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Colonel William Light, was the first Surveyor-General of South Australia. He arrived in South Australia in 1836, with the task of deciding upon the site for Adelaide. His survey of Adelaide began on 11 January, 1837, at the north-western corner of Adelaide, at the junction of North and West Terraces. The Newmarket Hotel is directly across the exact location on North Terrace
The work was completed on 10 March 1837. The naming of streets and squares took place on 23 May, 1837.
A granite obelisk marking the commencement of the survey is located on the northern side of the intersection.
Colonel Light was born at Kuala Kedah, Malaya on 27 April, 1786. He died, when aged 53, from tuberculosis on 6 th October, 1839, and on the 10 th of October, he was buried in Light Square, Adelaide.
There is now a memorial over his grave in the form of a marble column.
A fine statue of Colonel Light was moved from Victoria Square to Montefiore Hill, North Adelaide, in 1938, and this area is known as Light's Vision.
Montefiore Hill provides an excellent vantage point to look over the City of Adelaide. Near its apex, in a small park, is a Statue of Colonel William Light, who designed Adelaide as a square mile of north, south, east-west streets including a central park and surrounded by parklands.
His design is recognised as one of the most practical and beautiful in the world and the spot from where you can view this panorama and observe his statue with outstretched arm is known as Light's Vision.
Light had actually been nominated as the first and founding Governor of the new colony of South Australia by Sir Charles Napier, who had refused the position himself. It went however, to John Hindmarsh, and Light was appointed Surveyor General.
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