the decline of arts support in South Australia
- Written by: Jo Caust, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
ShutterstockThe Adelaide Festival Centre is celebrating its 50th anniversary this month. Opened in 1973, the building was completed before the Sydney Opera House, Arts Centre Melbourne and the Queensland Performing Arts Centre.
South Australia was regarded as a leader of the arts in Australia for around three decades from 1970 to the 1990s and dubb...