A former mail transport and Royal Navy vessel, the barque South Australian was integral to the early colonisation of South Australia...and became the colony's first documented shipwreck.
The franchise has proved a lively issue in South Australia’s political history. Before representative government, wealthy men of property claimed that parliament should represent only those with a stake in the country, whereas many colonists sought popular representation.
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