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1. South Australia is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. It has a total of 1.7 million people, and its population is the most highly centralised of any state in Australia, with more than 75 percent of South Australians living in the capital, Adelaide, or its environs.
2. The state's colonial origins are unique in Australia as a freely settled, planned British province, rather than as a convict settlement. The guiding principle behind settlement was that of systematic colonisation, a theory espoused by Edward Gibbon Wakefield that was later employed by the New Zealand Company. The goal was to establish the province as a centre of civilisation for free immigrants, promising civil liberties and religious tolerance.
3. Adelaide is the capital city of the state of South Australia, and the fifth-most populous city of Australia. The city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for a freely-settled British province in Australia.
4. In 1872, Adelaide was the first Australian capital city to be connected by telegraph with London. Before that time, the Australian colonies had to rely on ships to carry news and mail between Europe and “down under”, which typically took anywhere from two to five months to arrive. After a mammoth operation that took years to complete, the Overland Telegraph was finally finished on 22 August 1872. Charles Todd, the Superintendent of Telegraphs, sent the first official message from London to Adelaide that day and from then, the information travel time between London and Australia was effectively cut down to just over a week.
5. Lake Eyre, in the outback of South Australia, is the largest salt lake in the world. South Australia is the driest state on the world’s driest continent — a fact that becomes evident on a visit to Lake Eyre National Park. This vivid, stark landscape is home to Australia’s largest salt lake and the lowest point in the whole country. The Lake Eyre basin covers one-sixth of the continent and stretches 144 kilometres long and 77 kilometres wide.
6. South Australia is also home to the world’s largest cattle station. At roughly 24,000 square kilometres, Anna Creek Station is larger even than Israel or Belgium, and eight times the size of the largest ranch in the United States.
7. Classified as the oldest surviving German settlement in Australia, the quaint town of Hahndorf is located in the Adelaide Hills, only a 20-minute drive from Adelaide’s CBD. With a main street lined by 100-year-old elm and plane trees and showcasing beautifully maintained and restored buildings throughout the area, the town retains its strong German heritage and a fun village feel.
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By Charles Hill (1824 - 1915) (Australia)Born in Coventry, Great Britain. Dead in Adelaide.Details of artist on Google Art Project - NAHnyRi288qtAg at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level, Public Domain, [ Ссылка ]
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