Colonel William Light surveyed and planned the city of Adelaide, capital of South Australia.
Adelaide was planned by William Light, and is characteristically laid out in a grid pattern surrounded by parklands.
The capital was located in Philadelphia.
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Adelaide, South Australia, was planned and mapped out by Colonel William Light. He was the first Surveyor-General of South Australia, and arrived in South Australia in 1836 to decide on a suitable site for the new settlement.
William Penn planned the government and settlements in Pennsylvania.
Canberra was on a short list of potential sites for the new Australian capital as early as 1899. It was founded in 1913 as the planned capital and opened in 1927. All references to Canberra in these articles are spelled as it is currently spelled "Canberra".
Canberra was on a short list of potential sites for the new Australian capital as early as 1899. It was founded in 1913 as the planned capital and opened in 1927. All references to Canberra in these articles are spelled as it is currently spelled: "Canberra".
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William Penn planned the government and settlements in Pennsylvania.
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William Penn planned the government and settlements in Philadelphia.
The capital of Brazil is Brasilia. Like Washington, D.C., it was a planned city.
Canberra, Australia's capital city, was planned. Even its location was planned. Since Australia's two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, had been rivals since before the goldrush days, it was decided that the nation's capital should be situated between the two cities. A location was chosen which was 248km from Sydney and 483km from Melbourne, and the name selected was a derivation of the Aboriginal word for 'meeting place'. The competition to design Australia's new capital city, Canberra, was won in 1911 by Walter Burley Griffin. All cities, of course, are planned, rather than found. The location is found, then the city is planned.