Adelaide
Light's Vision Statue
Sentinel Over the City
Montefiore Hill
Adelaide, SA 5006
Nearest Train: North Adelaide train station; buses 231, 233, 235, 237
Fax: +61 08 8303 2249
Back in 1836, surveyor general Colonel William Light designed a layout for the embryonic township of Adelaide. His vision was of a capital city for the freely settled colony of South Australia. Today, a bronze statue of Light still stands on Montefiore Hill and peers down over the ever-changing cityscape of Adelaide. In his journal of 1839, Light wrote "I leave it to posterity to decide whether I am entitled to praise or to blame." Now, it is clear the good colonel rests peacefully in his grave.
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