Colonel Light Ceremony 2013
Channel: City of Adelaide
Date: 2014-12-17

Each year the Adelaide City Council celebrates Colonel Light's birthday in April, with 2013 marking the 154th anniversary.

Colonel William Light was South Australia's first Surveyor-General and founder of the City of Adelaide. He is celebrated locally and around the world for his unique design of Adelaide as a "city within a park".

The Colonel Light Ceremony arises from a Council resolution dating back to 1859, when Colonel Light's friends presented the Loving Cup to Adelaide City Council, and asked that they "gather each year to toast Light's health with South Australian wine".