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Adelaide Park Lands
Adelaide Park Lands
Adelaide Park Lands
Adelaide Park Lands
Adelaide Park Lands
Adelaide Park Lands
Adelaide Park Lands
Adelaide Park Lands
Adelaide Park Lands
Adelaide Park Lands
Adelaide Park Lands
Adelaide Park Lands
Adelaide Park Lands
Adelaide Park Lands
Adelaide Park Lands
Adelaide Park Lands
Adelaide Park Lands
Adelaide Park Lands
Adelaide Park Lands
Adelaide Park Lands
Adelaide Park Lands
Adelaide Park Lands
Adelaide Park Lands
Adelaide Park Lands
Adelaide Park Lands
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The Adelaide Park Lands are the figure-eight of land spanning both banks of the River Torrens between Hackney and Thebarton and separating the City of Adelaide from the surrounding suburbia of greater Metropolitan Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. They were laid out by Colonel William Light in his design for the city, and originally consisted of 2,300 acres exclusive of 32 acres for a public cemetery. One copy of Light's plan shows areas for a cemetery and a Post and Telegraph Store on West Tce, a small Government Domain and Barracks on the central part of North Tce, a hospital on East Tce, a Botanical Garden on the River Torrens west of North Adelaide, and a school and a storehouse southwest of North Adelaide.Over the years there has been constant encroachment on the park lands by the state government and others. Soon after their declaration in 1837, 370 acres were lost to 'Government Reserves'. In 1902, The Herald noted that a total area of 489 acres had been taken from park lands. In 2018, the loss is about 230 hectares .The part of the Park Lands not in the 'Government Reserves' have been managed and maintained by the Adelaide City Council since 1852, and since February 2007, the Adelaide Park Lands Authority has advised council and government.On 7 November 2008 the Federal Minister for Environment, Heritage and the Arts, Peter Garrett, announced that the Adelaide Park Lands had been entered in the Australian National Heritage List as an enduring treasure for the people of South Australia and the nation as a whole. In fact, large areas of the Adelaide Park Lands along the north side of the complete length of North Tce, and along the north side of Port Road from West Tce to the Thebarton Police Barracks, , and also the rail reserves, , were excluded from the Adelaide Park Lands and City Layout National Heritage Place listing.
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