City of Salisbury history

In 1847, he purchased land along the Little Para River for the purposes of establishing a township.

In 1848, Harvey began selling allotments for the township of Salisbury, named after Salisbury, England near his wife’s hometown.

However, Salisbury grew little in the early 19th century and had a population of less than 9,500 in 1851.

Salisbury Museum was founded in 1860.

Then in 1882 Old Sarum was finally extinguished when it became a public park.

In 1892 a public swimming pool opened.

The first cinema in Salisbury opened in 1908.

Little changed until 1940 when the Federal Government built a munitions factory at Penfield.

More council houses were built in Salisbury after 1945.

He became enamoured with science fiction and fantasy at a young age and published his first story, “The Hades Business,” in a school magazine in 1961.

Old George Mall opened in 1968.

A new library opened in Salisbury in 1975.

A new swimming pool opened in 1976.

The Redcoats In The Wardrobe Museum opened in 1982.

The Maltings Shopping Centre opened in 1986.

In 2007 Pratchett was diagnosed with posterior cortical atrophy, a variant of early-onset Alzheimer disease.

He subsequently became an outspoken advocate for Alzheimer research and awareness, donating $1 million to the cause and appearing in a 2009 BBC documentary about his life with the disease.

Although his illness affected his ability to read and write, Pratchett continued to regularly publish books, and in 2010 he became an adjunct professor of English at the University of Dublin.

Dodger (2012) relays the adventures of a young man in Victorian London, where he encounters a Dickensian array of characters—among them Charles Dickens himself.