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  2. History of Adelaide - Wikipedia

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    The first sheep and other livestock in South Australia were brought in from Tasmania. Sheep were overlanded from New South Wales from 1838, with the wool industry forming the basis of South Australia's economy for the first few years. Vast tracts of land were leased by "Squatters" until required for agriculture. Once the land was surveyed it ...

  3. First Fleet of South Australia - Wikipedia

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    "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 ...

  4. Timeline of Adelaide history - Wikipedia

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    1836: Letters Patent erect and establish the Province of South Australia on 19 February 1836. It was to be Australia's second free colony and the first experiment of the Wakefieldian systematic colonization theory. 1836: Tent city set up by the South Australian Company on the site now known as Kingscote on Kangaroo Island.

  5. Letters Patent establishing the Province of South Australia

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    The Letters Patent establishing the Province of South Australia, dated 19 February 1836 and formally titled "Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom erecting and establishing the Province of South Australia and fixing the boundaries thereof", was presented to King William IV to formally seek the approval to establish the Province of South Australia.

  6. British colonisation of South Australia - Wikipedia

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    The procedure for the founding of the South Australian province was unclear to the Board of Commissioners, so Letters Patent, specifically Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom erecting and establishing the Province of South Australia and fixing the boundaries thereof, were presented to the government on 19 February 1836 ...

  7. Robert Cock - Wikipedia

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    Robert and Catherine emigrated to South Australia in 1836 aboard HMS Buffalo with the children of both wives: Betty Cock (27 March 1824 Abdie, Fife, Scotland [ 17 ] – 24 December 1852 Adelaide, South Australia) married the Reverend James Benny [ 18 ] of Balhannah on 11 December 1846, James Benny went on to marry Frances Maria Robertson Just ...

  8. Timeline of South Australian history - Wikipedia

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    Adelaide in 1839, looking south-east from North Terrace. 1836: South Australia proclaimed by Governor John Hindmarsh on 28 December at the Old Gum Tree, Glenelg.; 1836: Site for Adelaide chosen by Colonel William Light beside the River Torrens.

  9. The Old Gum Tree - Wikipedia

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    The Old Gum Tree (also known as The Proclamation Tree) is a historic site in Glenelg North, South Australia. Near this tree on 28 December 1836, the British governor John Hindmarsh delivered the proclamation announcing the establishment of Government of the colony of South Australia.