South
Australia Company - (en)
The South Australia Company was an organisation formed on 9 October
1835 to develop the new settlement in South Australia. Its purpose was
to build a new colony in South Australia. The South Australia Company
ended business in its own right on 17 March 1949 when its management
was transferred to Elders Trustee.
The founding shareholders were George Fife Angas, Thomas Smith and
Henry Kingscote, who were soon accompanied by some 300 additional
shareholders. Among these were John Rundle, Charles Hindley, Raikes
Currie, John Pirie and Henry Waymouth.
In January 1836 four ships sailed from England, on behalf of the
Company. They developed a settlement at Kingscote on Kangaroo Island,
in July 1836, but when farming proved unviable, they transferred their
settlement to the mainland. The Company provided basic infrastructure
for the new colony, as well as sold or leased land to immigrants who
came to settle.
