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Light's Vision: Adelaide, SA

City legend says that Col. Light stood on this spot, one of the highest points in the immediate area, pointed to where the city is now (as demonstrated here), and said “This is the place for a city.” That was in 1837, he died two years later of tuberculosis, aged 53). But, the vision lives on.

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City legend says that Col. Light stood on this spot, one of the highest points in the immediate area, pointed to where the city is now (as demonstrated here), and said “This is the place for a city.” That was in 1837, he died two years later of tuberculosis, aged 53). But, the vision lives on.