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Key Facts

Full name
Charles Cameron Kingston

Known as
Charles Kingston

Born
22 October 1850

Place of birth
Adelaide, SA (5000)

Died
11 May 1908 (aged 57)

Place of death
Adelaide, SA (5000)

State of origin
SA

Charles Kingston


A driving force in the creation of the SAFA in 1877 and its adoption of ‘Victorian rules’ over other competing claims, Charles Kingston was President of South Adelaide from 1880 until his death in 1908. Premier of South Australia in the 1890s, he was also an instigator of Federation and an architect of the White Australia policy. 

Author - Adam Cardosi


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Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.