“The man who ate a park” in today’s #TheSaturdayPaper is about William Light’s design for #Adelaide (and the Park Lands). A few years ago I made this (slightly) interactive version of Light’s map.

https://coombe.id.au/1840s_South_Australia/1837_Adelaide_Map_Original_Purchasers.htm
1837 Adelaide Plan with Original Purchasers of Acres

Based on William Light's plan published London 1837, this is a transcription and digitisation of the locations of the original purchasers of Adelaide acres in an interactive map.

coombe.id.au