Adelaide topographic map
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Adelaide
South Australia was officially established as a British Province in England in February 1836. The first governor proclaimed the commencement of colonial government in South Australia on 28 December 1836, near The Old Gum Tree in what is now the suburb of Glenelg North. The event is commemorated in South Australia as Proclamation Day. The site of the colony's capital was surveyed and laid out by Colonel William Light, the first Surveyor-General of South Australia, with his own original, unique, topographically sensitive design. The city was named after Queen Adelaide.
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Name: Adelaide topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Average elevation: 146 m
Minimum elevation: -1 m
Maximum elevation: 709 m
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Ellis Park
Australia > South Australia > Adelaide City Council > Adelaide
Adelaide is a planned city, and the Adelaide Park Lands are an integral part of Colonel William Light's 1837 plan. Light chose a site spanning the River Torrens (known as Yatala by the Kaurna people), and planned the city to fit the topography of the landscape, "on rising ground".
Average elevation: 33 m