 1866 - Abt 1879 (13 years)
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| 1 | 1866 | - 1866: The Italianate Adelaide Town Hall opened.
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| 2 | 1868 | - 1868: End of convict transportation to Australia with final tally of some 160,000.
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| 3 | 1869 | - 1869: The City Market (later Central) opened on Grote Street.
- 1869: Suez Canal opens.
- 22 Nov 1869: The clipper ship Cutty Sark was launched at Dumbarton.
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| 4 | 1870 | - 1870: Bushranger Capt Thunderbolt shot by troopers.
- 1870: Jules Vernes 20,000 leagues under the sea is written.
- 1870: Wagners Die Walkure is written.
- 1870: George Henry Michell sets up a wool-scouring operation in Undalya.
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| 5 | 1871 | - 1871: North German and South German confederations form a united Germany in 1871.
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| 6 | 1872 | - 1872: Todds overland telegraph line laid from Adelaide to the north coast.
- 1872: First wire communications between Europe and Australia achieved.
- 1872: Adelaide GPO opens and Adelaide becomes first Australian capital linked to London.
- 27 Mar 1872: Fiendly rival Yatala goes aground near Cape Gris-Nez.
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| 7 | 1873 | - 1873: First cricket match played at Adelaide Oval.
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| 8 | 1874 | - 1874: The Adelaide Oval is officially opened.
- 1874: The University of Adelaide founded.
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| 9 | 1876 | - 14 Feb 1876: Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone.
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| 10 | 1879 | - 22 Oct 1879: Thomas Edison invents incandescent light
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