Settlers led by Captain John Hindmarsh form…

December 1836 CE

Settlers led by Captain John Hindmarsh form the Crown Colony of South Australia on December 26, 1836, basing their creation on the principles of systematic colonization advocated by British colonial reformer Edward Gibbon Wakefield in his 1829 “A Letter from Sydney” and 1833’s two-volume England and America.

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Adelaide South Australia Australia View →

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Edward Gibbon Wakefield View →

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Australia, British View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → South Australia (British colony) View →

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Colonization of Australasia, European View →

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