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Although olives were introduced earlier in other colonies, South Australia and especially Adelaide can lay claim to be the historic centre of the Australian olive industry. Less than 50 years after its foundation, the city of Adelaide (and neighbouring Hackney) boasted possibly as many as 30,000 olive trees planted mostly by the Corporation in the city's parks and squares.
Walking tour 1: Adelaide's East Parklands This walk connects many of the surviving historic olive trees in and near Adelaide's East Parklands. The guide is available in .pdf only; new window, relatively long download. Walking tour 2: Adelaide's Central Parklands and River Torrens This walk includes many of the earliest, surviving olive trees close to Adelaide, along the River Torrens, in North Adelaide, to the Old Adelaide Gaol. The guide is available in .pdf only; new window, relatively long download.
On-line version only; new window
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A short, introductory article submitted for publication to the National Trust's Heritage magazine.
