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'Festival State'
The Festival State is an orchestration of contrasts.
History
Colony of South Australia was formally proclaimed on August 15 1834 by Imperial
Parliament. Commissioners were appointed under the terms of colonisation to
supervise the selection of emigrants and the sale of land at 12 shillings an acre.
The Act also stipulated that no convicts would be sent to the new colony.
Economy
The economy is built upon several industries, with secondary manufacture contributing the
major proportion of the state's wealth. Motor vehicle and electrical goods
industries and the giant steel making plant at Whyalla make South Australia the nation's
most industrialised state. Rich deposits of opal, iron ore, copper, coal, natural
gas, uranium and nephrite jade contribute to the economy greatly as they are the major
resources.
Wine production, accounting for over 60% of nation's wines and 90% of brandy to commercial fishing come under secondary industries.
South Australia boasts one of the largest tuna fleets in Australia. Located at Port Lincoln, its commercial viability accelerated in 1956 when two American tuna boat skippers demonstrated live-bait pole fishing for tuna, leading to the intro of pole fishing in Australia.
Sites & Scenes
Ranging from high forested ranges and deep gorges to rippling sand dunes, swamplands and
wild surfing beaches.
39 000 hectares of park owning to that of the Coorong National Park is located at
the mouth of the Murray River. The park extends for 145Kms along the south-east
coast and consists of a long, shallow saline lagoon separated from the ocean by a narrow
peninsula of huge sand dunes. The park is renowned for its pelicans. Some
northern islands are Aboriginal reserves. Some of the activities include boating on
lagoon and fishing and surfing the ocean side.
Some other notable parks include Flinders Chase National Park, an untouched wilderness area, renowned for its many shipwrecks and cliffs. The park encompasses 73 000 hectares. The Flinders Ranges National Park (78 400Hs) covers the central Flinders Ranges and is notable for Wilpena Pound, a huge amphitheatre 17Km long and 7Km wide. Surrounded by majestic quartzite ranges and peaks and is noted for the Aboriginal rock paintings in its gorge. Gammon Ranges, Innes, Lincoln and Mount Remarkable are other national parks located in South Australia of great interest.
Red Cliffs of Murray River, near Paringa
The wreck of Ethel at Innes NP
Wilpena Homestead