From the 15th century onwards, most of the countries in Africa have been colonised by the European world powers, Great Britain, France, Portugal, Germany, Spain, Italy and Belgium. South Africa was officially colonised in 1652.
The Colony of South Australia (also known as the Province of South Australia) was established in 1834, when the British Parliament passed the South Australia Act (also known as the Foundation Act). With Federation on 1 January 1901, it became the State of South Australia.
The South Australian Company established a temporary settlement at Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, on 26 July 1836, five months before Adelaide was founded.
| South Australia |
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| • Total | 1,043,514 km² (4th) 402,903 sq mi |
| • Land | 983,482 km² 379,725 sq mi |
| • Water | 60,032 km² (5.75%) 23,178 sq mi |
| Population (June 2019) | |
So when the Colony of South Australia was founded, the whole area due north and north-east of it was known informally as North Australia, to the west was the Colony of Western Australia and everywhere along its eastern border was part of the Colony of New South Wales. South Australia is not in southern Australia.
In 1834, the South Australian Colonisation Act was passed in the United Kingdom, leading to the British colonisation of land that is now the state of South Australia. The colony was designed for migrants, not convicts and was to be funded by the sale of land to the wealthy and to investors.
In the early days of settlement, South Australia was plagued with problems attributed to escaped convicts [called bolters] from the penal settlements in the east of the continent. These outlaws saw the colony as a safe haven but had to resort to a life of crime as they were unable to obtain legitimate work.
SA was settled by free people and no convicts. The men were both listed as "1840s Police Constable [in] Adelaide" when they were actually escaped convicts.
In 1901, Australia became a single country, instead of six separate colonies. A competition was held to design a new flag for the new country. The winning flag has a blue background, the Union Jack, and six stars. Five stars are in the shape of the constellation the Southern Cross, the other is the Commonwealth Star.
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It found, in simple terms, that white Australians with European roots still run nearly everything. “Although those who have non-European and Indigenous backgrounds make up an estimated 24 percent of the Australian population, such backgrounds account for only 5 percent of senior leaders,” the report states.
This is wrong; the correct flag is always a Red Ensign. There is no legal requirement to fly a courtesy flag; it is a courtesy that acknowledges that the vessel will respect the laws and sovereignty of that country.
The Southern Cross has been a part of Australia's Indigenous cosmology for millennia. Unseen in the Northern Hemisphere since the beginning of the Christian era, the Southern Cross constellation was rediscovered by European voyagers in the late 15th century and taken as a sign of divine blessing for their conquests.
The flag has three elements on a blue background: the Union Jack, the Commonwealth Star and the Southern Cross. The Union Jack in the upper left corner represents the history of British settlement. Below the Union Jack is a white Commonwealth, or Federation, star. The Southern Cross is shown on the flag in white.
Both Australia and New Zealand chose the Southern Cross constellation for their flags. The stars on the Australian Flag are white and have more points than the New Zealand Flag to show their brightness in the sky.
The stripes represent the original 13 Colonies and the stars represent the 50 states of the Union. The colors of the flag are symbolic as well; red symbolizes hardiness and valor, white symbolizes purity and innocence, and blue represents vigilance, perseverance and justice.
The Union Flag is thought to symbolise Australia's history as six British colonies and the principles upon which the Australian Federation is based, although a more historic view sees its inclusion in the design as demonstrating loyalty to the British Empire.
The Union Flag, or Union Jack, is the national flag of the United Kingdom. It is so called because it combines the crosses of the three countries united under one Sovereign - the kingdoms of England and Wales, of Scotland and of Ireland (although since 1921 only Northern Ireland has been part of the United Kingdom).
Three deserts are contained within South Australia's borders: Great Victoria Desert, Strzelecki Desert and Sturt Stony Desert.
of Australia's landscape. Apart from Antarctica, Australia is the driest continent in the world. About 35 per cent of the continent receives so little rain, it is effectively desert. In total, 70 per cent of the mainland receives less than 500 millimetres of rain annually, which classes it as arid, or semi-arid.
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Australia cover 1,371,000 square kilometres (529,000 sq mi), or 18% of the Australian mainland.
Deserts.
| Desert | Great Victoria Desert |
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| State/Territory | Western Australia, South Australia |
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| Area (km2) | 348,750 km2 |
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| Area (miles2) | 134,650 sq mi |
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| Area Rank | 1 |
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Regions of South Australia. In South Australia, one of the states of Australia, there are many areas which are commonly known by regional names. Regions are areas that share similar characteristics. These characteristics may be natural such as the Murray River, the coastline, desert or mountains.
There are six states: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania.
Change of name. After British colonisation, the name New Holland was retained for several decades and the south polar continent continued to be called Terra Australis, sometimes shortened to Australia.
The colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania united and became states of Australia, known as the Commonwealth of Australia. Western Australia was not a party to the initial agreement but also agreed to join the federation before 1 January 1901.
The name New South Wales came from the journal of Lieutenant James Cook (later Captain Cook), who sailed up the east coast of Australia in 1770. He thought that the land looked like the south coast of Wales. He named it "New Wales" but then changed the name in his journal to "New South Wales".
An estimated 50.1 million hectares or 51% of South Australia's land area (98.3 million hectares) was used for agricultural activity in 2006-07. Just under 9% of South Australia's agricultural land was used for cropping.
