South Australia - Notable Historical Events
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South Australia - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1836-07-27 |
Adelaide, South Australia, founded |
1838-01-01 |
1st official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide |
1856-10-24 |
Constitution of South Australia adopted |
1863-07-06 |
Northern Territory passes from New South Wales to South Australia |
1890-02-14 |
1st NSW v South Australia 1st-class cricket game |
1896-02-24 |
Victoria all out for 43 vs South Australia, Jones 6-15 Jarvis 4-27 |
1901-01-08 |
New South Wales score 918 all out vs South Australia in 560 minutes |
1911-01-01 |
South Australia transfers Northern Territory to federal government |
1920-12-07 |
NSW make 802 against South Australia, then Mailey takes 8-81 |
1922-12-16 |
NSW all out for 786 against South Australia Cricket |
1927-12-16 |
Cricket 1st-class debut of Don Bradman, NSW v South Australia |
1935-12-18 |
Bradman scores 117 in his 1st Shield cricket match for South Australia |
1937-12-20 |
Bill O'Reilly takes 9-41 for NSW against South Australia |
1938-01-08 |
Bradman scores 107 for South Australia v Qld (1st innings) |
1938-01-18 |
Bradman scores 104* for South Australia v NSW at the SCG |
1939-12-22 |
Bradman scores 138 in South Australia's 7-821 v Queensland |
1939-12-23 |
South Australia score 7-821 against Queensland |
1940-12-09 |
South Australia all out for 47 v NSW, O'Reilly 5-11 |
1946-11-19 |
Bradman scores 119 South Australia v Victoria, 183 mins, 8 fours |
1966-01-26 |
The Beaumont Children go missing from Glenelg Beach near Adelaide, South Australia. |
1983-02-16 |
The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia claim the lives of 75 people in Australia's worst ever fires. |
1984-12-02 |
Bob Holland takes 9-83 for NSW against South Australia, SCG |
1985-08-20 |
Hanspeter Beck of South Australia, finishes a 3,875 mile, 51 day trip from Western Australia to Melbourne on a unicycle |
1989-12-16 |
Geoff Marsh completes 355* for WA against South Australia |
1995-02-04 |
Dean Jones completes 324* for Victoria v South Australia |
1996-04-03 |
South Australia grab exciting draw vs W A to win Sheffield Shield |
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South Australia - Notable Birthdays
South Australia - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1818-03-22 |
John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-born explorer of South Australia (d. 1846) |
1826-06-24 |
George Goyder, surveyor-general of South Australia (d. 1898) |
1859-01-15 |
Archibald Peake, Premier of South Australia (d. 1920) |
1929-12-09 |
Bob Hawke, Bordertown, South Australia, 23rd Australian Prime Minister (1983-91) and Leader of the Labor Party |
1960-05-12 |
Lisa Martin, Gawler, South Australia, Australian marathoner (Olympic-silver 1988) |
1979-04-04 |
Rebecca Stoyel, South Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96) |
South Australia - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1846-09-23 |
John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-born explorer of South Australia (b. 1818) |
1898-11-02 |
George Goyder, English-born surveyor-general of South Australia (b. 1826) |
1907-01-14 |
Sir James Fergusson, British politician, and governor of South Australia, New Zealand and Bombay (b. 1832) |
2004-01-03 |
Des Corcoran, Premier of South Australia (b. 1928) |
