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. It was named on May 23, 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. [1] Colonel William Light, a member of the Street Naming Committee, had briefly served under Wellington as a junior staff officer. [2]
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