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1834: South Australia Act 1834 (the "Foundation Act") passed on 15 August 1834, providing a legal framework and funds for the British colonisation of South Australia. 1834: The South Australian Lodge of Friendship No. 613 was founded 22 October. The Lodge held its first meeting at 7 John Street, Adelphi, London. [1]
John Ridley invented a reaping machine in 1843 which changed farming methods throughout South Australia and the nation at large. By 1843, 93 km 2 (36 sq mi) of land was growing wheat (contrasted with 0.08 km 2, 0.031 sq mi in 1838). Toward the end of the century South Australia became known as the "granary of Australia".
South Australia becomes first state to reform abortion laws. 1971: Fluoridation of water supply commences. 1973: State Election: The Labor Party, led by Don Dunstan, holds onto government. 1973: Modbury Hospital opens. 1973: Two children disappear from Adelaide Oval and are never seen again. 1973: Federal Referendum - South Australia votes:
The bay was named by Colonel William Light, South Australian surveyor general, in mid-1836. In his journal he expressed his pleasure at the quality of the anchorage after riding out a storm. [ 2 ] Holdfast Bay was the site of the landings in 1836 and 1837 by pioneers who were to set up the colony of South Australia.
British colonisation of South Australia describes the planning and establishment of the colony of South Australia by the British government, covering the period from 1829, when the idea was raised by the then-imprisoned Edward Gibbon Wakefield, to 1842, when the South Australia Act 1842 changed the form of government to a Crown colony.
The initial allocation of section 270 was to G.F. Shipster, [3] who built a single-storeyed house on the section in 1844. With the subdivision of the section (i.e. bisection) by Glen Osmond Road, it passed to Robert Cock; [4] Shipster purchased section 300 in 1844 from J. Grainger, but died on 30 December 1844 at 'Kensington House' in what is now known as Kensington Park.
"Bound for South Australia: Passenger lists 1836-1851". State Library of South Australia. Virtually every passenger list for the 3000 overseas and local ships that came to South Australia between 1836-1851, plus a host of additional information (individual names, ages, occupations, etc). Ing, Heidi (2020). South Australia's First Expedition ...
14 March – HMS Beagle, carrying Charles Darwin, leaves Australia. 27 May – At least 7 Aboriginal are killed by Major Thomas Mitchell and his men in his third expedition as Surveyor General of New South Wales in the Mount Dispersion massacre .