 1885 - 1921 (36 years)
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| 1 | 1887 | - 1887: Stock Exchange of Adelaide forms.
- 1887: The City of Adelaide was sold to Dover coal merchant Charles Mowll in 1887.
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| 2 | 1888 | - 1888: City of Adelaide set to work on North Atlantic Timber Trade.
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| 3 | 1893 | - 9 Sep 1893: City of Adelaide leaves Glasgow under tow to Southampton.
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| 4 | 1894 | - 1894: Worlds 2nd Act granting women suffrage passed in Parliament House, Adelaide.
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| 5 | 1896 | - 1896: Moving pictures shown for first time in South Australia at Theatre Royal.
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| 6 | 1899 | - 1899: South Australian contingent leaves Adelaide for the Second Boer War.
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| 7 | 1900 | - 1900: First electricity station opened in South Australia at Grenfell Street.
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| 8 | 1901 | - 1 Jan 1901: Adelaide became a state capital upon establishment of Commonwealth of Australia.
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| 9 | 1904 | - 1904: State Flag of South Australia is officially adopted.
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| 10 | 1908 | - 1908: Adelaides Outer Harbor opens.
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| 11 | 1919 | - 1919: Adelaide awarded official city status and Mayor became Lord Mayor.
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