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Australia, as part of his evidence" on 30 March 1841, outlining how the financial administration of the colony had been mishandled, and how it would not have happened had a proposed loan of £120,000 been raised in June 1840 to the emigration fund, and "a cautious stream of emigration been kept up", and by various means the "calamitous crisis" may have been averted. Records in the
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Wakefield saw the colonies as "extensions of an old society"; all classes would be represented among the settlers. In addition, the colonies would be more or less self-governing. His ideas were not original, but Wakefield was the one who synthesised a number of theories into one plan of systematic
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was discovered to the south and Light and his team set about determining the city's precise location and layout. The survey was completed on 11 March 1837. Light's poorly paid and ill-equipped surveying team were expected to begin another massive task of surveying at least 405 square kilometres
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As it became evident that the colonial administration had brought the province of South Australia to near bankruptcy in 1840, the South Australian Colonization Commission was stripped of its powers. Torrens wrote a report "intended to have been given to the Committee on the Affairs of South
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suggests three clear phases in the foundation of the colony: first, the practical men, with their discoveries; second, the theorists, in particular Wakefield and Gouger (who had not seen Australia); and lastly the settlers, who had to marry fact with ideals.
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Parliament with full authority to enact laws, apart from a few Acts requiring Royal Assent. The Legislative Council was elected by property owners only, while the 37-member House of Assembly was elected on a broad male franchise. A parliament was elected by
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After his first proposal failed, Wakefield published his "Plan of a company to be established for the purpose of founding a colony in Southern Australia, purchasing land therein and preparing the land so purchased for the Reception of Immigrants", and the
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site, as the earliest formal European settlement in South Australia), on 27 July 1836, but this was soon abandoned in favour of a settlement on the mainland. Some of the original ships sailed on to Holdfast Bay in November and December, with Gouger, now
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The Act provided that three or more persons could be appointed as Commissioners to be known as Colonization Commissioners for South Australia, to carry out certain parts of the Act. The Commissioners formed a Board, which had responsibilities for:
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was introduced in Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia in 1856, in which the government supplied voting paper containing the names of candidates and voters could select in private. This system was adopted around the world, becoming known as the
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resigned as Commissioner) to purchase the remaining portion of the £35,000 worth of land that was required for settlement to proceed. The South Australian Company acted as a "third power" in the control of the colony and the one which saved it.
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The transcript as of 6 November 2019 misspells "colonization" as "colonisation" in the long name (as per the long name of the title in the actual document). Throughout the rest of the document, both transcript and original, it is spelt with a
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for the purchase of land for colonisation, which would raise funding for the transport of immigrants, and for the governance of the new colony to be administered by the SALC. The company anticipated that the centre of government would be on
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in London on the 30 June 1834, to spread awareness about the proposal for the new province and emigration scheme, chaired by Wolryche-Whitmore. The meeting was attended by more than 2,500 people, including well-known philosophers and
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Ideas espoused and promulgated by Wakefield since 1829 led to the formation of the South Australian Land Company in 1831, but this first attempt failed to achieve its goals, and the company folded.
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The British government appointed Commissioners to oversee implementation of the Act, to control sales of land and the administration of revenue: thirteen Commissioners were based in London (at 6
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Plan of a company to be established for the purpose of founding a colony in Southern Australia : purchasing land therein, and preparing the land so purchased for the reception of immigrants
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into the failure of the colonial administration which had brought the province of South Australia near bankruptcy in 1840, and gave the British Government full control of South Australia as a
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Torrens, R.; Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on the affairs of South Australia.; South Australian Colonization Commission. (1841), "42 pages ; 22 cm.",
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The Association lobbied the British government for years, taking part in numerous negotiations and submitting plans that underwent many modifications. Finally, after intervention by the
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Under the emigration scheme, "worthy" labourers and their families received free passage. They had to be between 15 and 30 years of age, preferably married, and needed two references.
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describes the planning and establishment of the colony of South Australia by the British government, covering the period from 1829, when the idea was raised by the then-imprisoned
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However, the scheme, which included free trade, self-government and the power to select the Governor, was not approved as these ideas were considered too radical and republican.
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before approaching the Colonial Secretary (Gouger). Light was appointed Surveyor-General on 14 December 1835, and on 21 January 1836 Captain Hindmarsh was appointed the first
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Paper intended to have been given to the Committee on the Affairs of South Australia, as part of his evidence, by Colonel Torrens, on Tuesday, the 30th of March, 1841.
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and the amendments made to that Act, and instituted a different form of Government over the colony. The Act was introduced as a result of recommendations by a British
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The main changes in the Letters Patent were to amend the wording in the 1834 document which referred to the land as "unoccupied", and to recognise the rights of the
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on 15 August 1834. The Act provided for the settlement as the Province of South Australia, for the sale of lands, for funding of the venture, and for governance.
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in 1830, more interest in Wakefield's scheme followed. One key component of the Wakefield Scheme was that the land price should be set high enough to prevent
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Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom erecting and establishing the Province of South Australia and fixing the boundaries thereof
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as the symbolic head of state. In 1850 and elections for legislative councils were held in the colonies of Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.
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and other supporters, which put forward a proposal less radical than previous ones, which was finally supported and a Bill proposed in Parliament.
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Note: This ref is added for completeness, but as of October 2020, the end date it gives doesn't accord with the other sources. To be investigated.
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Hindmarsh and Fisher quarrelled frequently and could not work together harmoniously, so in 1838 both were recalled to London and a new Governor (
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passengers paid £15-20, middle berth £35-40, and cabin class £70. Children under 14 years were charged £3 while those under 1 year were free.
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in 1840), with a Resident Commissioner appointed by the board and stationed in the colony. Those first appointed, on 5 May 1835, were Colonel
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Founder of a city: the life of Colonel William Light, first Surveyor-General of the colony of South Australia, founder of Adelaide, 1786-1839
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Founder of a city: the life of Colonel William Light, first Surveyor-General of the colony of South Australia, founder of Adelaide, 1786-1839
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include a document in which the "Colonization commissioners defend their position as regards responsibility for the crisis" on 17 July 1841.
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The Commissioner of Public Lands was appointed to act under the orders of the Commissioners. All monies were to be submitted to the Lord of
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had got wind of the forthcoming appointment, and set out first to see Napier, then woo some powerful supporters in London, including the
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was established and began to lobby the government for the establishment of a colony in South Australia, with Crown-appointed governance.
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However, after the government under the Colonisation Commission set up by the 1834 Act failed to achieve financial self-sufficiency, the
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formed on 9 October 1835 to fulfil the purposes of the Act by forming a new colony financed by land sales. The first settlers arrived on
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Colonel Light was given two months to locate the most advantageous location for the main colony. He was required to find a site with a
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By the mid 19th century, there was a strong desire for representative and responsible government in the colonies of Australia. The
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industry was the basis of South Australia's economy for the first few years, with the first wool auction held in Adelaide in 1840.
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on 5 October. More ships left in the coming months, making a total of at least nine, which for convenience can be regarded as the
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In 1855, limited self-government was granted by London to New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. An innovative
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The aim of the Association and details of the planned administration of the proposed colony were published on 11 January 1834 in
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edited by Wilfrid Prest, Kerrie Round and Carol Fort (Adelaide: Wakefield Press, 2001). Edited lightly. Uploaded 12 August 2015.
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A short sketch of the lives of Francis and William Light: the founders of Penang and Adelaide, with extracts from their journals
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started setting up the South Australian Association from November 1833. Between that time and August 1834, he corresponded with
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Hastings, W. K. "The Wakefield colonisation plan and constitutional development in South Australia, Canada and New Zealand."
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to populate and fund the new Province hinged on land development, so land law and regulations governing it were fundamental.
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brought experience and influence to bear to make the scheme popular, and ensure its acceptance by the Government; while Mr.
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Report of the Colonization Commissioners for South Australia to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies
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There were moves towards representative self-government in the mid-nineteenth century, and South Australia became a
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Engineering and architecture departments changed in structure and naming over the years, with the names including:
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The procedure for the founding of the South Australian province was unclear to the Board of Commissioners, so
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was the first to set forth the principles of the new form of Colonisation; Mr. Gouger, the Secretary of the
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an Emigration Fund which for conveying poor emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland to South Australia; and
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The Founding of South Australia, as Recorded in the Journals of Mr. Robert Gouger, First Colonial Secretary
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This article was first published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, (MUP), 1966.
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was Deputy Chairman, but as yet no other source found to confirm this, so left out of the article for now.
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This article was first published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, (MUP), 1966
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appointing a treasurer, assistant surveyors and other officers necessary to carry the Act into execution.
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The British Almanac of The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, for the year of our Lord 1840
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serving a term in prison for abducting a minor, Wakefield turned his mind to social problems caused by
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had both done exploratory voyages around the central southern coastline, an area previously ignored by
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the first appointee to the role. Other architects who served in this role included Richard Lambeth;
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to live unhindered within the lands of the Province of South Australia. The first migrant ship, the
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authority in Australia. At its time of establishment, Adelaide's (and Australia's) first mayor,
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Four ships chartered by the South Australia Company set sail for South Australia in early 1836:
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on board. These reforms reduced mortality and were later adopted by all British emigrant ships.
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The History of South Australia: From Its Foundation to the Year of Its Jubilee: Volume I.]
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Proposal to His Majesty's Government for Founding a Colony on the Southern Coast of Australia
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Sales of land had proved difficult; buyers did not rush to buy an acre of wild land for 20
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to push forward with such a plan. After his release from prison in 1830, he funded the
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The members of the South Australian Association were men of varied backgrounds, from
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in July 1836, with all of the ships later sailing north soon afterwards to anchor in
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The colonization of Australia (1829-42): the Wakefield experiment in empire building
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The foundation of South Australia is usually considered to be Governor Hindmarsh's
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on 23 February 1836 the foundation of the South Australian province was achieved.
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The settlement grew steadily. In 1836 the South Australian Company imported pure
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in South Australia on 8 April 1802, and each gave names to various places around
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Montefiore and Lt-Col Palmer helped Colonel Light to prepare two of the ships,
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was a landmark piece of legislation, granting representative constitutions to
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On 22 February, just days after the Letters Patent had been adopted, the ship
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colonisation, and who spread the ideas among the British public and urged the
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funds, and for troops to act as police) which were not met, and he resigned.
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Edward Gibbon Wakefield: The Colonization of South Australia and New Zealand
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acting in the position for six months after Hamilton's resignation in 1860.
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used as the basis of this history. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co.
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Established in 1840, with its first meeting held on 4 November 1840, the
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Surveyor-General. The Commission was responsible for land sales and for
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Colony : strange origins of one of the earliest modern democracies
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on 9 March 1857, by which time 109,917 people lived in the province.
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set out the governance of the new colony by a new body known as the
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on 8 November 1836. The settlers set up camp, to be joined by the
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The South Australian Colonization Commission is a standardised
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Australia’s major electoral developments Timeline: 1788 - 1899
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From 1867, the functions were split into separate entities:
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The object of this Association is to found a Colony, under
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Napier favoured Light as Governor; however, the ambitious
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c. 60), passed 31 July 1838) incorporated the changes.
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The Act was passed on 30 July 1842. It repealed the
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made the working of the Act of Parliament possible.
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Index

Colony of South Australia
Flag of South Australia
Flag (1876-1904)
Self-governing colony
Crown colony
Monarch
William IV
Victoria
Governor
John Hindmarsh
Hallam Tennyson
Independence from the Colony of New South Wales
Federation of Australia
Colony of New South Wales
South Australia

Edward Gibbon Wakefield
South Australia Act 1842
Crown colony
South Australian Association
Robert Gouger
South Australia Act 1834
South Australian Company
Kangaroo Island
Holdfast Bay
Surveyor-General
Colonel William Light
proclamation of the new Province
Governor Hindmarsh
Glenelg

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