Colonel Light Gardens: 100 Years of a Model Garden Suburb

Tue Oct 26 2021 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm

Mitcham Library | Adelaide

City of Mitcham
Publisher/HostCity of Mitcham
Colonel Light Gardens: 100 Years of a Model Garden Suburb
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Dr Christine Garnaut, author of ‘Colonel Light Gardens: model garden suburb’, presents an illustrated talk that outlines the suburb’s origin, its foundation, evolution and development by the South Australian Government as a model garden suburb in the 1920s.
Dr Garnaut is Adjunct Associate Research Professor in Planning and Architectural History at the University of South Australia (UniSA) and President of the International Planning History Society. Christine’s PhD investigated the planning and architectural history of Colonel Light Gardens and the life and career of its planner, Charles Reade (1880-1933). Christine lived in Colonel Light Gardens from 1980 to 2003.
Where: Mitcham Memorial Library, 154 Belair Rd, Hawthorn
When: Tuesday 26 October, 7pm to 8pm
Bookings: Essential via Eventbrite. https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/colonel-light-gardens-100-years-speaker-dr-christine-garnaut-tickets-169037657183.
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Mitcham Library, 154 Belair Road, Adelaide, SA, Australia 5062, Australia

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