<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 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>
who migrated to south australia in the colonial era
who migrated to south australia in the colonial era
British colonists
British colonists