Countries Australia South Australia

Events in South Australia History

Brown Shirts Established

1921-11-04 The Sturmabteilung or SA (the "Brown Shirts") is formally established by Adolf Hitler

1922-12-16 NSW all out for 786 against South Australia Cricket

Bradman Ist Class Debut

1927-12-16 Australian cricket's batting maestro Don Bradman makes his 1st-class debut for NSW v South Australia at the Adelaide Oval finishing Day 1 on 65 not out

1927-12-17 Australian cricketing prodigy Don Bradman scores 118 in his 1st-class debut for NSW against South Australia at the Adelaide Oval
1930-12-25 Slinger Nitschke scores 142 SA v Qld at Adelaide before 5,422
1931-12-25 Albert Lonergan scores 137 SA v Qld at Adelaide before 5,697
1933-01-30 Clarrie Grimmett takes 7-86 for SA in Qld 2nd inn, 13-135 for match
1934-12-24 Clarrie Grimmett takes 9-180 for SA as Queensland make 430
1934-12-25 Four centuries for SA as they make 7-644 v Qld before 6,180
1935-12-18 Don Bradman scores 117 in his debut Sheffield Shield cricket match for South Australia in an innings & 5 run win over his old team, New South Wales
1936-01-02 Australian master batsman Don Bradman scores 357 (424 minutes, 40 fours) for South Australia v Victoria in a Sheffield Shield match in Melbourne; his 5th 300+ score in first-class cricket
1936-03-02 Australian cricket's batting maestro Don Bradman scores 369 in 253 minutes (46 fours, 4 sixes) in South Australia's innings and 349 run win over Tasmania
1936-11-14 More than 21,000 watch Don Bradman score 192 for South Australia v Victoria in a drawn Sheffield Shield match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1936-12-25 Ron Hamence scores 104 for SA v Queensland before 4,865
1937-12-20 Australian cricket spin bowler Bill O'Reilly takes career best 9-41 for NSW in a Sheffield Shield match against South Australia at Adelaide Oval
1937-12-25 Queensland all out for 93 v SA in front of 10,436
1939-01-02 Master batsman Don Bradman scores 107 for South Australia in a Sheffield Shield match against Victoria for his 4th consecutive century in first-class cricket
1939-12-16 Bradman scores 251* SA v NSW, 271 minutes, 38 fours 2 sixes
1939-12-23 South Australia score 7-821 against Queensland
1939-12-30 Bradman scores 267 South Australia v Vic, world record 34th double cricket century
1940-12-09 South Australia all out for 47 v NSW, O'Reilly 5-11
1940-12-25 Cricket master batsman Don Bradman is dismissed for a Xmas Day first ball duck (0) for South Australia v Victoria in a Sheffield Shield match at the Adelaide Oval

Australia Abandons Matches

1941-12-11 Australian state cricket associations, South Australia, Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales decide at meetings with new Prime Minister John Curtin to abandon all interstate first class matches for the duration of WWII

1945-12-31 Before the biggest Adelaide Oval crowd of the season, batting maestro Don Bradman scores his first post-WWII century; 112 for South Australia v Australian Services
1947-10-25 Bradman scores 156 for South Australia v India, 152 mins, 22 fours
1947-11-08 Bradman scores his 99th 1st-class cricket century, 100 South Australia v Victoria
1966-01-26 The Beaumont Children go missing from Glenelg Beach near Adelaide, South Australia.
1982-10-25 David Hookes scores Cricket century in 34 balls 43 mins, SA v Victoria
1983-02-16 The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia claim the lives of 75 people in one of Australia's worst ever fires
1984-12-02 Australian Test cricket spin bowler Bob Holland takes a career best 9-83 for NSW in the Sheffield Shield match against South Australia in Sydney
1985-08-20 Hanspeter Beck of South Australia, finishes a 3,875 mile, 51 day trip from Western Australia to Melbourne on a unicycle
1989-12-16 Geoff Marsh completes 355* for WA against South Australia
1989-12-17 Michael Bevan scores cricket century on 1st-class debut (114 SA v WA)
1995-02-04 Australian cricketer Dean Jones completes 324* for Victoria v South Australia
1996-04-03 South Australia grab exciting draw vs W A to win Sheffield Shield
2019-01-16 Australian Bureau of Meteorology tweets last four days were the country's hottest on record with Tarcoola, South Australia, reaching 49 C (120 F), Port Augusta 48.5 C (119 F)
2019-01-24 17 temperature records broken in South Australia including highest ever recorded for capital Adelaide at 46.6C

Famous People from South Australia

1818-03-22 John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-born explorer of South Australia (d. 1846)
1826-06-24 George Goyder, English surveyor-general of South Australia, born in Liverpool, England (d. 1898)
1859-01-15 Archibald Peake, Premier of South Australia, born in Chelsea, London (d. 1920)
1859-03-27 George Giffen, Australian cricket all-rounder (31 Tests, 1 x 100, 6 x 50, HS 161, 103 wickets, BB 7/117; SA CA), born in Adelaide, Australia (d. 1927)
1876-09-07 C. J. Dennis, Australian poet (The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke), born in Auburn, South Australia (d. 1938)
1882-07-02 Edgar Mayne, Australian cricketer (Australian batsman, prolific for Victoria), born in Jamestown, South Australia (d. 1961)
1898-02-10 Judith Anderson [Frances Margaret Anderson], Australian actress (Laura, Rebecca, Tycoon), born in Adelaide, South Australia (d. 1992)

Howard Florey (1898-1968)

1898-09-24 Australian pathologist and pharmacologist who purified penicillin (Nobel 1945), born in Adelaide, South Australia

1905-04-14 Slinger Nitschke, Australian cricket batsman (S Aus & Test), born in Adelaide, South Australia (d. 1982)
1909-04-09 Robert Helpmann, Australian actor, choreographer and dancer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Don Quixote), born in Mount Gambier, South Australia (d. 1986)
1909-08-14 Len Darling, Australian cricketer (South Australian & Test batsman of 30's), born in South Yarra, Victoria, Australia (d. 1992)

Adrian Quist (1913-1991)

1913-01-23 Australian tennis player, analyst (Australian C'ship 1936, 40, 48), born in Medindie, South Australia

1915-04-09 Bob Quinn, Australian Football Hall of Fame rover (All Australian captain 1947; SA captain 1945-47; Magarey Medal 1938, 45; Port Adelaide FC), born in Adelaide, South Australia (d. 2008)
1923-11-01 Bruce Dooland, Australian cricket all-rounder (3 Tests; Nottinghamshire; Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1955), born in Cowandilla, South Australia (d. 1980)
1926-12-01 Keith Michell, Australian actor and theater director (6 Wives of Henry VIII), born in Adelaide, South Australia (d. 2015)
1929-06-02 Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player (Australian C'ship 1952), born in Adelaide, South Australia (d. 2007)

Bob Hawke (1929-2019)

1929-12-09 Australian politician and 23rd Prime Minister of Australia (Labor: 1983-91), born in Bordertown, South Australia

1931-09-13 Marjorie Jackson, Australian sprinter (Olympic gold 1952) and 33rd Governor of South Australia, born in Coffs Harbour, Australia
1932-02-29 Gavin Stevens, Australian cricket batsman (4 Tests, HS 28; South Australia), born in Adelaide, Australia
1934-04-16 Robert Stigwood, Australian-British music entrepreneur (RSO Records), stage (Jesus Christ Superstar) and film (Saturday Night Fever; Grease; Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band) producer, born in Adelaide, South Australia (d. 2016)
1936-02-17 Barry Jarman, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (19 Tests; 54 dismissals; South Australia), born in Adelaide, Australia (d. 2020)
1936-06-18 Ian Spurling, Australian born ballet designer (The Royal Ballet), born in South Australia (d. 1996)
1936-10-02 Ian McLachlan, Australian cricket batsman (Cambridge Uni & SA; 72 FC matches) and politician (45th Australian Defence Minister), born in Adelaide, South Australia
1942-02-01 David Sincock, Australian cricket spin bowler (3 Tests, 8 wickets; South Australia CA), born in Adelaide, South Australia
1943-09-26 Ian Chappell, Australian cricket batsman and captain (75 Tests; 5,345 @ 42.42, 14 x 100s, TS 196; South Australia) and broadcaster (9 Network), born in Adelaide, South Australia

Greg Chappell (75 years old)

1948-08-07 Australian cricket batsman and captain (87 Tests; 7,110 runs @ 53.86, TS 247, 24 x 100s, 47 wickets; South Australia, Somerset CCC, Queensland)), born in Adelaide, Australia