 1876 - 1892 (16 years)
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| 1 | 1876 | - 14 Feb 1876: Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone.
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| 2 | 1879 | - 22 Oct 1879: Thomas Edison invents incandescent light
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| 3 | 1880 | - 20 Jan 1880: Bushranger Capt Moonlites brief career ends in him being hanged in 1880.
- 11 Nov 1880: Bushranger Ned Kelly hanged for murder of Mounted Constable Thomas Lonigan.
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| 4 | 1881 | - 1881: Drought ruins thousands of farmers; Goyders Line recognised as agricultural limit.
- 18 Jun 1881: The Art Gallery of South Australia opened.
- 23 Jul 1881: Coopers Brewery brews its first ale in its newly
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| 5 | 1882 | - 1882: First water-borne sewerage service in Australia commencedin Adelaide.
- 20 Aug 1882: Debut of Tchaikovskys 1812 Overture
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| 6 | 1884 | - 1884: Largs Bay Fort opens.
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| 7 | 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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| 8 | 1888 | - 1888: City of Adelaide set to work on North Atlantic Timber Trade.
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