"Australia Meridional (en inglés: South Australia) es un estado de Australia que se ubica en la parte central del sur del país. El estado se extiende por una de las partes más áridas del continente, tiene un total de 984.377 km², esto convierte a Australia Meridional en el cuarto de los estados y territorios en cuanto a extensión. El estado limita al oeste con Australia Occidental, al norte con el Territorio del Norte y Queensland, al este con Queensland, Nueva Gales del Sur y Victoria, en el sur el estado está bañado por el océano Índico. Con 1,5 millones de personas, el estado tiene menos del 10 por ciento de la población australiana y se encuentra en la 5ª posición de los estados y territorios. La mayoría de la población reside en la capital del estado, Adelaida (conocida como la ciudad de las iglesias), con la mayoría de la población restante distribuida en las áreas fértiles a lo largo de la costa sureste y en la ribera del río Murray. El origen de Australia Meridional es singular en la historia del país ya que fue una provincia británica de libre colonización. La colonización oficial comenzó el 28 de diciembre de 1836 cuando se declaró el estado en el The Old Gum Tree por el gobernador Hindmarsh. La manera de colonizar esta parte de Australia se hizo siguiendo una teoría de Edward Gibbon Wakefield que más tarde fue utilizada para colonizar Nueva Zelanda. El objetivo era establecer la provincia como un centro de civilización para inmigrantes libres, tendría libertades civiles y tolerancia religiosa. Aunque su historia se ha visto marcada por dificultades económicas, Australia Meridional ha permanecido siendo un estado con innovación política y con una vida cultural vibrante. Hoy en día, el estado es conocido como el estado festivo y del buen vino. La economía del estado se centra en el sector primario especialmente en la agricultura, la industria, la industria minera y el sector financiero han crecido significativamente."
"South Australia (abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent. With a total land area of 983,482 square kilometres (379,725 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories. It has a total of 1.7 million people, and its population is the most highly centralised of any state in Australia, with more than 75 percent of South Australians living in the capital, Adelaide, or its environs. Other population centres in the state are relatively small. South Australia shares borders with all of the other mainland states, and with the Northern Territory; it is bordered to the west by Western Australia, to the north by the Northern Territory, to the north-east by Queensland, to the east by New South Wales, to the south-east by Victoria, and to the south by the Great Australian Bight. The state comprises less than 8 percent of the Australian population and ranks fifth in population among the six states and two territories. The majority of its people reside in Adelaide. Most of the remainder are settled in fertile areas along the south-eastern coast and River Murray. The state's colonial origins are unique in Australia as a freely settled, planned British province, rather than as a convict settlement. Official settlement began on 28 December 1836, when the colony was proclaimed at the Old Gum Tree by Governor John Hindmarsh. As with the rest of the continent, the region had been long occupied by Aboriginal peoples, who were organised into numerous tribes and languages. The first British settlement to be established was Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, on 26 July 1836, five months before Adelaide was founded. The guiding principle behind settlement was that of systematic colonisation, a theory espoused by Edward Gibbon Wakefield that was later employed by the New Zealand Company. The goal was to establish the province as a centre of civilisation for free immigrants, promising civil liberties and religious tolerance. Although its history is marked by economic hardship, South Australia has remained politically innovative and culturally vibrant. Today, it is known for its fine wine and numerous cultural festivals. The state's economy is dominated by the agricultural, manufacturing and mining industries. The state has an increasingly significant finance sector as well."