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The Adelaide Chronicle (full title: The Adelaide Chronicle, and South Australian Literary Record) was an early publication in Adelaide, the capital of the then province of South Australia. It was published between 1839 (185 years ago) ( 1839 ) and 1842 (182 years ago) ( 1842 ) , when it ceased publication as a result of the economic depression ...
1856: Government telegraph line Adelaide–Port Adelaide installed by Charles Todd; 1856: Steam railway between Adelaide and Port Adelaide opened. 1856: South Australian Society of Arts formed. 1857: Adelaide Botanic Gardens opens at today's site in the Park Lands off North Terrace with George William Francis as the first director. Railway ...
This article details the history of Adelaide from the first human activity in the region to the 20th century. Adelaide is a planned city founded in 1836 and the capital of South Australia . Aboriginal settlement
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1856 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death. 14 January — J. F. Archibald, journalist and publisher (died 1919) [1]
The next important piece of legislation affecting SLSA was the 1939 number 44 Libraries and Institutes Act, which repealed the Public library, Museum and Art Gallery and Institutes Act and separated the Public Library from the (newly named) Art Gallery of South Australia and South Australian Museum, established its own board and changed its name to the Public Library of South Australia.
Pages in category "History of Adelaide" The following 125 pages are in this category, out of 125 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south-east Asia 50,000 to 65,000 years ago, during the last glacial period. [1] [2] Arriving by sea, they settled the continent and had formed approximately 250 distinct language groups by the time of European settlement, maintaining some of the longest known continuing artistic and religious traditions in the world.