South Australia : its history, productions, and natural resources . signed the plan of drainingAdelaide now being carried out, stated that there was not a cityin the world more easy to provide with a system of deep seweiage. Capt. Ilindniarsh, , the first Governor, arrived at Hold-fast^ Bay on the 28th December, 1830, in J [. Buffalo, andlanding the same day proclaimed the colony, under the shadow ofa gum tree, in llic presence of the members of his council and otherofficers, a few hundred settlers, and a guard of Marines. The 28thDecember has ever since been observed as the national h
South Australia : its history, productions, and natural resources . signed the plan of drainingAdelaide now being carried out, stated that there was not a cityin the world more easy to provide with a system of deep seweiage. Capt. Ilindniarsh, , the first Governor, arrived at Hold-fast^ Bay on the 28th December, 1830, in J [. Buffalo, andlanding the same day proclaimed the colony, under the shadow ofa gum tree, in llic presence of the members of his council and otherofficers, a few hundred settlers, and a guard of Marines. The 28thDecember has ever since been observed as the national holiday. TheGovernor was one of the veterans who, during tlie close of the lastcentury and the beginning of this, had upheld the lienor of oldEngland on the ocean, lie liad served under Nelson, and had lostan eye at the battle of the Nile, where he greatly distinguishediiraself. As a civilian administrator, he did not achieve wished the city moved a mile or two nearer the Port, on to the ground, and Colonel Light yielded for a few days, but then Ill ifi. :l!i ill © THE PIONEERS. 15 returned to his original plan, from which he would not afterwardsdeviate. The Governor managed to quarrel with nearly all hisofficers, and with the President Commissioner^ Mr. (afterwards Sir)J. H, Fisher. Disagreements took place among the colonists aboutthe site for the capital, a section of them advocating EncounterBay. A meeting of the purchasers of land was called to considerthis matter, early in 1837, when an overwhelming majority decidedin favor of Colonel Lights choice, and that question was settledfor ever. Through this dispute, and afterwards through want of horsesor other animal power to shift the survey parties and carry theirprovisions, the surveys were much delayed, and hence arose greatdissatisfaction ; Mr. Kingston returned to England, and submittedto the Commissioners a plan for a more rapid survey on a differentsystem from that on which Colonel Light was proceeding. TheCo
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