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Who designed the plan for the city of Adelaide?
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Colonel William Light, the first surveyor general of the colony, was responsible for the design of the city of Adelaide. He chose the site in 1836, positioning the city on slightly rising ground along the Torrens River, a short distance inland from the initial landing site on the shores of Gulf St. Vincent.123