CHICAGO, Redfern, Hollywood and Southwark — these suburbs all used to be a part of Adelaide in the early 1930s.

Delve into the history of our city with this map from State Records of South Australia, which we have made interactive to mark this month’s History Festival.

Zoom in on the areas where you live, work or play, and see how they have changed in the past 90 years.

Click on the map to reveal more information, compiled by Messenger Community News, about the place names that have disappeared or changed in the last century.

PLEASE NOTE: The map can take a little while to load, particularly on mobile, as it is a large file.

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Words: Messenger Community News

Development: Michael Boehm

Map: State Records of SA, SRSA GRS 10410/1

Sources for suburb name information: Manning’s Place Names of South Australia by Geoffrey Manning, local historians and various councils

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