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Colonel Light's cottage [B 11581] • Photograph

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Summary

Colonel Light's cottage, Thebarton. This was sadly demolished in 1926 removing a link to the founder of Adelaide. Colonel Light who chose the site and laid out the City of Adelaide died at this house in 1839. Owing to a house fire in 1839 which destroyed Light's papers it is unknown when the house was built but at the Proclamation Ceremony it was known that Light was living in a tent beside the River Torrens. Thebarton was the name of Light's old home in England

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Physical description

Photograph; 10.9 cm x 6.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1926

Collection

Part of Thebarton Collection

Subject

Light, William, 1786-1839 -- Homes and haunts
Thebarton Cottage
Architecture, Domestic -- South Australia -- Thebarton
Cottages -- South Australia -- Thebarton
Historic buildings -- South Australia -- Thebarton

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Digitisation information

Date

13/01/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,152 x 1,835 pixels (5.8 MP)

Size

17.38 MB

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