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The last Australian Grand Prix held in Adelaide, future events to be held at the Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne. 1997: The world's longest reversible one way freeway, the Southern Expressway is opened. Adelaide Crows football club win the AFL Grand Final. Port Adelaide Football Club joins the Australian Football League.
Adelaide's King William street in 1889, looking south towards the Adelaide Town Hall and Victoria Square Conrad's Butcher, north east corner of Hindley Street and Victoria Street, 1899. The building, with its wrought-iron verandah featuring a Coat of Arms, was demolished and replaced by the art deco Metro Theatre in 1939.
1837: Adelaide's first hospital opens on North Terrace. 1838: The first Australian police force is formed in Adelaide, the South Australia Police. 1838: Overlanders Joseph Hawdon and Charles Bonney arrive in Adelaide from New South Wales with 300 head of cattle. 1838: First German immigrants arrive and settle in Adelaide and surrounds.
After a historic meeting at Exeter Hall on 30 June 1834, where the principles, objects, plan and prospects of the new Colony of South Australia were explained to the public, hundreds of enquiries from prospective immigrants started to arrive at the South Australian Association's headquarters in London.
Thomas also published the weekly Adelaide Chronicle and South Australian Literary Record (10 December 1839 – 18 May 1842). John Stephens, who had in 1843 founded The Adelaide Observer, in 1845 purchased The Register. [9] Anthony Forster became part owner in 1848; With the death of Stephens in 1850, his share was taken over by John Taylor. [10]
By the mid-1840s, the German community in South Australia had become large enough to warrant its own German-language newspaper. The first German language newspaper in Australia, Die Deutsche Post, was founded in Adelaide c. 6 January 1848. [7]
The wool industry was the basis of South Australia's economy for the first few years, with the first wool auction held in Adelaide in 1840. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] The settlers were mostly British, but some German settlers , mainly " Old Lutherans ", also emigrated in the early years.
This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (September 2016) Old Government House, Parramatta, circa 1799 Old Military Barracks, now Legislative Assembly Chambers, Kingston, Norfolk Island Historic Ross Bridge with the Uniting Church in the background This is primarily a list of towns and cities in Australia by year of settlement. The article also contains information on ...