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. Note that this list excludes Select Committees.
Royal Commission appointed by the Governor-in-Chief to inquire into the working of the Lands Titles Registration Office
John T. Bagot (Chairman)
William Kay
W.M. Letchford
1866
Royal Commission appointed by the Governor-in-Chief to inquire into the management of the Northern Territory expedition
W.L. O'Halloran (Chairman)
C.H. Goode
H.E. Bright
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
John T. Bagot (Chairman)
John Hodgkis
William Townsend
Neville Blyth
Henry E. Bright
1867
Royal Commission appointed by the Governor-in-Chief to inquire charges against Waterworks Engineer
T. Reynolds (Chairman)
William Milne
John Colton
David Bower
John Carr
Henry E. Bright
Philip Santo
1867–1868
Royal Commission appointed by the Governor-in-Chief to inquire and report upon the diseases in cereals
John H. Barrow (Chairman)
THOS. Hogarth
WM. Everard
W Cavenagh
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
Rupert Ingleby (Chairman)
W. C. Belt
Leonard W. Thrupp
WM. JNO. Brind
F. E. Krichauff
1873
Commission of Inquiry appointed to inquire into matters in dispute in connection with the Hope Valley aqueduct contract
Philip Santo (Chairman)
WM. Rogers
James Pearce
John Crozier
Robert Cottrell
1873–1874
Royal Commission appointed to consider the whole matter of remuneration and classification of the Civil Service
E. W. Hitchin (Chairman)
J. Boothby
Fred J. Sanderson
James N. Blackmore
Sam Deering
W.T. Sheppard
1873–1874
Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the whole question of the new Institute and Museum
Richard Hanson (Chairman)
WM. Everard
William Milne
William Gosse
Rowland Rees
1874
Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the alcoholic strength of South Australian wines
William Milne
John William Lewis
Richard Schomburgk
Samuel Davenport
Robert Dalrymple Ross
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
H.E. Bright (Chairman)
William Milne
G.S. Kingston
J. Fisher
JAS. Pearce
George C. Hawker
G.T. Light
W.D. Allott
1874
Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the organisation and working of the Post Office Department
William R. Boothby (Chairman)
Fred J. Sanderson
WM. G. Cuthbertson
WM, Longbottom
Caleb Peacock
H.E. Bright
1874–1875
Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the subject of railway construction
G. W. Goyder (Chairman)
W. Barber
SAM. Davenport
Alfred Hallett
WM. R. Boothby
H. C. Mais
W. L. Beare
1875
Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the best means of providing agricultural and technical education
Henry Ayers (Chairman)
Ebenezer Ward
JNO. Ingleby
SAML. Davenport
R. Schomburgk
1875–1876
Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the whole question of sanitation for the Province
R. Rees MP (Chairman)
J. Crozier MLC
P. Santo MLC
T. Johnson MP
W.Kay MP
J. Richards MP
R.R. Ross MP
B. Taylor MP
W. Gosse
A. Campbell
J. Sinclair
1876
Royal Commission appointed to consider and report upon the whole question of the defences of the Province
Herbert Paine (Local court judge and special magistrate),
William Bishop,
Edmund Daly,
Albert Thompson,
Kenneth Wills (replaced by) Samuel Fisk
1956–1957
Royal Commission on local government; Report on creation of an additional district council district in the Upper South-East and adjustment of existing district council districts together with maps
Royal Commission on allegations in relation to prisons under the charge, care and direction of the Director of the Department of Correctional Services and certain related matters
Board of Inquiry appointed to investigate a charge of tampering with emigration certificates
1869
Stockade inquiry board
1870
Board appointed to inquire into the cause of deficiencies in certain bonded stores, and conduct of customs officers in connection therewith
1872
Committee appointed to consider the Assembly chamber arrangement
1872
Board of inquiry into the management of the Metropolitan Police Force
1873
Assembly chamber committee
1875
Committee of Inquiry appointed to inquire into the general management of the Adelaide Hospital by the paid officers of the institution
1878
Committee on the Parliament buildings site
1878
Committee of the Legislative Council on Parliament buildings site
1879
Board of advice on outer harbor accommodation
1879
Board appointed to inquire into the case of Police v. Plumridge
1880
Board of Inquiry to investigate certain charges made against Mr. J. Boothby, Under Secretary
1880
Board of Inquiry appointed to investigate charges laid against Mr. Josiah Boothby, C.M.G. Under Secretary and Government Statist under Civil Service Act, no 3 of 1874
Thow inquiry board, appointed to inquire into certain charges against Mr. Wm. Thow, the Locomotive Engineer of the S.A. Railways;
1885
Patterson inquiry board appointed to inquire into certain charges against Mr R. C. Patterson, Deputy Engineer-in-Chief of the S.A. Railways
1886
Board of Inquiry into Islington railway accident
1886
Board of Inquiry into cause of accident on Southern railway line on Easter Monday, 26 April 1886
1886–1888
Board appointed by the Government to inquire into and report upon the best means of developing a general system of technical, including agricultural, education in the Province
1888
(Public Service commission on) A.L. Thurpp's (sic) claim re wattle seed
1888
Board appointed by the Chief Secretary to inquire into certain allegations in regard to the treatment in the Adelaide and Parkside Asylums of a pauper lunatic named George Willoughby
1890
(Public Service commission on) A.L. Thurpp's (sic) claim re wattle seed
1890
Board appointed by the Government to enquire into and report upon the best means of lighting by electricity the Houses of Parliament and other public buildings adjoining, and the estimated cost compared with the cost of the present system of lighting with gas
1890
South Australian railway brakes board
1892
Board appointed to inquire whether or not any public loss has been occasioned or permitted in connection with the pastoral valuations by the misconduct, negligence, incapacity, or error of Mr. S.G. Huebbe
1892
Board appointed to inquire into the question of the establishment of a truant school
1894
Committee appointed to confer with any committee of the L.C. on the necessity for better accommodation for the Council
1898
Committee appointed by the LC on the title of "honourable" in reference to members of the LC
1899–1900
Board appointed to inquire into charges against detective police
1902–1903
Adelaide water supply inquiry board
1903
Board of Inquiry re Dr. Ramsay Smith
1911
Committee of Inquiry into alleged irregularities in connection with the Willunga railway polls
1916
Nomenclature committee on enemy place names
1918
Board of Inquiry into charge against the Surveyor-General Mr. N.W. Pethick
1922
Committee appointed to inquire into dairy questions on River Murray reclaimed swamp areas
1927
Special Committee on state finance
1927
(Committee on) financial effect of Federation on South Australia
1930–1931
Committee of Enquiry into education
1931
Special committee upon soldier settlement and irrigation
1931
Agricultural settlement committee
1931–1932
Committee of Enquiry into the Adelaide Electric Supply Co. Ltd.
1932–1933
Committee to investigate the question of debt adjustment in respect of the agricultural and pastoral industries
1934
Investigation committee on the Advances for Homes Acts
1934
Committee of Inquiry on the effect of the legislation of the Commonwealth and the eastern states controlling butter and cheese, and a Commonwealth price stabilisation scheme for South Australia, or a state controlled scheme
1935–1936
Honorary committee appointed by the Government to report upon the Road Traffic Act, 1934 and to make recommendations relating to traffic laws
1935
Honorary committee on subordinate legislation
1937
Committee on the operation of the South Australian Trading Stamp Act
1937
The Committee on the proposed jetty at Port Victoria
1937
Honorary committee on the manufacture and improvements in quality of South Australian butter
1937–1938
State traffic committee
1937–1938
Soil conservation committee
1937
Building Act inquiry committee
1938
Special committee appointed to inquire into the present ration scale and to advise the Government as to any desirable alterations or additions to the scale
1938–1939
Committee appointed by the Government to inquire into delinquent and other children in the care of the State
1939–1940
State traffic committee on main road lighting
1940
Building Act inquiry committee
1942–1949
Education inquiry committee appointed by the Government of South Australia
1943
Committee of inquiry into electricity supply for South Australia
1943–1944
Country freezing works committee
A. W. Pope (chairman and general manager of the Government Produce Department),
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References
↑ Zalums, Elmar (1975). A Bibliography of South Australian Royal Commissions, Select Committees of Parliament, and Boards of Inquiry, 1857–1970. Bedford Park, South Australia: The Flinders University of South Australia. ISBN0-9598530-0-6.
↑ Index to Papers Laid Before Parliament and Petitions Presented to Both Houses, 1962–1975. 1977.
↑ Index to Papers Laid Before Parliament and Petitions Presented to Both Houses, From 1July to 30June 1982. 1983.
↑ "What is the Royal Commission?". Royal Commission into Early Childhood Education and Care. Archived from the original on 9 December 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
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