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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.
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".
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.
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 .
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.
ca. 1850 ca. 1850 1877 Benacre coach house 1899. Now "The Mews". 1877 1877 1904 1904 Benacre is a house in Glen Osmond, (an inner south-eastern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia), which was listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate. [1]
"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 ...
At its 1836 exploration by William Light, an inland bend was chosen as the site of the Adelaide city centre and North Adelaide. The river was first named the Yatala by the initial exploration party, but later renamed to honour Robert Torrens senior, chairman of the board of Colonisation Commissioners for South Australia from 1834 to 1841 (when ...