<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The history of South Australia refers to the history of the Australian State of South Australia and its preceding Indigenous and British colonial societies . Aboriginal Australians have lived in South Australia for tens of thousands of years, while British colonists arrived in the 19th century to establish a free colony, with no convict settlers . European explorers were sent deep into the interior, discovering some pastoral land but mainly large tracts of desert terrain . </P> <P> The colony became a cradle of democratic reform in Australia . The Parliament of South Australia was formed in 1857, when the colony was granted self - government . Women were granted the vote in the 1890s . South Australia became a State of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901 following a vote to federate with the other British colonies of Australia . While it has a smaller population than the eastern States, South Australia has often been at the vanguard of political and social change in Australia . </P>

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