Fact File
- 1.1 million people live within the City of Adelaide and its greater metropolitan area. 76% of Adelaide's citizens are Australian-born.
- South Australia is the driest state in the nation. Most parts of the state get less than 250 mm of rain each year.
- Adelaide invests more money in the arts and has more restaurants per person than any other large Australian city.
- South Australia produces 38% of Australia's grapes, more than 60% of Australia's wine and 70% of its brandy.
- Adelaide is home to the Australian Wine Research Institute. The institute, which was established in 1955, has helped the state develop one of the most technologically advanced wine industries in the world.
- Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute in Adelaide has continuous exhibitions of traditional and contemporary Aboriginal art.
- South Australia has 316 Game Reserves, National, Conservation, Recreation Parks and Wildness Portection Parks. In total they occupy 21% of the state.
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