Adelaide topographic map

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Adelaide

Based on the ideas of Edward Gibbon Wakefield about colonial reform, Robert Gouger petitioned the British government to create a new colony in Australia, resulting in the passage of the South Australia Act 1834. Physical establishment of the colony began with the arrival of the first British colonisers 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.

Location: Adelaide, Adelaide City Council, South Australia, Australia (-35.35030 138.42814 -34.57224 138.84791)

Average elevation: 146 m

Minimum elevation: -1 m

Maximum elevation: 709 m