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Heritage Places of Adelaide

Light's Vision and Memorial to Colonel William Light

Montefiore Hill NORTH ADELAIDE

State Heritage Place

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City Archives, 3554.024.022, date unknown

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Statue unveiled in north end Victoria Square 27 November 1906 - Relocated to Montefiore Hill May 1938

City Archives, 3554.024.019, circa 1963

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City Archives, HP0106, circa 1938

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Colonel Lights Statue Unveiled in Victoria Square

City Archives, HP0654, circa 1906

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City Archives, HP1518, circa 1935

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City Archives, HP0490, circa 1936

Light's Vision, the look-out and monument on Montefiore Hill, North Adelaide, commemorates Colonel William Light, South Australia's first Surveyor-General, who selected the site for the capital of the colony and laid out the city of Adelaide in 1836-37.

Listing Information

  • Date of Listing: 8 October 1998
  • Heritage Listing Criteria:

    Criteria G: it has a special association with the life or work of a person or organisation or an event of historical importance.

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