474 pro(;eedings of section e. 



First we observe upon the map the names of two distinguished 

 naval geographers, Flinders and Franklin, together in line, signifi- 

 cant of the fact that they were companions in life. Parallel with 

 them is the street bearing the name of Start, the explorer and dis- 

 coverer of the Murray, whose report of good land west of that river 

 first drew attention to the eligibility of this part of Australia for 

 occupation. Our colonial historic names, Wakefield and Angas, 

 represent the theory and practice of successful colonisation ; Sir J ohn 

 Pirie and the Honorable Raikes Currie, Sir William Hutt, M P., and 

 Sir Richard Hanson well represent commercial life, stability, intel- 

 ligence, ethics, and morals. Sir Richard Hanson's claim was valid, 

 even before his career in the colony made it so, for as early as 1834 

 he identified himself with an association in London of a scientific 

 and literary character which occupied itself with prospective colo- 

 nial affairs, more especially those of Sotith Australia. Carrington- 

 street is named after Lord Carrington. To Sir Henry Ayers we are 

 indebted for the information that Halifax-street is named after Mr. 

 Hallifax, of Glyn k Co., and is wron<;ly spelt on the original plan. 



The men after whom our sqviares are named are Light, 

 Hindmarsh, Whitmore, and Hurtle Fisher (they surround the 

 square named Victoria, and figuratively guard the young Princess 

 Victoria, then heir-apparent to the throne of England), and Wel- 

 lington, under whom Colonel Liglit had served in the Peninsida 

 War, and by whom the latter had been recommended as Surveyor- 

 General. In North Adelaide we are reminded of Lord Brougham, 

 Sir Fowell Buxton, Daniel O'Connell, and several members of the 

 South Australian Association in London. 



The elements of tragedy and romance present themselves in the 

 names of Sir .1. W. JefFcott, the judge who was drowned at the 

 Murray movith by the upsetting ol a boat, and of Robert Quayle 

 Kermode. whose daughter was engaged to be married to the judge. 



The following schedule of names will speak for itself concerning 

 the sagacity, discrimination, and magnanimity displayed by those 

 who were authorised to give the names which have grown so 

 familiar to our ears. 



To Colonel Light alone belongs the credit of selecting the site of 

 the capital, and, though much blamed at the time by some of the 

 leading colonists, the verdict of posterity has ratified the choice. 



NAMES OF STREETS IX THE CITY OF ADEL.\IDE AS LAID 



OUT BY COLONEL LIGHT, 1837, 



And AnopTED on Plan from which the Acre Blocks were Sold. 



fKhuUii Revised and Corrected by Thos. Worsnop. Esq.) 

 An gas-Street (George Fife Angas, one of the original Commis- 

 sioners for South Australia), Barton- terrace (Barton Hack, one of 

 the founders of South Australia, and a large purchaser of acres), 

 Brown-street (John Brown, Commissioner of Lumigration), Buxton- 

 street (Sir Thos. Fowell Buxton, M.P., President of Aborigines' 



