Importent dates for Australians history

There were 610 free settlers

Jun 24, 1806

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Publication of Wakefield's LETTER FROM SYDNEY.

Jun 25, 1829

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South Australian Act in England

Jan 1, 1834

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South Australia company formed

Jan 1, 1836

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settlers left England to South Australia

Jan 1, 1836

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The first migrants to South Australia arrived, landing at Kangaroo Island

Jul 20, 1836

Kangaroo Island was the first place they had gone to

Site for Adelaide chosen by Colonel William Light beside the River Torrens.

Aug 26, 1836

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First school in colony opened, in Kangaroo island

Aug 31, 1836

this school would not have been a proper school it would have been a small school in a tent.

South Australia proclamed a province

Dec 28, 1836

South Australia was proclaimed by Govenor John Hindmarsh

Dec 28, 1836

South Australia was proclained under The Old Gum Tree, Glenelg.

population estimate

Dec 31, 1836

around about 546 settlers

Cattle and sheep arrive in the colony, overland from New South Wales, brought by Joseph Hawdon, Edward John Eyre and Charles Sturt.

Mar 17, 1837

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The first newspaper (Gazette and Register) in South Australia printed

Jun 3, 1837

Supreme Court of South Australia established.

Jun 25, 1837

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First Hospital opened on North Terrace, Adelaide.

Aug 31, 1837

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Total livestock approx 480 horses, 2,500 cattle, 28,000 sheep.

May 25, 1838

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3,154 migrants departed from England during the year.

Jun 25, 1838

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The first Australian police force is formed in Adelaide, the South Australia Police.

Jun 25, 1838

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First German immigrants arrive and settle in Adelaide and surrounds.

Aug 27, 1838

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Colonel Light completes survey of Adelaide city centre and designs the city's grid layout. Allotments of 1 acre (0.40 ha) are made.

Sep 27, 1838

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Population estimate

Dec 31, 1838

6,000

Construction of the first road in the colony (Adelaide to Port Adelaide) commences

May 25, 1839

Colonel William Light dies at Thebarton

Oct 6, 1839

Population estimate

Mar 17, 1840

14,600
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The Irish potato famine occurs

May 25, 1840

The potato famine had struck Ireland which caused Irish people to settle in England which caused an even worse disaster so people decided to migrate to Australia.

Royal Adelaide Show held for the first time.

Jun 25, 1840

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Population

Jan 1, 1841

15, 485 people
(The 1841 census is the only one in South Australia for which any detailed records survive.)

First Savings Bank established

Mar 6, 1841

Construction of Adelaide Gaol begins.

May 27, 1841

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500,000 acres of land surveyed by mid year (since 1836).

Jun 25, 1841

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Division of part of the colony into counties (Adelaide, Eyre, Flinders, Gawler, Hindmarsh, Light, Russell, Stanley, Sturt)

Jun 25, 1841

(Adelaide, Eyre, Flinders, Gawler, Hindmarsh, Light, Russell, Stanley, Sturt)
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Adelaide Hospital (later Royal) opened.

Aug 24, 1841

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Public expenditure cut, resulting in considerable unemployment.

Aug 26, 1841

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South Australian Board of Colonization Commissioners abolished.

Jan 7, 1842

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Copper is discovered at Kapunda.

Aug 28, 1842

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Estimated livestock numbers - 250,000 sheep, 21,000 cattle, 1,000 horses.

Sep 25, 1842

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Due to the depressed state of the economy 642 out of 1,915 houses in Adelaide were vacant and 216 were in a state of disrepair.

Dec 25, 1842

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