Colonel Light Gardens ( 34°59′01″S, 138°35′41″E) is a model garden suburb, featuring wide, tree-lined streets, rounded street corners, and lots of open space, located within the City of Mitcham in the greater City of Adelaide, capital of South Australia. The area is 1.58 km². A council of the greater city of Adelaide. ... Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1. ... Capital Adelaide Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Marjorie Jackson-Nelson Premier Mike Rann (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 11  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $59,819 (5th)  - Product per capita  $38,838/person (7th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  1,558,200 (5th)  - Density  1. ...

It contains Colonel Light Gardens Primary School, the Colonel Light Gardens RSL, a number of sporting clubs using the name Reade Park, and a multitude of historical parks and gardens. It also contains many paved and unpaved laneways, alleyways and bike tracks, most of which do not appear on maps.

Unusual facts

Many Adelaide residents are confused by the unusual layout of Colonel Light Gardens, and its maze of laneways and cul-de-sacs. Part of the suburb is said to significantly resemble a rising sun (the symbol of the Australian military) or a Union Flag when viewed from the air. However it was not designed this way. The Colonel Light Gardens Historical Society website suburb myths section explains in more detail. Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1. ... Flag Ratio: 1:2 The Union Flag (also known as the Union Jack and Butchers Apron) is the national flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ...

Until the 1970s the suburb was administered under the Garden Suburb Act and controlled by a South Australian government appointed Garden Suburb Commissioner, who carried out the functions of local government until it was eventually absorbed by the Mitcham Council. A council of the greater city of Adelaide. ...

Naming

Named after the surveyor of Adelaide, Colonel William Light. Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1. ... Colonel William Light Colonel William Light (1786 - 1839) was born in Kuala Kedah, Malaya in 1786, an illegitimate son of Captain Francis Light, the Governor of Penang, and Martina Rozells, the so-called Princess of Kedah of mixed Siamese-Portuguese descent. ...

For many years residents in the northern section of the suburb adopted Reade Park as their address to distinguish themselves from the Thousand Homes Scheme area. A public housing scheme in Adelaide, South Australia, financed through the State Bank with government support after the First World War. ...

History

An area of 1.2 km² was purchased in June 1915 by the Vaughan Labor government from the estate of William Tennant Mortlock. It was formerly known as Grange Farm. During World War I it was the site of the Mitcham army camp. Year 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Crawford Vaughan (1874 – 1947), was Premier of South Australia between April 3 1915 and July 14 1917. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ...

The Government decided to establish it as a 'model garden suburb' following New Zealand town planner Charles Reade's 1914 Australian Town Planning Tour. Charles Compton Reade was a town planner who supported the Garden city movement of the early twentieth century. ... Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Placed on the Register of The National Estate in October 1999. This article is about the year. ...

Transport

Served by the Adelaide Metro buses 210, 214, 216, 217, 218, which travel along Goodwood Road, and 203, which travels along East Parkway. The Adelaide Metro is the name for the public transport system of Adelaide, South Australia, governed by the Public Transport Division of the South Australian Department of Transport, Energy and Infrastructure. ...

Politics

Local government: City of Mitcham, Gault Ward A council of the greater city of Adelaide. ...

State government: Electoral district of Waite in the SA House of Assembly Waite is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. ...

Federal government: Seat of Boothby in the SA House of Representatives The Division of Boothby is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia. ...

See also

• List of Adelaide suburbs

This is a list of suburbs in and surrounding the city of Adelaide, South Australia, and postcode sorted by local government area. ...

External links

Coordinates: 34°58′55″S 138°35′31″E / -34.982, 138.592 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

• Maps and aerial photos
  • Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
  • Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and MSN Live Local.
  • Topographic and bathymetric map from Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia.
• Entry in Australian Heritage database
• Mitcham Council's information page
• Colonel Light Gardens Historical Society
• Register of the National Estate