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...that construction of St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral (pictured) in Adelaide did not finish until 1996, 130 years after it began?
...that Sir Samuel Davenport, a South Australian parliamentarian, had an electoral district named after him?
...that Adelaide was the first city in Australia to introduce horse trams and the last to discard them for more modern public transport?
...that Smoky Bay in South Australia was named so after the discoverer noticed large plumes of smoke from fires lit by the area's Aboriginal people?

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