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| ADELAIDE GRID VORTEXJAH AND GRID ENGINEERING |
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| ABORIGINAL ELDER LEWIS OBRIEN BELEIVES THAT ADELAIDES FOUNDER AND SURVEYOR GENERAL COLONEL WILLIAM LIGHT WAS INFLUENCED BY THE SPIRITUALITY OF THE LAND . " OUR PEOPLE SAY THAT IF YOU WALK THE LAND YOU WILL BE AFFECTED AND THAT IS THE SAME FOR EVERYONE . FOR EXAMPLE VICTORIA SQUARE WAS SACRED SITE TO THE KUARNA (PRONOUNCED GHANA), IT WAS THE CENTER OF RED KANGAROO DREAMING . THIS EFFECT OF THE LAND TRANSFERRED TO COLONEL LIGHT. I CANT EXPLAIN EXACTLY HOW THE SPIRIT OF THE LAND AFFECTED HIM BUT THE INFLUENCE CAN BE SEEN IN THE DESIGN OF THE STREETS OF ADELAIDE . ADELAIDES DESIGN IS AN EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS. " |
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| COLONEL WILLIAM LIGHT |
"THE REASONS THAT LED ME FIX ADELAIDE WHERE IT IS I DO NOT EXPECT TO BE CALMLY JUDGED OF AT THE PRESENT . MY ENEMIES , HOWEVER , BY DISPUTING THEIR VALIDITY IN EVERY PARTICULAR , HAVE DONE ME THE GOOD SERVICE OF FIXING THE WHOLE OF THE RESPONSIBILITY UPON ME . I AM PERFECTTLY WILLING TO BEAR IT ; AND I LEAVE IT TO PROSPERITY , AND NOT TO THEM , TO DECIDE WHETHER I AM ENTITLED TO PRAISE OR TO BLAME ." |
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Colonel William Light 1786-1839 | 
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ADEALIDES GRID REFERENCE 138 DEG 36 min EAST - 34 DEG 56 min SOUTH |
