DUTTON, Geoffrey & ELDER, David;

COLONEL WILLIAM LIGHT. Founder of A City.

Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 1991. 8vo. pp.xvi + 313 with black & white illustrations, 4 colour plates and 2 maps.Original blue cloth hardcover in pictorial dust wrapper. Item #192563

William Light also known as Colonel Light, was a British-Malayan naval and army officer. He was the first Surveyor-General of the new British Province of South Australia, known for choosing the site of the colony's capital, Adelaide,

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