Kangaroo Island |
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| Title : | Kangaroo Island |
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| Date of creation : | 1906 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
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| Description : |
Robert Clark Morgan, captain of the Duke of York - the ship which brought the first European settlers to South Australia - was a deeply religious man. Morgan hoped the new colony would be dedicated to Christian ideals. In his diary he records seeing a rainbow as the Duke of York approached land. He believed the rainbow to be a symbol, of God's promise to watch over the first settlers. Arriving on Kangaroo Island in 1836, Morgan conducted what is believed to be the first service of Christian worship on South Australian soil, at Nepean Bay. |
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| Related names : | Morgan, Robert Clark Duke of York (Ship) Kangaroo Island (S. Aust.) |
| Coverage year : | 1906 |
| Place : | Kangaroo Island (S. Aust.) |
| Region : | Fleurieu Peninsula |
| Further reading : | Blacket, John. The early history of South Australia: a romantic experiment in colonisation, 1836-1857, Adelaide: Methodist Book Depot, 1907 Morgan, Robert Clark. Diary [microform], 1836-1838, D6712 (L) |
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