British colonisation of South Australia 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 Edward Gibbon Wakefield, to 1842, when the South Australia Act 1842 changed the form of government to a Crown colony.
"Old Colonists" Festival Dinner on 27 March 1851, in commemoration of the first sale of town land on 27 March 1837. Members of the 1836 government are listed alongside.
1835 advertisement
The Proclamation of South Australia 1836, Charles Hill.
Colonel William Light.
Edward Gibbon Wakefield
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Edward Gibbon Wakefield is considered a key figure in the establishment of the colonies of South Australia and New Zealand. He also had significant interests in British North America, being involved in the drafting of Lord Durham's Report and being a member of the Parliament of the Province of Canada for a short time.
Lord Durham, Governor General of British North America
Lord Durham's Report
A bust of Wakefield from the 1897 book New Zealand rulers and statesmen from 1840 to 1897