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Events on Wednesday 28 December 1836 1
1836Proclamation of South AustraliaBritish colony formally established at GlenelgGovernor John Hindmarsh read the proclamation founding the Province of South Australia near present-day Adelaide. Unlike other Australian colonies, it was established as a planned, free settlement rather than a penal colony.