This is a list of royal commissions and commissions of inquiry appointed by the Government of South Australia.[1] [2] [3] Royal Commissions are currently held in South Australia under the terms of the Royal Commissions Act 1917.
This list includes Royal Commissions that were conducted jointly with the Government of Australia. It does not include Select Committees.
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| 1859 | Royal Commission appointed by the Governor-in-Chief to inquire into the loss of the "SS Admella" |
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| 1861 | Royal commission on real property law | |||||||
| 1864 | Royal Commission on the Customs House |
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| 1864 | Royal Commission appointed to inquire into and report on the management, etc. of the Lunatic Asylum and Hospital |
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| 1865 | Royal Commission appointed by the Governor-in-Chief to report on colonial defences | |||||||
| 1865 | Royal Commission appointed by the Governor-in-Chief to inquire into the state of the northern runs |
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| 1865–1866 | Royal Commission on the Port Harbour | |||||||
| 1866 | Royal Commission appointed by the Governor-in-Chief to inquire into the working of the Lands Titles Registration Office |
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| 1866 | Royal Commission appointed by the Governor-in-Chief to inquire into the management of the Northern Territory expedition |
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| 1866 | Commission of Inquiry into management of Police Force | |||||||
| 1867 | Royal Commission appointed by the Governor-in-Chief to inquire into the state of runs suffering from drought |
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| 1867 | Royal Commission appointed by the Governor-in-Chief to inquire charges against Waterworks Engineer |
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| 1867–1868 | Royal Commission appointed by the Governor-in-Chief to inquire and report upon the diseases in cereals |
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| 1869 | Royal Commission to inquire into and report upon the public accounts | |||||||
| 1872–1873 | Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the Intestacy, Real Property, and Testamentary Causes Acts |
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| 1873 | Commission of Inquiry appointed to inquire into matters in dispute in connection with the Hope Valley aqueduct contract |
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| 1873–1874 | Royal Commission appointed to consider the whole matter of remuneration and classification of the Civil Service |
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| 1873–1874 | Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the whole question of the new Institute and Museum |
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| 1874 | Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the alcoholic strength of South Australian wines |
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| 1874 | Royal Commission appointed to inquire into and report upon the plans submitted in competition for the new Parliament houses and the new Institute and Museum, and the sites best suited for their erection |
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| 1874 | Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the organisation and working of the Post Office Department |
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| 1874–1875 | Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the subject of railway construction |
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| 1875 | Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the best means of providing agricultural and technical education |
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| 1875–1876 | Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the whole question of sanitation for the Province |
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| 1876 | Royal Commission appointed to consider and report upon the whole question of the defences of the Province |
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| 1877–1878 | Royal Commission appointed to report on the principles and working of tribunals of commerce, etc., etc. |
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| 1878 | Royal Commission appointed to report on the Parliament buildings site |
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| 1879 | Royal Commission appointed to report on the liquor laws |
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| 1879–1882 | Royal Commission appointed to report on public finance |
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| 1879 | Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the Parliament buildings site |
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| 1879–1882 | Royal Commission appointed to report on the public works |
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| 1879 | Royal Commission on sewage farm site |
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| 1880–1881 | Royal Commission appointed to report on wharves and jetties |
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| 1881 | Royal Commission appointed to report on the alleged injuries by sparrows |
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| 1881–1882 | Royal Commission on the working of the Education Acts |
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| 1882 | Royal Commission appointed to report on electoral districts |
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| 1883–1885 | Royal Commission appointed to report on the Destitute Act, 1881 |
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| 1883–1884 | Royal Commission appointed to report upon the Adelaide and Parkside Lunatic Asylums |
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| 1883–1884 | Royal Commission on railways |
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| 1886–1887 | Royal Commission on Government Stores |
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| 1887 | Royal Commission on Transcontinental railway |
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| 1887 | Royal Commission on the utilisation of River Murray waters | |||||||
| 1888 | Royal Commission on the land laws of South Australia |
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| 1888–1891 | Civil Service Commission |
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| 1888–1889 | Royal Commission appointed to consider the desirability of establishing a State Bank and Royal Mint |
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| 1889 | Barossa water commission |
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| 1889–1890 | Royal Commission on an Angaston railway |
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| 1889–1890 | Mining Commission |
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| 1890 | Royal Commission on the utilisation of River Murray waters |
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| 1890 | Queensland border railway commission |
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| 1890 | Royal Commission on the Water Conservation Department |
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| 1890 | Royal Commission on intercolonial free trade |
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| 1890–1891 | Royal Commission on landing and embarking European mails |
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| 1890–1891 | Royal Commission on the Port Augusta and Cockburn railway |
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| 1891 | Queensland border railway commission |
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| 1891 | Royal Commission on the question of the best route for the Blyth railway extension |
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| 1891 | Pastoral lands commission |
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| 1891–1892 | Royal Commission on the valuations of pastoral improvements |
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| 1892 | Royal Commission on the south-east drainage system |
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| 1892 | Orroroo and Port Germein railway commission |
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| 1892 | Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the question of the expediency of constructing a graving dock in South Australia at the public expense |
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| 1892 | Shops and factories commission |
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| 1892 | Royal Commission on main roads |
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| 1893 | Royal Commission on stores |
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| 1893 | Vermin-proof fencing commission |
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| 1894 | Royal Commission on the utilisation of River Murray waters |
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| 1895 | Royal Commission on the Northern Territory | |||||||
| 1895 | Royal Commission on the Adelaide Hospital |
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| 1896 | Royal Commission on the Beetaloo waterworks |
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| 1896–1897 | Royal Commission on the Government wharves |
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| 1897 | Royal Commission on the Bundaleer waterworks |
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| 1897–1898 | Pastoral lands commission |
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| 1897–1898 | Royal Commission on the aged poor |
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| 1898–1899 | South-eastern drainage commission |
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| 1899–1901 | Public service commission |
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| 1899–1900 | Royal Commission on Renmark and Murray River settlements |
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| 1900 | Royal Commission on main roads |
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| 1900 | Royal Commission on the Taxation Acts |
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| 1901 | Royal Commission on the Wine and Produce Depot |
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| 1902 | Wine and Produce Commission in London |
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| 1902 | Royal Commission on the question of the construction of a railway to Pinnaroo |
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| 1902 | Interstate Royal Commission on the River Murray representing the States of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia |
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| 1903 | Royal Commission on waterworks |
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| 1903–1904 | Royal commission on railways |
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| 1905–1906 | Royal Commission on the necessity for improved facilities for the trade of the south-east |
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| 1906 | Royal Commission upon the question of the treatment of inebriates |
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| 1907 | Royal Commission upon the charges against produce merchants |
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| 1907–1908 | Royal Commission on main roads |
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| 1908–1909 | Royal Commission on the question of the marketing of wheat | |||||||
| 1908–1909 | Royal Commission on the Land Titles Office and General Registry of Deeds Office |
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| 1908–1909 | Royal Commission on the conviction of Myles Flynn |
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| 1909–1912 | Royal Commission on Eyre's Peninsula railways |
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| 1909 | Royal Commission upon the necessity of a railway to Willunga |
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| 1909–1912 | Royal commission on the Murray lands railway |
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| 1909–1911 | Royal Commission upon the necessity for a railway through Kangaroo Island |
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| 1909 | Royal Commission on the management of the Parkside Lunatic Asylum and treatment of criminal lunatics |
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| 1909–1910 | Royal Commission on the suggested railway deviation at Goolwa |
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| 1910–1912 | Royal Commission on northern railways |
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| 1910–1911 | Royal Commission on the proposed railway from Eudunda to Robertstown |
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| 1910–1912 | Royal Commission on narrow-gauge extension and break of gauge | |||||||
| 1910–1914 | Royal Commission on the Sedan railway |
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| 1910–1912 | Royal Commission on water supply |
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| 1910–1912 | Interstate Royal Commission on border railways |
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| 1911–1913 | Royal Commission on the Adelaide University and higher education |
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| 1911 | Royal Commission on wharves and water frontages |
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| 1911–1912 | Royal Commission on the shortage of labour in the clothing and boot trades |
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| 1912 | Royal Commission on electoral registration | |||||||