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Line 136: Adelaide enjoyed a postwar boom, entering a time of relative prosperity. Its population grew, and it became the third most populous metropolitan area in the country, after Sydney and Melbourne. Its prosperity was short-lived, with the return of droughts and the [[Great Depression]] of the 1930s. It later returned to fortune under strong government leadership. [[Secondary sector of industry\|Secondary industries]] helped reduce the state's dependence on [[primary sector of industry\|primary industries]]. World War II brought industrial stimulus and diversification to Adelaide under the [[Thomas Playford IV\|Playford]] Government, which advocated Adelaide as a safe place for manufacturing due to its less vulnerable location.<ref>Cockburn, S (1991): ''Playford – Benevolent Despot.'' Axiom Publishing. P. 85. {{ISBN\|0 9594164 4 7}}</ref> Shipbuilding was expanded at the nearby port of [[Whyalla, South Australia\|Whyalla]]. The South Australian Government in this period built on former wartime manufacturing industries but neglected cultural facilities which meant South Australia's economy lagged behind.<ref name="Marsden" /> International manufacturers like ~~General Motors [~~[Holden]] and [[Fiat Chrysler Australia\|Chrysler]]<ref>When Chrysler stopped manufacturing in Adelaide, [[Mitsubishi Motors Australia ~~Limited~~]] took over the [[Tonsley Park]] factory. After many years of mixed fortunes, Mitsubishi ceased manufacturing at Tonsley Park on 27 March 2008.</ref> made use of these factories around the Adelaide area in suburbs like [[Elizabeth, South Australia\|Elizabeth]], completing its transformation from an agricultural service centre to a 20th-century motor city. The [[Mannum–Adelaide pipeline]] brought [[River Murray]] water to Adelaide in 1955 and [[Adelaide ~~International~~ Airport\|an airport]] opened at [[West Beach, South Australia\|West Beach]] in 1955. [[Flinders University]] and the [[Flinders Medical Centre]] were established in the 1960s at Bedford Park, south of the city. Today, Flinders Medical Centre is one of the largest teaching hospitals in South Australia. In the post-war years around the early 1960s, Adelaide was surpassed by Brisbane as Australia's third largest city.<ref name="Marsden" /> The [[Don Dunstan\|Dunstan Governments]] of the 1970s saw something of an Adelaide 'cultural revival',<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.southaustraliaremovalists.com.au/south-australia/adelaide.html\|title=Adelaide Removalists South Australia\|website=southaustraliaremovalists.com.au\|access-date=14 June 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190304114350/http://southaustraliaremovalists.com.au/south-australia/adelaide.html\|archive-date=4 March 2019\|url-status=live}}</ref> establishing a wide array of social reforms. The city became noted for its progressivism as South Australia became the first Australian state or territory to [[LGBT rights in South Australia\|decriminalise homosexuality]] between consenting adults in 1975.<ref name=carbery>{{cite book \|last=Carbery \|first=Graham \|title=Towards Homosexual Equality in Australian Criminal Law: A Brief History \|year=2010 \|edition=2nd \|url=http://www.alga.org.au/files/towardsequality2ed.pdf \|publisher=Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives Inc. \|access-date=23 April 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305143829/https://www.alga.org.au/files/towardsequality2ed.pdf \|archive-date=5 March 2019 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> Adelaide became a centre for the arts, building upon the biennial "[[Adelaide Festival of Arts]]" that commenced in 1960. The [[State Bank of South Australia\|State Bank]] collapsed in 1991 during an economic recession. The effects lasted until 2004, when [[Standard & Poor's]] reinstated South Australia's AAA credit rating.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=All-round country \|work=The Australian \|page=14 \|date=29 September 2004}}</ref> Adelaide's tallest building, completed in 2020, is called the Adelaidean and is located at 11 Frome Street.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Frome Central Tower\|url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1350710/frome-central-tower-one-adelaide-australia\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607154918/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1350710/frome-central-tower-one-adelaide-australia\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=7 June 2020\|work=emporis.com\|access-date=20 January 2021}}</ref>

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