Adelaide Australia Temple

The Adelaide Australia Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located in the suburb of Marden in Adelaide, South Australia. It is the church's 89th operating temple and was the second built in Australia, after the Sydney Australia Temple. The temple has a single spire with a gold-leafed statue of the angel Moroni on top, and the exterior is snow-white granite from Campolonghi, Italy. Its design was overseen by architect Simon Drew and follows the same floor plan as the Melbourne Australia Temple. The intent to build the temple was announced on 17 March 1999, by the church's First Presidency. A groundbreaking ceremony was held on 29 May 1999, with Vaughn J. Featherstone, a general authority who was then president of the church's Australia/New Zealand Area. A public open house held after construction was completed had over 49,000 visitors. The temple was dedicated on 15 June 2000, by church president Gordon B. Hinckley. The temple has two ordinance rooms, two sealing rooms, and a baptistry.

The temple was announced by the First Presidency on 17 March 1999. On 29 May 1999, the church announced that the temple would be built on a 6.94-acre (2.81 ha) property located at 53–59 Lower Portrush Road in Marden, a suburb of Adelaide, and be a single-story structure of approximately 10,700 square feet. The groundbreaking ceremony took place on 29 May 1999, with Vaughn J. Featherstone presiding. Despite heavy rains, more than 500 people gathered for the groundbreaking, including the Mayor of Adelaide and other local dignitaries. After the program was finished, when they gathered at the temple site to break the ground, the rain stopped. Following construction was completed, a public open house was held from 3 June to 10 June 2000, with approximately 49,300 people touring the temple. The Adelaide Australia Temple was dedicated on 15 June 2000, by church president Gordon B. Hinckley. About 2,280 church members attended one of four dedicatory sessions. Church members previously had to travel between fifteen and twenty hours one-way to visit the church's closest temple in Sydney. Membership growth in Australia prompted church leaders

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