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This month in South Australia’s history

Used for exams and degree ceremonies

Elder Hall was used for all university exams and degree ceremonies until the completion of Bonython Hall.

First commemoration of the reading.

The reading of the first proclamation was first commemorated when the colony was judged to have ‘come of age’. Thereafter some commemoration has been held each year on 28 December.

The centenary of the Proclamation reading is marked

On 28 December 1936 a pageant and ceremony marked 100 years since the proclamation was first read.