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Who planned the city of Adelaide?

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14y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Adelaide, South Australia, was planned and mapped out by Colonel William Light. He was the first Surveyor-General of South Australia, and arrived in South Australia in 1836 to decide on a suitable site for the new settlement.

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