Editing Proclamation Day (section)

===Status as a holiday===
In 1876 Parliament decreed that the Proclamation Day holiday, a gala occasion when thousands descended on [[Glenelg, South Australia|Glenelg]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40472797 |title=Anniversary of the Colony |newspaper=[[South Australian Register]] |volume=XLII |issue=9711 |location=South Australia |date=29 December 1877 |access-date=24 March 2018 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> would henceforth be celebrated on 27 December in lieu of the 28th, in order to make a three-day Christmas holiday. [[Henry J. Moseley]], proprietor of the Glenelg's [[Pier Hotel, Glenelg| Pier Hotel]], was the first and loudest protester against the move,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77487714 |title=Our Adelaide Letter |newspaper=[[The Border Watch]] |volume=XVI |issue=1371 |location=South Australia |date=23 December 1876 |access-date=24 March 2018 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> which was rescinded.{{cn|date=December 2020}}

The Proclamation Day [[Public holidays in Australia|public holiday]] is prescribed in the South Australian ''Holidays Act, 1910''.<ref>{{Citation|title=South Australian Legislation|url=https://www.legislation.sa.gov.au/LZ/C/A/HOLIDAYS%20ACT%201910.aspx|publisher=South Australian Attorney-General's Department|language=en-au|access-date=2020-12-25}}</ref> Originally the Act provided that the day was to be observed on 28 December, except when that day occurred on a Saturday or Sunday, at which times it was to be celebrated on the following Monday. On 4 November 1993,<ref>{{Cite web|title=South Australian Government Gazette, 4 November 1993 p 2168|url=https://www8.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1993/109/2168.pdf}}</ref> the ''Holidays Act 1910'' was amended by the ''Holidays (Proclamation Day, Australia Day and Bank Holidays) Amendment Act 1993'',<ref>{{Citation|title=Holidays (Proclamation Day, Australia Day and Bank Holidays) Amendment Act (No 88 of 1993)|url=https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdb/au/legis/sa/num_act/hdadabhaa88o1993629/|access-date=2020-12-25}}</ref> changing the date for observance of the day to the day following the [[Christmas Day]] holiday, to coincide with [[Boxing Day]] as celebrated in other states. The change was made primarily as a response to the recommendations of the South Australian Industrial Relations Advisory Council, which had advised that the holiday should be changed to avoid stop/start work patterns, particularly in the retail industry.<ref>{{Cite web|title=South Australia, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Council, 19 October 1993, p 662 (Barbara Wiese, Minister of Transport Development)|url=http://hansardpublic.parliament.sa.gov.au/_layouts/15/Hansard/DownloadHansardFile.ashx?t=historicpdf&d=HANSARD-4-1546}}</ref> The change was also said to be consistent with national uniformity arrangements in relation to certain public holidays.<ref>{{Cite web|title=South Australia, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Council, 19 October 1993, p 662 (Barbara Wiese, Minister of Transport Development)|url=http://hansardpublic.parliament.sa.gov.au/_layouts/15/Hansard/DownloadHansardFile.ashx?t=historicpdf&d=HANSARD-4-1546}}</ref>

Formal ceremonies involving the most senior current officials and politicians, followed by public celebrations, continue to be held at the still-extant [[Old Gum Tree]] at Glenelg North on 28 December,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ashley |first1=Walsh |title=More area for South Australia's birthplace |url=https://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2013/12/06/3906325.htm |access-date=27 December 2020 |work=ABC NEws |date=7 December 2013}}</ref><ref name=smith2015>{{cite web | last=Smith | first=Douglas | last2=Lim | first2=Josephine | last3=Gailberger | first3=Jade | title=What's Proclamation Day for, anyway? | website= [[Adelaide Now]] | date=27 December 2015 | url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/proclamation-day-almost-forgotten-and-many-south-australians-dont-know-why-we-have-a-public-holiday-for-it/news-story/0f74621b766bfb775255162bbbce056a | access-date=17 August 2023}}</ref> or one day earlier on 27 December in some years.<ref>{{cite news |last1=James |first1=Hancock |title=Governor talks up early settlers' resilience to motivate South Australians |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-28/sa-governor-hieu-van-le-talks-early-settlers-on-proclamation-day/7056576 |access-date=27 December 2020 |work=ABC News |date=28 December 2015 |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Proclamation Day celebrated at Glenelg as storms reduce crowds |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-28/proclamation-day-for-south-australia-celebrated-at-glenelg/8150866 |access-date=27 December 2020 |work=ABC News |date=28 December 2016 |language=en-AU}}</ref> However, a small 2015 poll indicated that many South Australians did not know why Proclamation Day was commemorated, and it was not included in the school curriculum.<ref name=smith2015/>