SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
prewiring for centenary.
Although South Australia's centenary is more than three years away, preparations have been set on foot to celebrate the event appropriately. The celebrations will extend from September, 1936, to March, 1937, with an augmented Adelaide Royal Show as a. most suitable inauguration, and the Proclamation Day gathering at Glenelg as a highlight.
It was at Glenelg beneath a gum tree now bent and gnarled, but preserved with iron supports and concrete, that Governor Hindmarsh, South Australia's first vice-regal representative, declared the State a self-governing colony on December 28, 1836. The 100 years of progress that have intervened have brought; into being a prosperous State with approximately 600,000 inhabitants. Its st&ple industries are agriculture—r wheat, wool, and wine.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 302, 21 December 1932, Page 14
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