Wellington Square, North Adelaide
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Wellington Square is a public square
in the Adelaide suburb of North Adelaide
, South Australia
. It is roughly at the centre of the larger of the three grids which comprise North Adelaide.
The square was named on 23 May 1837 after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
, British general and statesman, and victor at Waterloo
, who is credited with securing the passage of the South Australia Foundation Act through the British House of Lords. Colonel William Light
, a member of the Street Naming Committee
, had briefly served under Wellington as a junior staff officer.
Public Square
Public Square is the central plaza in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It takes up four city blocks; Superior Avenue and Ontario Street cross through it. Cleveland's three tallest buildings, Key Tower, 200 Public Square and the Terminal Tower, face the square...
in the Adelaide suburb of North Adelaide
North Adelaide
North Adelaide is a predominantly residential precinct of the City of Adelaide in South Australia, situated north of the River Torrens and within the Adelaide Park Lands.-History:...
, South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
. It is roughly at the centre of the larger of the three grids which comprise North Adelaide.
The square was named on 23 May 1837 after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century...
, British general and statesman, and victor at Waterloo
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands...
, who is credited with securing the passage of the South Australia Foundation Act through the British House of Lords. Colonel William Light
William Light
Colonel William Light was a British military officer and the first Surveyor-General of the Colony of South Australia...
, a member of the Street Naming Committee
Street Naming Committee (Adelaide)
The Street Naming Committee was set up to decide the names of the streets, the squares and the river of the new settlement of Adelaide, South Australia, as it had been laid out by Colonel William Light in 1837. Light's map corresponds to the modern Adelaide city centre and North Adelaide...
, had briefly served under Wellington as a junior staff officer.