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...that Beaumont House (pictured) was constructed for Augustus Short, the first Anglican bishop of Adelaide and founder of St Peter's Cathedral?
...that Ansett Airlines Flight 232 from Adelaide to Alice Springs in 1972 was the first aircraft hijacking to take place in Australia?
...that the Barker Inlet in South Australia contains one of the southernmost mangrove forests in the world ?
...that the Yatala Labour Prison is located on an escarpment of the Para Fault Block, overlooking the Adelaide Plains?

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