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Ref : http://bill_n_margy.tripod.com/light-genrpt.htm ^{[dead link‍]} Yosri 10:24, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Out among the People". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 30 December 1936. p. 13. Retrieved 23 January 2012. our oldest South Australian families said to me yesterday:— "It is perhaps a further coincidence that she should have come from Sicily and the port of Catania, a region well known to Colonel Light. Some years ago I visited that beautiful island, and on one of my journeys the guard of the train, courteous and interested as are most of his fellow countrymen in helping the stranger within their gates, was very distressed that I had not stepped off at Catania, saying he knew there was a city in Australia planned in the same way, though he did not know its name. "When I arrived in England, I mentioned this to a relative, who had been there, and he said that he had heard the same thing. "It is interesting to speculate as to whether Colonel Light had Catania in mind when he was planning Adelaide. According to Muirheads guide to Southern Italy (1925 edition), Catania, as rebuilt after the earthquake of 1693. has 'long straight streets of imposing buildings' and is 'an excellent centre for excursions among the fertile foot- hill

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..my understanding was that Colonel lIght actually used an earlier plan which was penned by an ex convict?

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While this comment is quite wrong, it may been formed by combining and misunderstanding two identifiable fragments of historical information. There has been speculation that Light brought with him some sort of draft plan of Adelaide, which had been used to facilitate land sales in London. If there was such a plan it does not exist today. The plan can only have been partial, perhaps the layout of what became known as the "city square mile" - which is in fact neither square nor a mile - because everything else was fitted to the topography of the Adelaide plain, which was not known to Light or anyone else in London. The ex-convict in the garbled story is presumably Edward Wakefield, the theoretical founder of South Australia, who despite his role in forming the non-convict Australian colony, had an embarrassing prison term in his resume which no-one talked about. But Wakefield played no role in laying out Adelaide or drawing any plans. Peter Bell (talk) 09:26, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge from Light's Vision

See talk page at Light's Vision. I think that most of that page should be absorbed into this and other pages, probably redirecting to this one and mentioned in the lead. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 06:05, 23 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion copied from Light's Vision talk page 1 Nov 2019

Merge proposal
This article is all over the place, and IMO would be better merged into the William Light article, with bits perhaps into History of Adelaide, Adelaide city centre and elsewhere as appropriate. The title is ambiguous, and most google hits refer to the statue, not the abstract concept of his vision. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 06:00, 23 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

While I support the merger, is it possible to move the geographical content (i.e. the statute of Light) to a new article developed from the redirect for Montefiore Hill. Regards Cowdy001 (talk) 08:24, 23 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Good idea, Cowdy001. I'm fine with that. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 11:18, 23 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support both merge and related suggestions above GooglerW (talk) 13:25, 24 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Laterthanyouthink, by the way, Light's Vision has a state heritage listing - please refer Light's Vision and Memorial to Colonel William Light. Regards Cowdy001 (talk) 08:33, 27 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Cowdy001 and GooglerW. I will get back to the task once I've finished working my way through William and Francis (and miscellaneous diversions!). Laterthanyouthink (talk) 10:09, 27 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Now merged. I hope I've tidied up loose ends. Will leave this here and copy over the above discussion onto the William Light page. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 05:21, 1 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks for all your efforts with this. Much appreciated by everyone, I'm sure. GooglerW (talk) 15:17, 2 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]