Sir John Morphett was a South Australian pioneer, landowner and politician. His younger brother George Morphett was also an early settler in South Australia.
John Morphett, c. 1885
Sir John Morphett, c. 1834
John Morphett, c. 1866
Sir John Morphett, c. 1880
William Light, also known as Colonel Light, was a British-Malayan naval and army officer. He was the first Surveyor-General of the new British Province of South Australia, known for choosing the site of the colony's capital, Adelaide, and for designing the layout of its streets, six city squares, gardens and the figure-eight Adelaide Park Lands, in a plan later sometimes referred to as Light's Vision.
Colonel William Light: Self Portrait, c.1815
William Light, Founder of Adelaide, SA, by George Jones RA, National Portrait Gallery, London.
Light's Vision at Montefiore Hill in North Adelaide
Original Light Memorial at Light Square