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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.
On 31 July 1838, the changes were brought into law by "An act to amend an act of the fourth and fifth years of his late majesty empowering his majesty to erect South Australia into a British province or provinces" (short name ascribed by the National Library of Australia: South Australia Government Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 60). [5]
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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 . 1837: Colonel Light completes survey of Adelaide city centre and designs the city's grid layout.
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".
"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 ...
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 ...
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 ...