Captain John Hindmarsh, KH, RN was the first Governor of South Australia, from 28 December 1836 to 16 July 1838. See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor. ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

He arrived in South Australia in 1836, with a fleet of ships carrying the first British settlers for the colony. Initially they landed on Kangaroo Island, and sent out the team of surveyors led by Colonel William Light to find a suitable place for the capital city of the new colony. Light eventually chose the site of Adelaide, and the fleet moved up the Gulf Saint Vincent to Holdfast Bay, off the present-day suburb of Glenelg. The proclamation creating the colony was read on 28 December 1836 under the Old Gum Tree. Motto: United for the Common Wealth Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Governor Premier Const. ... 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Kangaroo Island is Australias third largest island - after Tasmania and Melville Island. ... Surveying is concerned with the application of mathematics and physics in obtaining accurate measurements for the determination of the position of points on the Earths surface. ... Colonel William Light Colonel William Light (1786 - 1839) was born in Malaya in 1786, an illegitimate son of Captain Francis Light, the Governor of Penang, and Martina Rozells, the so-called Princess of Kedah of mixed Siamese-Portuguese descent. ... Adelaide is the capital city of the Australian state of South Australia. ... Gulf St. ... Glenelg is a suburb of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. ... Proclamation Day is the South Australian public holiday that celebrates the proclamation of South Australia as a British colony. ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Old Gum Tree at Glenelg North, South Australia was the location of the reading of the Proclamation by Governor John Hindmarsh creating the colony of South Australia on December 28, 1836. ...

The ships in the fleet included the Cygnet (carrying Light's surveyors), Africaine, Tam O'Shanter, Rapid, and Buffalo (carrying Hindmarsh).

The Division of Hindmarsh federal electorate in the area near the proclamation is named after him. The Division of Hindmarsh is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia. ...

External links

• Letters Patent (http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/places/sa/sa2.htm)
• the proclamation handwritten notes (http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/explore/picture_album/sa_pics.htm#2)

See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor. ... 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...