 South Australian Company

The South Australian Company (9 October 1835 – 17 March 1949), also referred to as the South Australia Company, was formed in London on 9 October 1835, after lobbying by the South Australian Association.The founding board, headed by George Fife Angas, consisted of wealthy British merchants in order to develop a new settlement in South Australia; its purpose was to build a new colony by meeting an essential financial obligation of the "South Australia Act 1834".