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Patricia Sumerling

The Adelaide Park Lands: A Social History by Patricia Sumerling

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November 2011, no. 336
Bernard Whimpress reviews 'The Adelaide Park Lands: A Social History' by Patricia Sumerling

Novelist Janette Turner Hospital’s recent essay in praise of New York’s Central Park remarked on its visibility from outer space. No doubt Adelaide’s Park Lands, an integral part of the 1837 vision of founding surveyor Colonel William Light’s plan for the city, can also be seen from outer space.

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