| LOCATION |
| Map |
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| Address |
Light Square ADELAIDE |
| Locality |
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| Accuracy |
H - high level confidence |
| Council Area |
ADELAIDE Council |
| Polygon Type |
B - Building footprint |
| DESCRIPTION |
| Details (Known As) |
Colonel William Light's Grave and Monument, Light Square |
| Registered Name |
Monument and Cemetery - Colonel William Light |
| Significance |
Colonel William Light was the Colony's first Surveyor-General and was given sole responsibility for selecting the site of Adelaide and preparing the City Plan in 1836-37, for which he has been much praised. He also designed the layout of main roads and subdivision into 'sections' of much of the present metropolitan area. He died from tuberculosis in 1839 and was greatly mourned.
His grave in Light Square is notable for being his final resting place and is also likely to be the only marked grave outside a dedicated cemetery in the metropolitan area. The original monument over his grave was completed in 1844 and was significant as one of the Colony's earliest memorials. It decayed and was replaced with the current memorial in 1905. (HB 2/06) |
| Subject Index |
Cemeteries and burial sites - Burial Site; Monuments and memorials - Memorial - Built/Statue/Plaque/Tree |
| Class |
State |
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| STATUS |
| Status Code |
REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register |
| Status Date |
27-SEP-1990 |
| REFERENCE |
| LGA |
Adelaide |
| State Heritage ID |
14139 |
| Heritage Number |
1628 |
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| SECTION 16 INFORMATION |
| Section 16 |
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| PLAN PARCEL & TITLE |
| As listed in the SA Heritage Register |
| Plan Parcel & Title Information |
CR 6102/705 D81642 A122 |