South Australia and Western Australia

"South Australia and Western Australia" by Anthony Trollope is a historical snapshot from the 1800s, taken from a bigger book called "Australia and New Zealand", and it helps understand the early days of South Australia by comparing it to Western Australia. Trollope checks out what society was like, how the government worked, and how people farmed, paying special attention to how South Australia got started without using convicts for labor, which was unusual for Australia back then. The story begins with a look at the first adventures and settlements in South Australia, especially Captain Sturt's trips in the 1820s, showing how hard it was to build a new colony next to others that were mainly prisons. Trollope talks about how the towns grew, how they used the Wakefield plan to set things up, and problems with selling land and running the place. He underlines how the people of South Australia wanted to create a good and kind society, which was different from the other colonies that started with convicts, giving an interesting look at how Australia was changing.