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Location:
Oceania,
Australia, Adelaide
Category:
City cam
Description:
View from Adelaide Town Hall bell
tower, over Victoria Square with the
picturesque Adelaide Hills in the
background.
Location Information:
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 more than 1.28
million. It is a coastal city
situated on the eastern shores of
Gulf St Vincent, on the Adelaide
Plains, north of the Fleurieu
Peninsula, between Gulf St Vincent
and the low-lying Mount Lofty
Ranges. The suburbs reach roughly 20
km (12 mi) from the coast to the
foothills but sprawl 90 km (56 mi)
from Gawler at its northern extent
to Sellicks Beach in the south.
Named in honour of Queen Adelaide,
the German-born consort of King
William IV, the city was founded in
1836 as the planned capital for a
freely settled British province in
Australia. Colonel William Light,
one of Adelaide's founding fathers,
designed the city and chose its
location close to the River Torrens
in the area originally inhabited by
the Kaurna people. Light's design
set out Adelaide in a grid layout,
interspaced by wide boulevards and
large public squares, and entirely
surrounded by parkland. Early
Adelaide was shaped by religious
freedom and a commitment to
political progressivism and civil
liberties, which led to world-first
reforms.
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