John Hindmarsh
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Captain John Hindmarsh, KH, RN was the first Governor of South Australia, from 28 December 1836 to 16 July 1838.
He arrived in South Australia in 1836, with a fleet of ships carrying the first British settlers for the colony. Initially they landed on Kangaroo Island, and sent out the team of surveyors led by Colonel William Light to find a suitable place for the capital city of the new colony. Light eventually chose the site of Adelaide, and the fleet moved up the Gulf Saint Vincent to Holdfast Bay, off the present-day suburb of Glenelg. The proclamation creating the colony was read on 28 December 1836 under the Old Gum Tree. Sir John Hindmarsh retired to the seaside town of Hove, England. He lived at 30 Albany Villas for a number of years, where is there is now a plaque in his honour. Rear-Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh died in 1860 (1786-1860) and is buried in the grounds of St Andrews Church, Hove.
The ships in the fleet included the Cygnet (carrying Light's surveyors), Africaine, Tam O'Shanter, Rapid, and Buffalo (carrying Hindmarsh).
The Division of Hindmarsh federal electorate in the area near the proclamation is named after him.
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| Preceded by: inaugural governor | Governor of South Australia 1836–1838 | Succeeded by: Lieutenant Colonel George Gawler, KH |
