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South Australian Borders
Today South Australia's land borders are defined to the west by the 129° east longitude (129° east) with Western Australia, to the north by the 26th parallel south latitude (26° south) with the Northern Territory and Queensland and to the east by 141° east longitude (141° east) with Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria; however, this is not where all borders are actually marked on the ground. The South Australian boundaries are shared with the Western Australian border, the Northern Territory border, the Queensland borders, the New South Wales border and the Victorian border—that is, all states and territories except for the Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania. History 1788–1832 In 1788, Governor Phillip claimed the continent of Australia only as far west as the 135th meridian east longitude (135° east) in accordance with his commission. ( 26 January 1788 – Map) The line of 129° east first became a border in Australia as the western border of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which includes some of the most arid parts of the continent, and with 1.8 million people. It is the fifth-largest of the states and territories by population. This population is the second-most highly centralised in the nation after Western Australia, with more than 77% of South Australians living in the capital Adelaide or its environs. Other population centres in the state are relatively small; Mount Gambier, the second-largest centre, has a population of 26,878. South Australia shares borders with all the other mainland states. It is bordered to the west by Western Australia, to the north by the Northern Territory, to the north-east by Queensland, to the east by New South Wales, to the south-east by Victoria (state), Victoria, and to the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia History
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It has a total area of , making it the sixth-largest country in the world and the largest in Oceania. Australia is the world's flattest and driest inhabited continent. It is a megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates including deserts in the interior and tropical rainforests along the coast. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south-east Asia 50,000 to 65,000 years ago, during the last glacial period. By the time of British settlement, Aboriginal Australians spoke 250 distinct languages and had one of the oldest living cultures in the world. Australia's written history commenced with Dutch exploration of most of the coastline in the 17th century. British colonisation began in 1788 with the establishment of the penal colony o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Australia (territory)
Central Australia was a territory of Australia that existed from 1927 to 1931. It was formed from the split of the Northern Territory in 1927 alongside the territory of North Australia, the dividing line between the two being the 20th parallel south. The two territories were merged in 1931 to reform the Northern Territory. The seat of government of the territory was Stuart, a town that was commonly known as "Alice Springs" and would be officially renamed so in 1933. In the decades since Federation, white settlement of the Northern Territory was felt to be lacklustre due to Commonwealth inefficiency and indifference. George Pearce, the interior minister, proposed the North Australia Commission to handle development of all of Australia north of 20 degrees. This commission would make decisions locally rather than rely on the Commonwealth government. The states of Queensland and Western Australia, which also had territory north of 20 degrees, were excluded from the final proposals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Australia (territory)
North Australia was (1) the name of a briefly proclaimed but never established British colony and (2) a former part of the Northern Territory of Australia administered as "North Australian". Colony (1846–1847) A colony of North Australia was briefly authorised by the British government by letters patent of 17 February 1846 but never established. The colony was to comprise that part of the Colony of New South Wales that is now the Northern Territory of Australia and that is now that part of the state of Queensland lying north of the 26th parallel. The colony was intended as a new penal colony after the end of transportation to the existing Australian colonies. Since 1822, when John Bigge recommended the establishment of a convict settlement at Port Curtis (now the location of Gladstone, Queensland), the idea had been revived several times. As some difficulty was being experienced in finding work for time-expired convicts in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), it was decided to try ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
132nd Meridian East
The meridian 132° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, Australia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole. The 132nd meridian east forms a great circle with the 48th meridian west. From Pole to Pole Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is the point in the Southern Hemisphere where the Earth's rotation, Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface. It is called the True South Pole to distinguish ..., the 132nd meridian east passes through: : See also * 131st meridian east * 133rd meridian east References {{Use dmy dates, date=March 2017 e132 meridian east ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1831 In Australia
The following lists events that happened during 1831 in Australia. The year of the Ripon Land Grant, which attracted many settlers to Australia. Incumbents *Monarch - William IV Governors Governors of the Australian colonies: *Governor of New South Wales - Ralph Darling (to 23 October). *Governor of New South Wales - Major-General Sir Richard Bourke (from 23 October). *Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania - Colonel George Arthur * Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony - Captain James Stirling Events * 4 March - James Stirling commissioned as Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia, rectifying the absence of a legal instrument providing the authority detailed in Stirling's Instructions of 30 December 1828. * 14 March - The '' Surprise'', the first paddle steamer built in Australia, was launched in Sydney. * 18 April - The Sydney daily newspaper and Australia's oldest newspaper ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' is first published. * 5 August – Edward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1829 In Australia
The following lists events that happened during 1829 in Australia. Incumbents *Monarch – George IV Governors Governors of the Australian colonies: * Governor of New South Wales – Ralph Darling * Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land – Colonel George Arthur * Lieutenant-Governor of the Swan River Colony – Captain James Stirling. Events *2 May – After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of , proclaimed possession of the whole of the west coast of Australia for the Crown. *14 May – Aboriginal mission on Bruny Island opened by George Augustus Robinson. *8 June – Captain James Stirling founds the Swan River Colony in Western Australia, landing at Garden Island. *18 June – Official proclamation of the Swan River Colony. *12 August – Mrs Helen Dance, wife of the captain of , cuts down a tree to mark the foundation of the town of Perth, Western Australia. Births * 11 June – Sir Edward Braddon, 18th Premier of Tasmania (born in the United Kingdo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swan River Colony
The Swan River Colony, also known as the Swan River Settlement, or just ''Swan River'', was a British colony established in 1829 on the Swan River, in Western Australia. This initial settlement place on the Swan River was soon named Perth, and it became the capital city of Western Australia. The name was a ''pars pro toto'' for Western Australia. On 6 February 1832, the colony was renamed the Colony of Western Australia, when the colony's founding lieutenant-governor, Captain James Stirling, belatedly received his commission. However, the name ''Swan River Colony'' remained in informal use for many years. European exploration The first recorded Europeans to sight land where the city of Perth is now located were Dutch sailors. Most likely the first visitor to the Swan River area was Frederick de Houtman on 19 July 1619, travelling on the ships and . His records indicate he first reached the Western Australian coast at latitude 32°20', which is approximately at Warn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melville Island, Northern Territory
Melville Island () is an island in the eastern Timor Sea, off the coast of the Northern Territory, Australia. Along with Bathurst Island and nine smaller uninhabited islands, it forms part of the group known as the Tiwi Islands, which are under the jurisdiction of the Northern Territory in association with the Tiwi Land Council as the regional authority. History Indigenous people have occupied the area that became the Tiwi Islands for at least 40,000 years. It is said that the first European to sight the island was Abel Tasman in 1644. Explorer Phillip Parker King (son of governor of New South Wales Philip Gidley King) named it for Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville, first Lord of the Admiralty, who is also commemorated by the much larger Melville Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Shortly after this, the British made the first attempt to settle Australia's north coast, at the short-lived Fort Dundas on Melville Island. The settlement lasted from 1824 to 1828. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Territorial Evolution Of Australia
The first crown colony, colonies of the British Empire on the continent of Australia (continent), Australia were the penal colony of Colony of New South Wales, New South Wales, founded in 1788, and the Swan River Colony (later renamed Colony of Western Australia, Western Australia), founded in 1829. Over the next few decades, the colonies of Colony of New Zealand, New Zealand, Colony of Queensland, Queensland, British colonisation of South Australia, South Australia, Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Colony of Tasmania, Tasmania), and Colony of Victoria, Victoria were created from New South Wales, as well as an aborted Colony of North Australia. On 1 January 1901, these colonies, excepting New Zealand, became States and territories of Australia, states in the Australia, Commonwealth of Australia. Since federation, the internal borders have remained mostly stable, except for the creation of some territories with limited self-government: the Northern Territory from South Australia, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Archives Of Australia
The National Archives of Australia (NAA), formerly known as the Commonwealth Archives Office and Australian Archives, is an Australian Government agency that is the National archives, official repository for all federal government documents. It collects, preserves and provides public access to these documents, as well as other archival material related to Australia that the Archives judge ought to be preserved. Established under and governed by the ''Archives Act 1983'', the body also has a role in promoting good information management by government agencies. The NAA also develops exhibitions, publishes books and guides to the collection, and delivers educational programs. History After World War I the Commonwealth National Library (later National Library of Australia) was responsible for collecting Australian Government records. The library appointed its first archives officer in 1944. In March 1961, the Commonwealth Archives Office formally separated from the National Libr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
