William Light
Surveyor-General of South Australia who designed Adelaide's street plan in 1836 (1786-1839) · Died at 53
William Light was a British military officer and colonial administrator. He was the first Surveyor-General of the new British Province of South Australia, known for choosing the site of the colony's capital, Adelaide, and for designing the layout of its streets, six city squares, gardens and the figure-eight Adelaide...
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William Light, Founder of Adelaide, SA, by George Jones RA, National Portrait Gallery, London.![Survey monument in its original location. (Plaque detail[1])](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Cnr-N%26W-Tce-monument.jpg/500px-Cnr-N%26W-Tce-monument.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Survey monument in its original location. (Plaque detail[1])
William Light, Sicilian Scenery, 1823
Cadastral map of the "District of Adelaide" based on Light's plan, showing the South Australian Company's property, Oct 1838
Light's Vision at Montefiore Hill in North Adelaide
Original Light Memorial at Light SquareAbout this person
He was the first Surveyor-General of the new British Province of South Australia, known for choosing the site of the colony's capital, Adelaide, and for designing the layout of its streets, six city squares, gardens and the figure-eight Adelaide Park Lands, in a plan later sometimes referred to as Light's Vision.