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File format: PDF file 16MB (812 pages)
Author: E. Hodder
Year: (1893) 2023
ISBN: 9781920978556
Publisher: Archive Digital Books Australasia

It was a lifelong wish of George Fife Angas, one of the founders of South Australia, that a history be written about his adopted homeland, South Australia. Sadly having died in 1879 he never saw that dream fulfilled, as it wasn't until 1893 when Edwin Hodder wrote his book "The History of South Australia From its Foundation to the Year of its Jubilee with A Chronological Summary of all the Principal Events of Interest up to Date". This two volume set with over 800 pages, is primarily based on the papers of George Fife Angas.

Divided into sixteen chapters, topics covered include: early explorations; attempts to found a colony; the pioneer settlers; administrations of Captain Hindmarsh, Colonel Gawler, Captain George Grey, Major Robe, Sir Henry Edward Fox Young, Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell, Sir Dominick Daly, Lieutenant-Colonel Hamley, Sir James Fergusson, Sir Anthony Musgrave, General Sir William F.D. Jervois and Sir William C.F. Robinson.

A special feature of this book is the 'Chronological Summary of Events'. Events included have been chosen as they appear to 'mark progressive stages in the development of the colony'. Starting with 28 December 1836 with the arrival of Governor Hindmarsh, and concluding on 7 November 1892 with Sir John Morphett's death. This section alone is over 220 pages, and covers a whole range of topics, which include many appointments and deaths. It is guaranteed you'll learn new facts about South Australia after reading this!

SAMPLE ENTRIES (which have been condensed for this extract):

Oct 1837, arrival of the first Congregational minister
May 1838, first execution, the gallows was a tree on the parklands
Sep 1844, arrival of 200 German emigrants
Jun 1845, discovery of the Burra Burra mine
Jul 1847, £160,000 assigned for immigration purposes from England, at the rate of one per month
Jul 1848, four of the five bushrangers who escaped from Van Diemen's Land apprehended on Kangaroo Island
Jan 1850, 'Register' issued as a daily newspaper
Nov 1855, first electric telegraph operational between the City and the Port
Feb 1861, £500 collected and sent to the sufferers in the great Indian famine
Dec 1871, thermometer 180F in the shade and 153F in the sun
Jan 1871, great damage done to the southern portion of the overland telegraph from extraordinarily high floods

For anyone who wants to know the history of South Australia, and the people who made it happen, this classic work will be welcomed.

High quality scanned images of the whole of the original book, bookmarked for easy navigation. Pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.

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