Colonel William Light 1786 - 1839

Bibliography

The main Primary Sources used in compiling this site are:-

The Royal Geographical Society Of S.A. Inc Library
  • A Brief Journal of The Proceedings of William Light, Late Surveyor-General Of The Province Of South Australia; With A Few Remarks On Some Of The Objections That Have Been Made To Them (Archibald MacDougall, Adelaide 1839)
  • Cappers South Australia Containing The History of The Rise, Progress and Present State Of The Colony (Henry Capper 1st and 3rd Editions 1837/9)
  • A Biographical Sketch of Colonel William Light The First Surveyor-General of the Province of South Australia (Compiled from various sources by Thomas Gill, I.S.O.) Published in The Proceedings Volume 11 Supp 1910
  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Reports of the Colonization Commissioners for S.A.
  • Correspondence of The Colonial Office 1841
State Records (formerly The Public Records Office of S.A.)
  • Correspondence of The Colonial Secretary's Office
  • Correspondence of The Colonization Commissioners for S.A.
The Mortlock Library of South Australiana
  • Private Record Groups of Colonel Light - Robert Gouger
    John Brown - Rowland Hill
  • Various Research Notes compiled by G.H. Pitt (archivist) and
    J.D. Somerville (honorary historian RGSSA).
The Adelaide City Archives
  • Report of the Purchase of The Adelaide Park Lands (The Municipal Corporation of Adelaide 1885)

Recommended Further Reading
- Life and Letters of Colonel William Light (Miss M.P. Mayo 1937)
- Founder Of A City - The Story of Colonel Light (Dutton & Elder 1991)
- Progressive Centenial Development of The Pastoral & Agricultural Industries of SA The First Decade (Arthur J. Perkins 1936)
contains details of all the surveys undertaken
-Colonel William Light & Pt Lincoln (FL Parker 1936) Proc of the RGSSA
- Art of William Light (David Elder 1987 & The City of Adelaide)