Founder of a city: the life of Colonel William Light, first Surveyor- General of the colony of South Australia (1960)

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Series 11

Content Summary:

A biography of Colonel Light, surveyor-general of South Australia and the founder of Adelaide. The book was first published in Melbourne by Cheshire in 1960. It was later published in Adelaide by Rigby in 1971 and 1984 and, as Colonel William Light: founder of a city in 1991 by the Melbourne University Press.

The series includes correspondence, notes, drafts and research material.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers were purchased in a number of instalments. The bulk of the papers were received from Geoffrey Dutton between 1986 and 1998, with a further two small instalments received from his partner, Robin Lucas, in 2002 and 2003.

Names:

Geoffrey Dutton

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