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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]) William Light (27 April 1786 – 6 October 1839), also known as Colonel Light, was a British- Malayan naval and army officer.
William Light (1786-1839), soldier and surveyor, was born on 27 April 1786 in Kuala Kedah, Malaya, the second son of Captain Francis Light (1740?-1794) and Martinha Rozells, traditionally a Princess of Kedah but almost certainly a Portuguese Eurasian.
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William Light, also known as Colonel Light, was a British-Malayan naval and army officer. 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 ...
William Light was born on 27 th April 1786 at Kuala Kedah in Malaya, the son of Captain Francis Light and Martinha Rozells. His mother was not married to Francis Light, who was himself illegitimate and something of an Imperial adventurer. At the age of six William Light was sent to England for his education and stayed with family friends at ...
British colonel. Learn about this topic in these articles: planning of Adelaide. In South Australia: European settlement. William Light was responsible for the much-admired plan for the city of Adelaide, which was sited a short distance inland from the first landing on the shores of Gulf St. Vincent. Read More.
William Light's polymath genius shines through in his plan for City of Adelaide with its parklands belt now a national treasure.
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Colonel William Light’s Plan of Adelaide, 1837. History SA, HT2001.166. Colonel William Light was appointed by the South Australian Colonization Commissioners in February 1836 as South Australia's first surveyor-general. He was both a soldier and a sailor, ably captaining the Rapid on its journey to South Australia, where he arrived in August 1836.
