Governor John Hindmarsh purchased 'Section 353' and sold half-acre lots to settlers to form the first suburb of Adelaide, the Village of Hindmarsh.
Village of Bowden formed under 'Section 354', Hundred of Yatala by James Hurtle Fisher (1790-1875), who named it after his native village in Northamptonshire, UK.
Bricklayers Arms public house built
at 19 Richard St (Black Lion Hotel) by William Bacon (member of Hindmarsh Management Committee).
Hotel Land of Promise opened at
172 Port Road & [John] Ridley's Steam Flour Mill [in present Ridleyton] built.
Hindmarsh & Bowden Agricultural Company formed. The first joint stock company associated with Hindmarsh.
A co-operative offering lots for sale for farm use.
Hindmarsh Brewery erected by
Edward James Crawford.
Hindmarsh Bridge opened.
The only surviving bridge after
the 1845 flood.
Hindmarsh cemetery opened
(corner of Adams/South Roads).
Hindmarsh & Bowden Mechanics
Institute first meeting at John Ridley's home (Lot 74). The first recorded community group. Brompton Village formed in Sections 355 & 370.
Port rail line opened.
District Council of Hindmarsh formed (also inc. City of Woodville & City of Henley & Grange).
Bowden Railway Station constructed and Hindmarsh Town Hall built.
Brompton Gasworks complex (first retort building), East Street. First complaints over Tanneries polluting the River Torrens.
Hindmarsh Police Station,
187 Port Road, Brompton, built.
First Roman Catholic Church completed at 17a West St, Brompton.
Old kitchen, 54 Trembath St, Bowden.
Corporation of the Town of Hindmarsh formed, First Mayor Benjamin Taylor.
Glass Works Factory opened on Chief St, Brompton. Originally named the South Australian Glass Bottle Company.
Beehive Shirt Factory,
123 Drayton St, Bowden
(14th St, Bowden in 1890) opened.
Governor Hindmarsh Hotel,
59 Port Road, Bowden, opened.
The Adelaide & Hindmarsh Tramway Company Limited commenced the Hindmarsh Tramline (from cnr King William / Hindley St to NW Cr John St). Elliot Undertakers Complex,
1-1a Station Place, Bowden.
North Adelaide & Ovingham Tramway Company proposal for horse-drawn tram linking Bowden, Brompton and Brompton Park (not implemented).
Hindmarsh Post Office opened
(cnr Port Rd/Milner).
Bowden-Brompton Workshop School,
85 Torrens Road, Brompton.
7 Brickyards owned and operated by the [Job] Hallet family. 6 in Brompton and 1 in Hindmarsh, named 'Griffins, Whites, Spurs, Home (Chief / Hawker Sts), Dome (Chief St), Thornes and Cappers (John St, Hindmarsh).
Royal District Nursing Society of S.A. begins operating out of Bowden.
Hindmarsh Oval declared open
4 February.
Bowden kindergarten established at Lawton's, 7th St.
Electric Tramway to Hindmarsh opened by Municipal Tramway Trust (MTT).
Road Name Changes. Bowden: Park Terrace and Park Lands Road to Park Terrace; Brompton: 1st, Frost and Boucaut Streets to First Street; 2nd and Mann to Second Street; 4th and Hawker Street to Fourth Street; 5th and Hull to Fifth Street.
Brompton tramline extension opened.
Replacement of tram services with buses in Hindmarsh Council area began.
Hindmarsh transformed into light industry area as residents moved to more spacious suburbs.
Clipsal announces intention to relocate to new head office and manufacturing operation at Gepps Cross.
The South Australian Government announces that it has acquired the Clipsal site for $52.5 million.
The Government of South Australia commences master planning and extensive community engagement.
The South Australian Government announces that it has acquired the former Origin Gasworks site. Continuation of master planning and review of proposed site plan for 10-hectare site.
The Bowden development is now underway on the former Clipsal and Origin Energy sites on the north-western edge of Adelaide's parklands with the first land release to builders and developers happening in late 2011. The site offers a once-in-a-lifetime chance for Adelaide to set new standards in urban revitalisation and integrated transit planning for Australian cities.