General Index ADELAIDE AND VICINITY 689 Parliament (continueii) — PAGE Ninth (opened, May 31, 1878 ; dis- solved, March 19, 1S81) — General desire for reform of Legis- lative Council ... ... 189 Tenth (opened, June 2, 1S81 ; dis- solved, March 19, 1884) — Agreed to purchase warship ... 190 New Electoral Act passed ... 190 Reform of Legislative Council agreed to ... ... ... 190 Eleventh (opened, June 5, 1884; dis- solved, March 2, 1887)— First meeting of ... ... 192 Land and income taxes imposed by 193 Protection, " First deliberate ad- vance" towards policy of ... 193 Twelfth (opened, June 2, 1887 ; dis- solved, March 19, 1890) — First meeting of ... ... I94 Control of railways handed over to a non-political board ... 194 Payment of Members Act passed by 194 Thirteenth (opened, June 5, 1890 ; dissolved, March 21, 1893) — Political unrest during ... 199 Fourteenth (opened June 8, 1893 ; dissolved March 31, 1896)— First meeting of ... ... 199 "Ministry of all the talents" ... 199 Fifteenth (opened, June 11, 1S96; dis- solved, April 5, 1899) — Household franchise for Legislative Council referendum ... 199 Sixteenth (opened, June 22, 1899)-- First Ministerial recognition of Labor Party ... ... 2co Household franchise for Legislative Council again passed by House of Assembly, and thrown out by Legislative Council ... I99 Commonwealth, members and officers of first ... (Appendix F) 641 Political activity ... ... >49 Poor harvests ... ... ■■■ 202 Population, 47, 68, 93, 94, 107, 125, 130, 152, 178, 213 (Appendix b) 617 Port Adelaide — Discovered by Mr. PuUen ... 3' Early experiences of ... •■■ I'J Proclaimed a port ■.. ... 53 Visited by Colonel Light ... 3' Port Lincoln — Brilliant future predicted for Discovered by Captain Flinders Newspaper established at Visited by — Colonel Light Governor Hindmarsh ... Post-Ofifice new building opened Privilege, question of, in which Governor and Speaker concerned Prosperity, highest point of Provisions purchased from other colonies 67 6 "7 J 4 174 157 177 47 Public Health Act passed ... Public finances R Railway — Authorised to Port Adelaide and Gawler ... Construction... Opened to — Gawler Glenelg Kapunda ... Port Adelaide Salisbury ... Real Property Act — Description of Introduced into House of Assembly and passed Opposition to, by legal profession ... Originated by Sir R. K. Torrens Reaping machine invented by Mr. J. Ridley Religion — Act passed granting aid to, from public funds Anglican Church and Rev. C. B. Howard Appointment of chaplains provided for by South Australian Act Baptist Church and Mr. D. McLaren Congregational Church and Rev. T. Q. Stow General desire amongst founders for no State aid to Lutheran Church and Pastor Kavel ... Roman Catholic Church and Rev. W. B. Ullathorne, D.D., and Father Benson ... State aid to, abolished ... Statistics from Census, 1 89 1 United Presbyterian Church and Rev. R. Drummond Wesleyan Church and Rev. W. Long- bottom ... Representative Institutions in Australian Colonies Act passed by British Par- liament Responsible Government — Act passed for Condition of Province at inauguration of First Ministry under London 71'ww on establishment of .. Meeting of first Parliament under ,., Original members of — Legislative Council under House of Assembly under Proclaimed ... Provisions of Act for Retrenchment ... River Murray, bonus offered for first steamer navigating PAGE ! 170 204 >'3 208 '3° 169 130 121 121 135 135 '35 134 94 57 57 60 59 57 59 60 109 60 60 I 5S 107 "5 125 i'5 116 116 116 116 i'5 "5 87 Seed Wheat Loan Act passed ... 202 School of Mines founded ... ... '81 Sheepowners in 1841 ... ... 65 Sir J. H. Fisher — Administration of lands vested in ... 45 Appealed to to expedite surveys ... 48 Appointed Resident Commissioner ... 26 Arrival of ... ... ... 34 Complaints made against ... 5° Death of ... ... ... 5° Dismissal of ... ... ... 5° Elected — Member of first Legislative Council under Responsible Government 116 President of the Legislative Council 116 First mayor of Adelaide ... ... 7' Knighted ... ... ... 134 Leader of the local Bar ... ... 50 Proved undeserving of blame ... 5° Strained relations with Governor Hindmarsh ... ... 46 Sir R. D. Hanson — Advocate-General in Sir H. Young's Executive ... ... 132 Appointed Chief Justice ... .. 132 Arrival of ... ... ... 132 Career of ... ... ... 13' Death of ... ... ... 132 Elected to first Representative Council 132 Knighted ... ... ... 132 Sir G. S. Kingston- Appointed — Acting Surveyor-General ... 63 Town Surveyor ... ... 72 Arrival of ... ... .•■ 3° Death of ... ... ... '34 Departure of, for England ... 48 Elected — Member of first — Legislative Council under Con- stitution of 1851 ... 109 House of Assembly under Respon- sible Government ... Ii6 Speaker of House of Assembly ... 116 Explores the Adelaide plains ... 32 Knighted ... ... ••• '34 Sir R. R. Torrens^ Appointed — Collector of Customs ... ... '34 Registrar-General ... ... '35 Knighted ... ... ■.'34 Originator of Real Property Act ... 134 South Australia — Acute stage in history of ... 68 Chequered years of ... ■• '97 Conditions of, at inauguration of Re- sponsible Government ... 125 Great historical characters influenced proclamation of ... ■■. 24 Names, offices, and salaries of gentle- men officially appointed to found 26 Proclaiming it a province ... 35
