William Light
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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.
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
Blackwall Yard
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Blackwall Yard is a small body of water that used to be a shipyard on the River Thames in Blackwall, engaged in ship building and later ship repairs for over 350 years. The yard closed in 1987.
Blackwall Yard from the Thames, by Francis Holman, 1784, in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
The East India Company's Yard at Deptford, 17th Century, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
Poplar and Blackwall dock, 1703
View of Mr Perry's Dock at Blackwall, c.1789, from the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich