South Australia - The Colony
- Centenary of South Australia
- Christmas in South Australia
- Comments on the Colony
- The Constitution and Allied Matters
- Miscellany
- Old Colonists' Association and Allied Matters
- Personal Reminiscences
Miscellany
"How the Province Was Discovered and Explored" is in the Register,
21 June 1887, page 3d (supp.).
"Origin of South Australia" is in the Register,
25 and 28 October 1905, pages 6d and 10g.
"Then and Now - Accomplishments of Sixty-Nine Years" is in the Register,
28 December 1905, page 6b.
"Who was the First South Australian Settler?" is in the Advertiser,
15 and 21 December 1858, pages 2c and 2d.
"South Australia versus the Penal Settlements" is in the South Australian Colonist, page 149.
"Pioneers of 1836" is in the Register,
30 December 1918, page 4i,
2 January 1919, page 5c.
Also see South Australia - Immigration - Emigrant Ships - Miscellany.
"Progress of the Colony" is in the Observer,
23 July 1881, page 130e.
"South Australia's Jubilee" is in the Register,
27 December 1886, pages 4g-1&2 (supp.),
"Fifty Years of Progress" on
21 June 1887, page 2-3 (supp.).
"The Early History of South Australia" is in the Chronicle,
17 December 1881, page 6f.
"Annals of SA Settlement" is in the Observer,
21 December 1895 (supplement).
"The Infancy of South Australian Settlement" is in the Observer,
31 July 1886, page 6c.
"Proclamation Day in 1836" is in the Observer,
26 December 1896, (supp.).
Also see under Place Names - Glenelg - Old Gum Tree.
"Research Into Old Documents - Interesting Discoveries" is in the Observer,
18 and 25 October 1924, pages 16 and 19a,
22 November 1924, page 18a,
"A Sheaf of Old Letters" on
17 January 1925, page 48c.
A comprehensive summary of the progress of the Colony is in the Observer,
30 December 1843, page 4b; also see
15 February 1845, page 3a.
"South Australia in 1843" appears on
22 August 1925, page 18c.
"Views of South Australia in Britain" is in the Observer,
24 May 1845, page 8b,
"The Anomalies of SA" on
27 December 1845, page 3.
"Sealers Here Long Before Landing of Pioneers" is in The News,
15 July 1936, page 6g.
Also see Place Names - Kangaroo Island under "Early Settlement".
"Unique State - Features of Its Birth" is discussed in the Advertiser,
1 January 1936, page 14g.
A letter from H.W. Gouger, son of the first Colonial Secretary, under the heading "The Foundation of the Colony" is in the Register,
27 November 1886, page 6f - it contains extracts from Robert Gouger's journal.
Also see under Place Names - Glenelg - Old Gum Tree.
Information on female immigrants in 1836 is in The News,
6 January 1933, page 6e.
"Very Early Days - Letter from Mr Palmer" is in the Advertiser,
22 April 1916, page 11a.
Also see Place Names - Light.
"Memories of Old Days" is in the Observer,
28 October 1882, page 41a,
"A Chat With Women Pioneers" on
6 January 1923, page 14c.
"The Infancy of South Australian Settlement" is in the Register,
27 July 1886, page 6c.
"When the State Was Young" is in The Mail,
11 June 1927, page 11c.
"The Foundation of South Australia - First Settlement on Kangaroo Island" is in the Advertiser,
28 December 1929, page 13g.
Also see Place Names - Kangaroo Island under "Early Settlement".
"The Days of Our Fathers - John Barton Hack" is in the Advertiser,
28 and 30 December 1927, pages 11a and 8i.
"A Pioneer of 1837", William Giles, by Rev John Blacket is in the Advertiser,
9 August 1928, page 11a.
Also see South Australia - Immigration - Emigrant Ships - Miscellany.
A lecture by Mr A. Grenfell Price entitled "Early South Australia - Lessons from the Past" is reproduced in the Advertiser,
2 April 1929, page 9h.
"Vision, Courage and Work by Early Pioneers" is in The News,
13 September 1933, page 10b.
"Early Exodus from Colony [in 1839] - Settlers Influenced by Pessimistic Doctor" is in The Mail, 26 May 1928, page 3f.
"A Fine Story of Colonisation - Our Debt to the Pioneers" is in the Advertiser,
28 December 1911, page 9h.
An article by Rev John Blacket based on the observations of "an early immigrant" is in the Advertiser,
28 December 1923, page 9a.
His article "The Founders of South Australia" appears on
28 December 1928, page 11d.
"Early South Australia - Some Prophecies That Failed" is in the Register,
2 January 1899, page 6b.
"A Backward Glance - The Birthday of Our State", by Rev John Blacket, is in the Advertiser,
28 December 1910, page 9i.
"When the State Was Young - Some of Its Pioneers" is in the Advertiser,
8 July 1925, page 10a,
21 and 22 July 1927, pages 19a and 11c,
30 December 1929, page 11.
A dispute over the importation of bullocks is in the Register,
29 July 1837, page 2b.
Also see South Australia - Transport - Miscellany.
"Unexplored Bush" in 1839 is in the Register,
13 March 1878, page 6a.
The 90th anniversary of Hawdon and Bonney's "Pioneer Cattle Trek" is recalled in the Register on
3 April 1928, page 10h; also see
8 July s, page 4b,
7 and 28 April 1838, pages 2b and 3c,
Advertiser,
11 April 1898, page 7a.
The death of an early overlander, H. Osborne, is reported in the Observer,
16 April 1859, page 1g (supp.).
"A Pioneer Overlander [H.W. Teale], is in the Observer,
19 October 1912, page 16d.
"Overlanding Cattle in the Days of the Pioneers" is in the Register,
2 April 1923, page 11f.
"Early Overlanders - Encounters With Blacks" is in the Observer,
7 March 1925, page 17e.
16 and 23 January 1839, pages 3e and 3b.
"Enemies of South Australia" is in the South Australian Record,
9 October 1839, page 246.
"Early South Australia - Some of the First Things" is in the Register, on
28 and 30 December 1925, pages 10f and 10g,
4 January 1926, page 11h.
"History and Heroism - Some Stalwarts Who Helped Found Our State", is in the Register,
28 December 1926, page 11a.
"Early South Australia - Interesting Old Letters" on
6 and 7 December 1927, pages 3a and 6e,
13 February 1928, page 14a.
A series of articles entitled "Progress of SA for the Last Six Months of 1840" are in the Southern Australian,
5, 8, 15 and 19 January 1841, pages 2d, 3b, 3b and 2e.
"The Capabilities of South Australia" is discussed in the Southern Australian,
29 October 1841, page 2c,
"Colonial Retrospect for 1841" on
31 December 1841, page 2e,
"Retrospect for 1842" on
3 January 1843, page 2a,
"South Australia in 1843" on
1 and 8 December 1843, pages 2a and 2a.
"The Wakefield System of Colonisation" is discussed in the Register,
30 April 1842, pages 2b-3c; also see
21 May 1842, page 2a,
14 June 1843, page 2e,
9 July 1855, page 2d and
South Australian,
22 May 1846, page 5a,
28 April 1848, page 2b.
"What is the Wakefield System?" is in the SA Gazette & Mining Journal,
24 July 1847, page 4b.
"Edward Gibbon Wakefield - Criminal and Imperialist" is in the Observer, 7 and 14 February 1920, pages 38a and 42a.
Letters commenting on the colony are in the Register,
14 March 1840, page 4b,
4 and 11 April 1840, pages 5d and 5b,
1 August 1840, page 5d,
7 and 14 August 1841, pages 4b and 3c,
16 April 1842, page 2a,
18 October 1845, page 3d,
10 June 1846, page 2d; also see
Adelaide Chronicle,
17 March 1840, page 2e.
"The Progress and Present State of the Colony" is in the Register,
1 and 8 May 1841, pages 4c and 4a.
An informative extract from "a letter from a gentleman in Adelaide" is in the Southern Australian,
6 June 1843, page 4c.
"When SA Was Young - Some Historical Relics" is in the Register,
13 October 1900, page 8e.
"South Australia in 1843" is in the Register,
14 August 1925, page 12c.
"A Descriptive Tour Through Part of District C [McLaren Vale and Environs]" is in the Observer,
13 April 1844, page 7.
A "Statistical Account of South Australia" is in the Southern Australian,
19 July 1844, page 2a,
"South Australia in 1844" in the South Australian,
13 December 1844, page 2d and
"South Australia in 1844-1845" on
12 August 1845, page 3b,
"South Australia in 1846" in the South Australian on
8 January 1847, page 4c.
"South Australia as it Is", by Rev A. Kavel, is in the Observer,
2 November 1844, pages 7-8.
A report on South Australia by the St Andrew's Society is in the South Australian,
4 July 1848, page 2d.
"Inspiring Pages from State's History" is in the Advertiser,
12 July 1933, page 32c.
"Historical and Statistical Notes on SA, 1836-1844" is in the Register,
15 February 1845, page 4,
"South Australia and Her Land Fund" on
15 March 1845, page 2e.
"The Conditional Pardon Men" is in the Observer,
13 September 1845, page 3.
"The Anomalies of South Australia" is traversed in the Register,
31 December 1845, page 2a,
"The General Condition of SA" on
3 January 1846, page 2b.
A series of articles and comment on South Australia are in the Register,
29 April 1846, page 4c,
13 May 1846, page 2a,
10 June 1846, page 2d; also see
South Australian,
2 December 1845 (supp.).
"The Progress of SA" is discussed in the Register,
19 June 1847, page 1e.
An "Address to the Starving or Suffering Millions in Great Britain and Ireland", by John Stephens, is in the Register,
30 June 1847, page 1d:
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... I embarked and landed upon the shores. It only remains for me to say, which I do unfeignedly, in reference to such determination, that I not only see no reason to repent of my choice, but I feel justified in the confession that it was no false report which reached me concerning this delightful country...
(Also see Register,
30 June 1847, page4,
7 and 10 July 1847, pages 2c-d and 2a-e.)
"English Opinions of South Australia" is in the South Australian,
23 February 1847, page 7a.
"The Commissioners Circulars and Colonization" is in the South Australian,
25 February 1848, page 2a and
"The Condition of the Colony" on
2 January 1849, page 2a.
An address by the members of the Saint Patrick's Society of SA "to their countrymen at home" is in the Observer,
14 July 1849 (supp.).
Also see South Australia - Immigration - Migrants - Irish.
"Glorious Prospects for South Australia" is traversed in the Register,
26 February 1850, page 2d,
"The Colonial System of Britain" on
18 March 1850, page 4a.
"Popular Progress" is in the Adelaide Times,
28 December 1850, page 1b.
"Retrospect of 1850" is in the Observer,
4 January 1851, page 1a (supp.).
"The State of the Colony" is in the SA Gazette & Mining Journal,
10 January 1852, page 2c.
Colonial grievances are aired in the Register,
2 July 1850, page 2d,
"Present Conditions and Prospects of SA" appears on
11 September 1852 (supp.),
"The Colony of South Australia" on
3 January 1853, page 2e.
"Domestic Life in the Country" is discussed in the Register,
27 July 1852, page 3b.
"Six Months Sojourn in Australia" is in the Observer,
31 July 1852, page 6a.
"The Colony of South Australia" is in the Observer,
8 January 1853, page 6a,
"Anniversary of the Colony" on
31 December 1853, page 6a.
"The Buildings of the Colony" is in the Register,
9 March 1854, page 3e.
Also see Adelaide - Buildings.
"Colonial Statistics" is in the Observer,
9 June 1855, page 6b,
"Progress of South Australia" on
14 July 1855, page 4g,
29 December 1855, page 1b (supp.).
"Some Old History" is in the Observer,
29 August 1925, page 49d.
"Religious Liberty and Public Order" is in the Observer,
14 July 1855, page 5c.
"The Events of the Past Year" is in the Observer,
5 January 1856, page 6a,
"The Financial Position of the Colony" on
9 February 1856, page 5f,
"Colonial Jealousy" on
5 April 1856, page 5a.
A public meeting called to discuss "The State of the Colony" is in the Observer,
24 May 1856, page 3c.
"The Tasmanian in South Australia" is in the Observer,
5 July 1856, pages 6f-1b (supp.).
"Memoranda for the Year 1856" is in the Observer,
10 January 1857, page 1f (supp.).
"Progress of the Colony [From 1850]" is in the Observer,
6 June 1857, page 6a,
Register,
9 September 1857, page 3g.
"Coming of Age" is discussed in the Register,
1 and 7 December 1857, pages 2d and 3d,
5 January 1858, page 3.
"South Australia Sketched by a Victorian" is in the Register,
31 December 1857, page 3d,
"Old Colonists and Good Colonists" on
19 April 1858, page 2f.
"Majority of the Colony of SA" is in the Observer,
2 January 1858, page 6a.
"Retrospect of 1857" is in the Observer,
9 January 1858, pages 2-3 (supp.),
"Statistics of Progress" on
29 May 1858, page 5c, 5 June 1858, page 7d.
"Our Population" is in the Observer,
3 and 10 July 1858, pages 6b and 6a.
"Elegant Extracts" is in the Observer,
31 July 1858, page 1b (supp.):
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The amount of nonsense that gets into European newspapers about Australia is perfectly astonishing... One day we learn that the River Murray as the boundary line between two of the provinces of New Zealand. Another day we discover that Bass's Straits are no longer allowed to flow between this continent and Tasmania... Even the city of Adelaide has been unceremoniously removed to... Western Australia.
"Retrospect of 1858" is in the Observer,
8 January 1859, page 6e,
"Colonial Statistics" on
23 July 1859, page 6c-e,
"The Past Year" on
7 January 1860, page 7.
"Commercial Condition of SA" is in the Observer,
4 February 1860, page 5d,
"South Australian Statistics" on
27 October 1860, page 6b,
3 and 10 November 1860, pages 6a and 6c.
"Eighteen Hundred and Sixty" is in the Observer,
12 January 1861, page 6g.
"Population and Progress" is in the Advertiser,
27 July 1861, page 2e,
"Our State and Prospects" on
18 and 23 December 1861, pages 2g and 2g,
7 and 10 January 1862, pages 2f-3a and 2d-g.
"Retrospect of 1861" is in the Observer,
4 January 1862, page 6e,
"Retrospect of 1862" in the Register,
12 January 1863, page 2f,
Observer,
17 January 1863, page 6a.
"English Views of [South] Australia" is in the Register,
22 March 1861, page 2d.
"Occupations of the People"is in the Register,
21 and 22 January 1862, pages 2d and 2h,
Chronicle,
10 November 1866, page 1e (supp.),
"Nationalities of the People" on
10 November 1866, page 2b (supp.).
"South Australia from a French Point of View" is in the Observer,
6 January 1866, page 6e.
Register,
30 December 1865, page 2g:
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Drunkenness - that pest of Melbourne and Sydney - makes but little progress. In fact, under that propitious sky and in that land of promise you see none but faces which are animated by happiness and satisfaction - an infallible sign of a people industrious and successful.
(Also see Register, 22 March 1866, page 2h.)
Critical editorial comment on Colonial Sketches by Robert Harrison is in the Observer,
10 and 31 May 1862, pages 6h and 1b (supp.).
An interesting and amusing letter headed "The Plagues of South Australia" is in the Register,
3 June 1862, page 3b, while on
6 June 1862, page 2f there is an editorial entitled "Successful Colonising".
Basil Tudor Craig "late curate of Brentwood, England" wrote a lengthy letter headed "The Antipodes - South Australia" which appears in the Register,
1 October 1862, page 2e; also see
6 and 13 October 1862, pages 3b.
"Retrospect of 1864" is in the Observer,
28 January 1865, page 6g.
A review of the events of 1865 is in the Chronicle,
6 January 1866, page 4d.
"Early Days in the Colony" is in the Observer,
18 March 1865, page 5h; also see
1 April 1865, page 4d.
The Rev Mr Watsford's opinion of South Australia is in the Advertiser,
2 April 1868, page 3a; also see
Observer,
11 April 1868, page 12g for editorial comment.
"Retrospect of 1868" is in the Observer,
2 January 1869, page 3,
"Retrospect of 1869" on
8 January 1870, page 10,
"Retrospect of 1872" on
4 January 1873, page 13.
"Annual Retrospect" is in the Chronicle,
2 January 1869, page 8b,
"The Year of 1869" on
1 January 1870, page 8c,
"The Year 1871" on
6 January 1872, page 11c,
"The Year 1872" on
4 January 1873, page 11b.
"Annual Retrospect, 1873" is in the Chronicle,
3 January 1874, page 11d,
"The Year's Retrospect" on
8 January 1876, page 10,
6 January 1877, page 5,
5 January 1878, page 5,
3 January 1880, page 5e,
8 January 1881, page 9c,
7 January 1882, page 6,
6 January 1883, page 6,
5 January 1884, page 5g.
An entertaining and informative exchange of letters, occupying some five columns or more of newspaper, between George S. Kingston and George Fife Angas on the subject of the foundation of South Australia, is to be found in the Register,
30 August 1869, page 3d,
6 September 1869, page 3a and
13 September 1869, page 3a-c.
See notes under Adelaide - Adelaide City - Adelaide Pre 1841- Survey for further correspondence from G.S. Kingston;
also see Register,
18 March 1893, page 7g.
For an account of the celebration of New Year's Day throughout the Colony see Register,
3 January 1870, page 6b.
Succeeding years also have similar reports in this newspaper.
"The State of the Colony" is in the Chronicle,
12 and 19 February 1870, pages 11c and 11c,
"The Year 1870" on
7 January 1871, page 5f.
"The Depressed Condition of the Colony" is in the Observer,
12 February 1870, pages 4a-13d,
"The State of the Colony" in the Advertiser,
8 and 14 February 1870, pages 2c and 2d,
Observer,
9 and 23 April 1870, pages 11b and 10d.
Information on the Old Colonists' banquet of 1871 is in the Advertiser,
17 November 1910, page 9h.
"A Bristolian's First Impressions of SA" is in the Chronicle,
7 September 1872, page 5d.
Anthony Trollope's letters in respect of his visit to South Australia and comment thereon are in the Chronicle,
11 and 18 January 1873, pages 6 and 5e,
24 May 1873, page 11e,
"Mr Anthony Trollope on South Australia" is in the Observer,
17 May 1873, page 13e; also see
24 May 1873, page 3g.
An account of a visit to South Australia is in the Register,
18 June 1873, page 6f; also see
8 June 1876, page 6g.
A satirical article headed "Notes from a New-Comer" is in the Observer,
21 March 1874, page 14g.
A colonist, writing to an inter-colonial friend, expresses her opinion of South Australia:
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Everything is so excessively new - not an old building; not even a decent tree, nothing but old gum trees which are half-dead. The colonials... are insolent and wanting in anything like courtesy, deference or reverence for anything noble... The place is just a horrid little republic, governed by the most successful butchers, ironmongers and public-house keepers. Our Governor is a mere automaton, who does nothing but play at royalty with a somewhat ludicrous effect...
(See Register, 10 September 1874, page 5b.)
The Register of 12 August 1875 has a supplement especially prepared for the Philadelphia Exhibition in 1876 and contains much historical information on the colony. Also see a special supplement prepared for the Sydney Exhibition on 6 September 1879.
Also see notes under Adelaide - Exhibitions
"Forty Years Since and Now" is in the Observer,
6 November 1875, page 17c.
"Jottings from South Australia" is in the Advertiser,
22 December 1875, page 5d.
An editorial entitled "SA From an English Standpoint" is in the Register,
28 February 1876, page 4f; also see
4 May 1876, page 6e where an English newspaper declares that "the Paradise of the future has only now been discovered..."
"Memorabilia, 1875" is in the Register,
3 January 1876, page 5f.
Sir Henry Ayers' speech at a mayoral banquet on "The Early History of SA" is reproduced in the Register,
11 November 1880, page 6b; also see
9 June 1891, page 6e.
A letter from G.S. Kingston headed "The Pioneers" is in the Register,
23 July 1877, page 6g.
"The Relations of the Colonies to the Mother Country" is set down in the Register,
30 July 1877, page 6c.
"Memorabilia 1878" is in the Register,
1 January 1879, page 1f (supp.),
Observer,
4 January 1879, page 22; also see
Register,
1 January 1881, page 5g,
1 January 1885, page 7e,
1 January 1886, page 7d,
31 December 1896, page 6e,
2 January 1899, page 7a,
30 December 1899, page 4d.
"Our Colonial Wealth" is discussed in the Register,
17 April 1878, page 6a.
"Some Social Aspects of Early Colonial Life" is in the Register,
26 October 1878, page 5f,
1 and 9 November 1878, pages 6b and 5e.
"Miss Ada Ward's Opinion of Australia" is in the Chronicle,
23 November 1878, page 2c (supp.).
"The Old Year and the New" is in the Register,
1 January 1879, page 4e.
"An Account of the Settlement, Present Progress and Position of the Colony" is in a supplement to the Register
on 6 September 1879.
"The Progress of the Colony" is reported in the Register,
22 July 1881 (supp.), page 1b.
An interesting and humorous article on the foundation and development of an undisclosed private town under the heading "Our Township" is in the Register, 18 August 1881, page 6a:
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I hope, Mr Editor, you will never divulge the name of the writer of this article, because what I have said about the Banks may give offence, and I may be warned to pay off my overdraft. I am a modest man and it suits my purpose to do good by stealth.
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I thought Farley was only joking when he said:
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With rage one indignantly trembles
To think what a bad lot we are.
parliament] have taken up the strain, and now we know from them:
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That tho' outwardly all may look pretty,
Yet inwardly all is a fraud.
- The major part of the community were introduced under a system of free immigration, easing the old country of what was worthless, in fact scum of the streets, and now those and their immediate descendants are filling every grade of position and positively object to others being introduced as they were...
"The Depressed State of the Colony" is discussed in the Register,
29 September 1883 (supp.), page 1a.
"A Hundred Years Ago" written by a colonist of 1839 is in the Register,
5 January 1884, page 7a.
"The Land We Live In", an address given by George W. Cotton to the Working Men's Club, is reproduced in the Register,
9 January 1885, page 6b.
"The Outlook for 1885" is in the Register,
2 January 1885, page 4e.
"Our Fiftieth Year" is the subject of editorial comment in the Register,
28 December 1885, page 4g.
Talking of the depression of the 1880s a correspondent to the Register said on 11 March 1886 at page 7g:
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The founders of this colony took care in its foundation [that] channels should be laid by which the wealth of the province might be drained to England to enrich them and their families. And it has been for them a wondrous success, but a heavy drain on the resources of the colony.
"A Policy for the People" is in the Register,
7 April 1886, page 7c,
"The Position and Prospects of the Colony" on
12 April 1886, page 5d.
"Our Exodus and Our Future" is in the Register, 30 November 1886, page 6g:
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Shall we allow class interests to predominate over the interests of the whole community? Shall we allow class legislation to continue as in the past to increase the revenues of the few to the impoverishment of the many?
The plight of some early colonists is discussed in the Register,
8 and 9 December 1886, pages 7c and 5b.
The reminiscences of a passenger on the John Renwick are in the Register,
27 December 1886, page 1h (supp.).
"South Australia's Jubilee" is commented upon in the Register,
27 December 1886, page 4g; also see a special supplement on the same day.
"A Retrospect" is in the Observer,
9 January 1886, page 35e; also see
1 January 1887, page 35a.
"South Australia's Jubilee" is in the Observer,
1 January 1887, pages 33-40.
Also see notes under Adelaide - Exhibitions
The settled districts and towns are described in the Register,
21 June 1887 (supp.).
Early exploration of the colony is discussed in the Register,
21 June 1887 (supp.).
A correspondent to the Register on 22 October 1887 at page 7d says:
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Unfortunately, owing to the working of unjust laws and institutions which we have copied from the older countries, and which creates privileges and monopolies, the possession of the soil and other means of production now accumulate in the hands of one class of the community... We must remember that it is only unjust laws, not superior merit, that causes the wealth to accumulate in the hands of a few...
"Colonial Progress in 1887" is in the Chronicle,
16 March 1889, page 5b.
"The History of SA From a Honolulu Point of View" is in the Register,
10 April 1888, page 7e.
Impressions of the colony by a New South Welshman are in the Register,
30 August 1888, page 5a.
An obituary of Elizabeth Lee who came out in the Tam O'Shanter is in the Express,
23 October 1888, page 2e,
of Mrs W. Pritchard (Eden) on
13 February 1893, page 3f.
"Progress and Prosperity - A Parable for the People" is in the Register,
16 January 1889, page 6d.
A correspondent to the Register, 27 May 1889, page 7f under the heading "Touching Blue Blood" says:
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It has fortunately and rightly been our habit to reckon a man's value by his own worth and not by the length of his ancestral tree... In the present instance Lord Kintore deserves no more credit for being Lord Kintore than the merest gutter child deserves blame for being a gutter child...
(Also see Register, 29 May 1889, page 7h.)
A Scottish clergyman, after spending a period in South Australia, had the following published in a United Kingdom paper -
see Register, 12 February 1890, page 6e:
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It is a strange country... songless birds, scentless flowers, dusky, shadeless trees... Colonists have run up flimsy houses and untidy fences and built pretentious, tasteless and fraudulent Chapels and Town Halls... The State is badly managed, log-rolling and villainy disgust the best men... The Church is not quite awake yet. Swarms of plutocratic sects teach mammon worship and carelessness... speculation in land and mines ousts all mental speculation... [They] have an established Church... It is called the totalisator and is a State betting lottery...
Local citizenry were quick to attack the published denigration of their beloved Colony - see Register,
14, 15 and 18 February 1890, pages 7g, 7b and 7f. One humorous comment reads:
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[He] has evidently not been able to spare time from hunting out a "Mass of the proper style" to attend a Norwood-Port football match... There he might have seen 10,000 South Australians joining in an enthusiastic exhibition of worship...
An obituary of William A. Barnes, who came to South Australia in the Coromandel, is in the Express,
29 May 1890, page 4c.
"SA and Antarctic Exploration" is in the Register,
14 and 28 May 1891, page 4g and 3e-4h.
"South Australia's Fifty-Fifth Anniversary" is in the Register,
31 December 1891, page 6d,
7 and 26 January 1892, pages 7a and 6b,
11 February 1892, page 6c,
1 April 1892, page 6c,
"South Australia as a Home" on
9 January 1892, page 4f.
"South Australia - Its Development and Financial Position" is in the Chronicle,
23 January 1892, page 7d.
An obituary of William Wren Ellis is in the Register,
4 February 1892, page 5b and says, inter alia:
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He and the late J.B. Hack were the first to cross the River Torrens with a loaded bullock team after having constructed a temporary bridge... [He] built the first brick house in South Australia...
"Birthplaces of the People" is in the Register,
17 December 1892, page 4h.
An obituary of James Miller (Buffalo) is in the Express,
12 February 1894, page 2c,
of Israel Mazey (Duke of York) on
28 June 1894, page 2e,
J.A. Hill (Africaine) on
26 December 1894, page 3c,
James Harvey (Buffalo) on
25 April 1895, page 3e,
John Wood (Lady Emma) on
30 May 1895, page 3d,
Isaac French (Lady Emma on
28 January 1896, page 2d,
Charles B. Powell (Duke of York) on
13 January 1898, page 2f,
John L. Thompson (Buffalo) on
18 April 1898, page 4a,
of Edward Holthouse (Cygnet) in the Observer,
5 December 1903, page 33e,
of Arabella C. Williams (Duke of York) on
11 November 1905, page 38c,
of Michael Calnan (Africaine) on
16 July 1910, page 40a.
Also see South Australia - Immigration - Emigrant Ships - Miscellany.
"A Survivor of the Buffalo", Mrs Fraser, "whose father built the first stone structure in the State - the government treasury office", is in the Observer, 27 February 1904, page 1c (supp.).
Information on H. Douglas (Lady Emma) and his family is in the Express,
31 December 1895, page 3d.
"A First Ship Pioneer [Charles Powell]" is in the Register,
30 October 1895, page 7d.
The reminiscences of C.B. Powell (Duke of York) are in the Observer,
15 January 1898, page 12d.
"The South Australian Company - Its Relation to the Colony" is in the Register,
6 September 1894, page 7a; also see
11 September 1894, pages 4e-7a,
2 May 1895, page 3h.
Also see under South Australia - Miscellany - The South Australian Company and Allied Matters.
"How Are We and the State?" by J.H. Symon is in the Observer,
24 November 1894, page 42d.
An impression of the colony by Sir James Fergusson is in the Observer,
19 January 1895, page 31b.
Also see South Australia - Governors and Ancillary Matters.
An Englishman's impressions are reported in the Register,
21 May 1895, page 6b.
The events of 1895 are listed in the Observer,
4 January 1896, page 13c.
A letter regarding a proposed new name for the colony is in the Register,
23 June 1896, page 6d.
"Is South Australia Paying Its Way?" is in the Observer,
4 April 1896, page 41a.
The reminiscences of John Flavel are in the Register,
21 November 1896, page 5e.
"Recollections of SA" by H.B.T. Strangways is in the Observer,
13 February 1897, page 33c,
"Queen Victoria and South Australia - Interesting Comparisons" on
19 June 1897, page 25a,
Register,
22 June 1897, page 6e.
"The Old Generation" is discussed in the Register,
23 December 1897, page 6g.
"The Year 1898 in SA" is in the Observer,
7 January 1899, page 41a,
"Memorabilia, 1899" on
6 January 1900, page 41a,
"The Year 1900" on
5 January 1901, page 41d.
"Days That Were Younger" is in the Observer,
19 August 1899, page 33b.
Information on and a photograph of Mrs Jane Brock are in the Weekly Herald,
19 August 1899, page 1,
of Mrs H.F. Wallmann on
27 January 1900, page 3b,
of Henry Jacobs on
14 April 1900, page 8,
Mrs Eliza Ralph on
4 August 1900, page 3b,
Mr J. Willis on
24 November 1900, page 3.
"Impressions in SA - A Remarkable Article" is in the Register,
17 October 1899, page 2i.
"The Year 1900 - Historical Outline" is in the Register,
31 December 1900, page 2f.
"Dull Country Life" is discussed in the Register,
18 April 1901, page 4c.
An obituary of Peter Lamont is in the Express,
17 August 1901, page 2h,
Observer,
24 August 1901, page 31b.
"Our Nation Builders - Sketches of SA Pioneers" by Rev John Blacket is in the Register,
21, 25 and 30 December 1901, pages 11a, 6b and 6c,
3 and 7 January 1902, pages 6g and 6b.
"The Year 1901 - A Review" is in the Observer,
4 January 1902, page 10b,
"The Year 1902" on
3 January 1903, page 12d,
"The Year 1903 in SA" on
9 January 1904, page 39a,
"The Year 1904 - A Retrospect" on
7 January 1905, page 35a,
"The Year 1905" in the Register,
30 December 1905, page 9a,
"The Year 1906" on
31 December 1906, page 8d; also see
31 December 1907, page 5a,
31 December 1908, pages 4d-7c,
31 December 1909, page 7,
31 December 1910, page 12.
The supposed distinction between "colony" and "province" is traversed in the Register,
3 January 1902, page 3h.
"Attack on South Australia" is in the Observer,
22 February 1902, page 42e.
An obituary of C.G.A. Winnecke is in the Express,
12 September 1902, page 3d.
"The Year 1902" is in the Register,
31 December 1902, page 8a; also see
31 December 1903, page 6b,
31 December 1904, page 9a.
"Three Pioneers - A Remarkable Gathering" of Henry Field, James Kelly and Watts Newland is in the Register,
22 September 1903, page 5a.
The reminiscences of Mrs Page (nee Goldsmith) are in the Observer,
16 January 1904, page 33d.
An article on John Melrose is in the Register,
24 November 1904, page 6d.
"A Review of SA Affairs [of 1906]" is in the Observer,
5 January 1907, page 40a,
"The Year 1907" on
4 January 1908, page 40c,
"The Year 1908" on
9 January 1909, page 44,
"1909 - A Year of Progress" on
8 January 1910, page 40a.
"An Englishman in South Australia" is in the Register,
20 December 1906, page 9d,
"Echoes of the Past" on
14 January 1908, page 5g.
"In Seven Decades", by C.H. Spence, is in the Observer,
7 July 1906, page 49.
"South Australia's Prosperity - Fifty Years Progress" is in the Register,
18 January 1909, page 6e,
"Pioneer Chats" on
29 December 1909, page 4h,
"As Others See Us" on
9 February 1910, page 5c.
"Old Pioneer Gone - Tolled the Bell at Colonel Light's Funeral" - obituary of Charles Emery is in the Register,
16 April 1910, page 13e.
Biographical sketches of Samuel, Edward and John Stephens by Rev John Blacket are in the Register,
21 and 26 December 1910, pages 6h and 8g.
"The Year 1910" is in the Register,
31 December 1910, page 11a,
Observer,
7 January 1911, page 41,
"The Year 1911" on
6 January 1912, page 51a,
"1912 - A Review of the Old Year" on
4 January 1913, page 49.
A photograph of "Five Pioneers of 1836" - J. Breaker, T.G. Allen, James Chittleborough, H.T. Morris and W.L. Beare, is in the Observer,
6 January 1906, page 27.
A list of surviving pioneers and old colonists is in the Register,
7 December 1910, page 6h.
A poem titled "Pioneer Morris, 1836-1910" is in the Register,
28 December 1910, page 3f.
"All That is Left of Them - Some of the Pioneers" is in the Register,
29 December 1914, page 4g.
A list of pioneers who died over the period 1916-1925, together with the names of the ships in which they arrived, is in the Chronicle,
18 July 1925, page 50; also see
30 July 1927, page 54.
"Memorabilia, 1914" is in the Observer,
9 January 1915, page 46,
"The Old Year - What Has Been Done" is in the Observer,
8 January 1916, page 46d,
"The Old Year" on
6 January 1917, page 13d.
"New Light on Early History", by Rev John Blacket, is in the Register,
25, 27 and 28 December 1915, pages 4h, 6a and 5h.
His "Recollections of a Pioneer" appears on
23, 27 and 28 December 1916, pages 4f, 4h and 6a and
"Old Time Memories" on
27 and 29 December 1924, pages 7d and 10c,
6 and 9 January 1925, pages 3e and 13f.
"The Old Year" is in the Register, 30 December 1916, page 12.
"Some Old Time Auctioneers" is in the Register,
25 November 1916, page 4h.
Also see Adelaide - Miscellany and Obituaries for an essay on "Night Auctions and Other Things".
"Historic Trees" is in the Regisster
10 October 1918, page 7c.
"Early Days Pigs and Pork" is discussed in the Register,
21 October 1919, page 7e.
Information on early cemeteries in SA is in the Register,
8 June 1920, page 6f.
Also see under Adelaide - Cemetery, Burials and the City Morgue.
"Memorabilia, 1919" is in the Register,
31 December 1919, page 8b; also see
31 December 1921, page 10a.
"Memorabilia, 1920" is in the Observer,
8 January 1921, page 7,
"Memorabilia - 1924" on
10 January 1925, page 48,
"Memorabilia [1926]" on
8 January 1927, page 47,
"Memorabilia - 1928" on
5 January 1929, page 54.
"Our Own State - Fifty Years Hence" is in the Register,
20 and 21 July 1921, pages 3c and 9d.
"Early Colonists - An Interesting Book" is in the Observer,
17 September 1921, page 14d.
The call "Coo-ee" is discussed in the Register,
23 January 1922, page 2h,
22, 26 and 29 July 1924, pages 3e, 13a and 13d,
15 August 1924, page 14c.
"The Founding of Our State", by Rev John Blacket, is in the Register,
27 and 28 December 1922, pages 7g and 9f,
"Salt of the Earth - A Day With Empire Builders" on
29 December 1922, page 7f.
"Disfigurement of Beauty Spots" is in the Register,
9 November 1923, page 8d.
An exodus of the population to the USA in the mid-19th century is related in the Register,
21 June 1924, page 14c under "The Argonauts of California".
"More Recollections" is in the Register,
15 March 1924, page 12c,
"Early South Australia", comments by A.T. Saunders on a lecture given by A. Grenfell Price, on
22 September 1924, page 12e; also see
26 September 1924, page 7e.
"Digging Up the Past - Some Good Stories" is in the Register,
22 and 29 September 1924, pages 13e and 9f,
9 and 24 October 1924, pages 13f and 11h,
6 and 15 November 1924, pages 10h and 10f,
"A Dane's Experiences" on
17 January 1925, page 4c,
"A Peep into the Past" on
4 April 1925, page 10c.
"Pioneering Days - A Dane's Experiences" is in the Observer,
24 January 1925, page 60d.
"Intimate Picture of Life in South Australia" is in The Mail,
6 March 1926, page 17.
"A Press Delegate's Impressions of SA" is in the Register,
3 April 1926, page 10d,
"Chats With Some Veterans" on
29 December 1926, page 11d.
Biographical details of Mr James Forrest are in the Chronicle,
9 July 1927, page 48c.
"A Grand Old Pioneer - David Sutherland", by Rev John Blacket, is in the Advertiser,
20 June 1928, page 15f.
"New Facts of Our History - Interesting Notes by Pastor Bauer" is in the Observer,
11 February 1928, page 22.
"A Visitor's Impressions" is in the Advertiser,
6 August 1928, page 16f.
"Landmarks in History" is in the Advertiser,
16 January 1932, page 14g,
11 February 1932, page 12c.
"Different Worlds of 1858 and 1933" is in the Advertiser,
13 July 1933, page 8i.
"South Australia is a Weird Country", by Ernestine Hill, is in the Advertiser,
22 August 1936, page 11c.
For comment on "The Old Gum Tree" see under Place Names - Glenelg - Old Gum Tree.
