Today
South Australia's land borders are defined to the west by the
129° east longitude (
129° east) with
Western Australia, to the north by the
26th parallel south
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latitude (
26° south) with the
Northern Territory and
Queensland and to the east by
141° east longitude (
141° east) with Queensland,
New South Wales and
Victoria; however, this is not where all borders are actually marked on the ground.
The South Australian boundaries are shared with the
West Australian border, the
Northern Territory border, the
Queensland borders, the
New South Wales border
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and the
Victorian border—that is, all states and territories except for the
Australian Capital Territory and
Tasmania.
History
1788–1832
In
1788
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The first edition of ''The Times'', previously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is published in London.
* January 2 – Georgia ratifies the United States Constitution, and becomes the fourth U.S ...
,
Governor Phillip
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claimed the continent of Australia only as far west as the
135th meridian east longitude (
135° east) in accordance with his commission.
(
26 January 1788 – Map)
The line of
129° east first became a border in Australia as the western border of
New South Wales (
NSW) in 1825 (
16 July 1825 – Map).
On 16 July 1825, the western boundary of New South Wales was relocated at
129° east to take in the new settlement at
Melville Island.
From 1825 to 1829
129° east was the
NSW border.
Following the settlement of the
Swan River Colony
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(
SRC) in
1829
Events
January–March
* January 19 – August Klingemann's adaptation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's ''Faust'' premieres in Braunschweig.
* February 27 – Battle of Tarqui: Troops of Gran Colombia and Peru battle to a draw.
* March ...
(
2 May 1829 – Map), the eastern boundary was declared to be
129° east, that is coinciding with the western boundary of New South Wales at the time.
The colony of Western Australia (
WA) was commissioned in March
1831
Events
January–March
* January 1 – William Lloyd Garrison begins publishing '' The Liberator'', an anti-slavery newspaper, in Boston, Massachusetts.
* January 10 – Japanese department store, Takashimaya in Kyoto establ ...
.
From 1829 to 1832
129° east was the
SRC/
NSW border.
1832–1836
The name of the Swan River Colony changed to Western Australia in 1832 (
6 February 1832 – Map).
From 1832 to 1846
129° east was the
WA/
NSW border.
1836–1846
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).
From 1836 to 1846
129° east was the
WA/
NSW border.
132° east was the
SA/
NSW border as were
26° south and
141° east.
1846–1847
In 1846 the colony of
North Australia
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(
NA) was proclaimed by Letters Patent, which was all of New South Wales north of
26° south (
17 February 1846 – Map).
From 1846 to 1847
129° east was the
WA/
NSW border and the
WA/
NA border.
132° east was the
SA/
NSW border, while
26° south became the
SA/
NA border and
141° east remained the
SA/
NSW border.
1847–1851
In 1847 the colony of North Australia was revoked and reincorporated into New South Wales. (
15 April 1847 – Map), so South Australia was once again surrounded by New South Wales on all land borders.
From 1847 to 1860
129° east was once again the
WA/
NSW border.
From 1847
132° east was again the
SA/
NSW border, and
26° south was also the
SA/
NSW border.
141° east would remain the
SA/
NSW border until 1851.
1851–1859
In 1851 South Australia's eastern border changed again when the colony of Victoria was proclaimed (
1 July 1851 – Map).
From 1851
141° east would change to include both the
SA/
NSW border and the
SA/
VIC border.
1859–1860
In 1859 The colony of Queensland is proclaimed by Letters Patent, with its western border set at
141° east (
6 June 1859 – Map).
From 1859
141° east would change to include the
SA/
QLD border, the
SA/
NSW border and the
SA/
VIC border.
1860–1862
In 1860 the western border of South Australia changed from
132° east to
129° east (
1860 – MAP).
From this time on South Australia's western border was also the West Australian border.
From 1860
129° east became
the
SA/
WA border from south of
26° south & the
WA/
NSW border north of
26° south.
1862–1863
In 1862 Queensland's western border north of
26° south) was moved to
139° east (
1862
Events
January–March
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* January 6 – French intervention in Mexico: French, Spanish and British forces arrive in Veracruz, Mexico.
* January ...
).
From 1862
26° south became shared as the
SA/
NSW border and the
SA/
QLD border between
139° east and
141° east.
1863–1911
In 1863 that part of New South Wales to the north of South Australia was annexed to South Australia by Letters Patent as the Northern Territory of South Australia, which was shortened to the
Northern Territory (
6 July 1863 – Map).
From 1863 to 1911
129° east was the
WA/
NToSA border north of
26° south & the
WA/
SA border south of
26° south.
26° south became the
SA/
NToSA border.
1911–1927
In 1911 the
Northern Territory was split off from South Australia to be administered by the Commonwealth. (
1 January 1911 – Map).
From 1911 to 1927
129° east was the
WA/
NT border north of
26° south & the
WA/
SA border to the south.
26° south became the
SA/
NT border.
1927–1931
In 1927 the Northern Territory was split into two territories,
North Australia
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and
Central Australia
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. (
1 March 1927 – Map).
From 1927
26° south became the
SA/
CA border.
1931–present
In 1931 North Australia and Central Australia were reunited as the Northern Territory
(
12 June 1931 – Map).
From 1931
26° south once again became the
SA/
NT border.
Marking the borders on the ground
Early attempts
Marking the SA/WA border on the ground
''See
History of fixing SA/WA border on the ground''
Marking the SA/NT border on the ground
Marking the SA/QLD border on the ground
Marking the SA/NSW border on the ground
Marking the SA/VIC border on the ground
Border disputes
The Border Corners
Surveyor Generals Corner
The actual West Australian border with the Northern Territory and South Australia, which has been marked on the ground, is not as straight as it looks, with the
WA/
NT and
WA/
SA borders being displaced by approximately 127 m due to early survey errors within the limits of technology available in the 1920s.
The 127-metre section that runs east–west along the
26° south is part of the border between Western Australia and the Northern Territory. In June
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Januar ...
, two monuments were erected to mark each end of this 127-metre sideways section, the easternmost of these monuments, being where all three borders meet, was named Surveyor Generals Corner.
Cameron Corner
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Haddon Corner
Haddon Corner
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Poeppel Corner
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MacCabe Corner
MacCabe Corner
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is a corner of state boundaries in Australia, where the state of Victoria meets South Australia and New South Wales.
See also
*
South Australia-Victoria border dispute
*
Greenwich Time Signal
References
External links
Australian Government – Geoscience Australia – State and Territory Borders*{{cite web
, title = 1921 WA-NT Border Determinations
, publisher = Kununurra Historical Society Inc. (
KHS), Kununurra, Western Australia
, year = 2011
, url = http://www.kununurra.org.au/research/1921-wa-nt-border-determinations
, access-date = 10 January 2012 – This description of the 1921 Kimberley
WA/
NT border determinations, involving SA Government Astronomer Dodwell, and
SA Surveyors Hambidge and Maddern, along with the
WA Government Astronomer,
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, mixes a news article with diary entries from
M.P. Durack and photographs from the
KHS Hambidge Collection. The
KHS museum in Kununurra has a permanent display and archival material collected about the
WA/
NT border & the
WA/
SA border from which some of the research on this page has been based.
Borders of Australia
Borders of South Australia
Borders of New South Wales
Borders of the Northern Territory
Borders of Queensland
Borders of Victoria (state)
Borders of Western Australia
Geography of South Australia
History of South Australia
History of New South Wales
History of the Northern Territory
History of Queensland
History of Victoria (state)
History of Western Australia