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South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia.With a total land area of 984,321 square kilometres (380,048 sq mi), [6] it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which includes some of the most arid parts of the continent, and with 1.8 million people [3] it is the fifth-largest of the states and territories by ...
South Australia became a colony in 1836 and until 1846 would be surrounded on land by New South Wales (NSW), with South Australia extending west to the 132° east longitude. (132° east) and north to 26° south (28 December 1836 – Map). [6] From 1836 to 1846 129° east was the WA/NSW border.
Köppen climate types in South Australia Satellite image of eastern South Australia. Note the dry lakes (white patches) in the north. Southern areas of South Australia have a Mediterranean climate, while the rest of the state has a drier arid climate and semi-arid climate. [9] The state's mean temperature range is 29 °C in January and 15 °C ...
South Australia’s eastern border was supposed to follow the 141st meridian, but the first surveyors measured incorrectly. [2] A 70-year border dispute followed, and eventually resulted in the disjointedness of MacCabe Corner, with Victoria using the original incorrect calculation, and New South Wales using the new and correct one. [3]
1901 – New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia, Victoria and South Australia federate into the Commonwealth of Australia. Queensland transfers the Coral Sea Islands to the federal government, creating a federal external territory. 1902 – Britain transfers Papua to Australia as an external territory.
The bioregions that are located wholly or partly in South Australia are: [31] Broken Hill Complex (shared with New South Wales) Central Ranges (shared with Western Australia and Northern Territory) Channel Country (mostly in Queensland but also South Australia, New South Wales and Northern Territory) Eyre Yorke Block; Finke (shared with ...
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia.With a total land area of 984,321 square kilometres (380,048 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which includes some of the most arid parts of the continent, and with 1.8 million people it is the fifth-largest of the states and territories by population.
File:Australia_South_Australia_location_map.svg licensed with Cc-by-sa-3.0 2010-04-04T22:08:05Z Chumwa 1535x1783 (375731 Bytes) Reverted to version as of 20:05, 29 December 2009 2010-04-04T21:54:25Z Roke 1535x1783 (323903 Bytes) local government low salience, dont appear on general use maps