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Adelaide is almost 35 dewg. south in latitude. Therefore your south celestial pole (SCP) will be 35 deg. high from due south (geographic not magnetic). Zero declination will be an arc 90 deg. from the SCP running east to west. The zero deg. declination arc will intercept the meridian (north south line) at an angle of 55 deg (90-35) high from the north horizon. Anything below (north) of this arc will have a positve declination and anything above the arc will have a negative declination. The local sidereal time (LST) is equal to the RA of any object on the meridian.
If you move to the south pole your SCP is at zenith and zero deg. declination runs along the horizon.
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