in his Pocket - But investigators had no idea who he was.
Theories abounded, including that the person - dubbed Somerton Man - was a spy.
But after More Than 70 years, a researcher says he's solved The Mystery - Somerton Man was Carl Webb .
And he was not a Russian agent, But rather a Melbourne-born electrical engineer, according to Prof Derek Abbott .
Baffling MysteryBeachgoers found The Body lying against a seawall on Somerton Beach in Adelaide on 1 December, 1948.
The Man was dressed in a suit and tie, and appeared to be aged in his 40s or 50s.
In his Pocket were bus and train tickets, Chewing Gum , some matches, two combs and a pack of cigarettes. He had no wallet, no cash, and no ID.
The tags on his suit had been cut off, and forensic examiners suspected he had been poisoned.
Other curious finds baffled authorities. They included a suitcase, more items of clothing with their labels removed, and incoherent writings believed to be a code.
He also held a torn scrap of paper with the Farsi words Tamam Shud - Meaning " it's finished" - printed on it.
The Somerton Man 's fingerprints were sent around The World , But No One could identify him.
And so he was buried in Adelaide cemetery in 1949 with a tombstone reading: " Here lies The Unknown Man who was found at Somerton Beach. "
The Mystery Man 's remains were exhumed by police Last Year in a bid to solve the case.
But a professor at the University of Adelaide was on his own mission to crack it.
Derek Abbott was able to analyse the Somerton Man 's DNA using hairs preserved when authorities made a plaster model of his face.
He teamed up with renowned US forensic expert Colleen Fitzpatrick - who specialises in cold cases - to build an extended Family Tree using the DNA.
And from 4000 names, the pair narrowed it down to One - Carl Webb . They then tracked down The Man 's living relatives, using their DNA to confirm his identity.
" It kind of feels like climbing Mount Everest , and having that mixture of elation that you're at The Top , But also tiredness and exhaustion, " Prof Abbott told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
South Australia Police are yet to confirm the finding, But Prof Abbott says it is " very convincing".
" It's a triangulation from two different, totally distant parts of The Tree , " He Said .
So who is Carl Webb ?According to Prof Abbott, Webb was born in 1905 in a suburb of Melbourne.
He was the youngest of six siblings and married Dorothy Robertson, known as Doff Webb. That's most likely what brought him to Adelaide, The Professor said.
" We have evidence that he had separated from his wife, and that she had moved to South Australia . So possibly, he had come to track her down, " he told the ABC.
Ms Fitzpatrick now wants to help solve The Mystery of his death.
" I would like to see the toxicology done. And I would like to find out What Happened to Dorothy, " she told CNN.
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