Colony of South Australia
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The Colony of South Australia was a 19th-century British settlement in southern Australia, founded as a planned free colony without convict transportation and later becoming the state of South Australia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Colony of South Australia canonical | 6 |
| South Australia (historically) | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | British colony ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Edward Gibbon Wakefield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Colony of New South Wales
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Colony of Queensland NERFINISHED ⓘ Colony of Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ Colony of Western Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Adelaide NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characteristic |
free settlement
ⓘ
no convict transportation ⓘ planned colony ⓘ |
| coastline |
Great Australian Bight
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Australia ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| createdBy | South Australia Act 1834 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currency | pound sterling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endDate | 1901-01-01 ⓘ |
| established | 1834 ⓘ |
| event | became an original state of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901 ⓘ |
| firstGovernor | John Hindmarsh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
British Parliament
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Australian Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType |
British colonial administration
ⓘ
self-governing colony ⓘ |
| governor |
George Gawler
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George Grey NERFINISHED ⓘ George Strickland Kingston (acting) NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard MacDonnell NERFINISHED ⓘ William Jervois NERFINISHED ⓘ William Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grantedResponsibleGovernment | 1856 ⓘ |
| joined | Commonwealth of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Letters Patent establishing the Province of South Australia
ⓘ
South Australia Act 1834 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legislature |
House of Assembly of South Australia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Legislative Council of South Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Australia
ⓘ
southern Australia ⓘ |
| majorCity | Adelaide NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | King William IV's consort Queen Adelaide NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | British Empire ⓘ |
| purpose | systematic colonisation based on Wakefield principles ⓘ |
| replacedBy | State of South Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sovereign | Monarch of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startDate | 1836-12-28 ⓘ |
| status |
crown colony
ⓘ
self-governing colony after 1856 ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
South Australia (historically)