Welcome to the site for the Colonel Light Gardens Historical Society.

Here you can access many documents to help you understand Colonel Light Gardens history and the plans which will guide its future, as well as the news relating to Colonel Light Gardens.

If you have comments or suggestions as to what you would like to see on the site, please send an email to the Secretary

SA Heritage Branch - Guides

The South Australian Heritage Branch has released more of its guides on its web site. There are two particularly useful publication on fences and gardens and are found at the 'plans and guides' panel to the right side of this page.

National Heritage List - Nomination made

The Society has worked with Mitcham Council and the Colonel Light Gardens Residents Asociation and two recognised authorities on Colonel Light Gardens to prepare the nomination of Colonel Light Gardens for the National Heritage List.

A lower resolution copy of the Nomination form is available from here. Details of the Nomination are to be found on the Australian Heritage database here.

The nomination was not selected for consideration for the 2009-10 round and it will be automatically considered for the 2010-11 round.

Colonel Light Gardens book again available

Dr Christine Garnaut's popular book on Colonel Light Gardens has been reprinted. The book has a new Introduction which updates developments in the suburb since 1999.

The book is highly recommended to all residents interested in Colonel Light Gardens.

More details of the book and where it can be purchased are available here.

On 27 October 2009, Mitcham Council resolved for the following work to be undertaken in the 2009-10 works program

Ludgate Circus• Plant double row Plane trees along path
Oxford Circus • Plant double row Plane trees along path
Ludgate Circus• Plant Plane trees along Ludgate Circus frontage
Doncaster Reserve • Remove identified unhealthy trees
Suburb • Replace street name signs to new standard (to be done in stages, first stage to be the area to the west of Goodwood Road)
East Parkway/Salisbury Cres• Plant Cedrus deodara
Rochester and Kandahar• Remove identified unhealthy trees as per plan*
Rochester and Kandahar • Plant Cedrus deodara
Alienated internal reserves• Program to reclaim alienated internal reserves
The Strand Reserve • Plant Cedrus deodara
East Parkway and Lincoln • Remove identified unhealthy trees as per plan*
East Parkway and Lincoln• Plant Cupresses glabra
Goodwood and Chester• Plant Cupresses glabra
Lincoln and Wattlebury• Plant Cedrus deodara
West Parkway and Lancaster• Plant Cedrus deodara
West Parkway and Winchester• Plant Cupresses glabra
* plan was attached to Engineering And Environmental Services Committee Agenda for 3 October 2009

Some notes on the naming of Colonel Light Gardens have been made available. See the Background Notes panel to the right for the link.

In March/April 2008, there was publicity regarding the Environment, Resources and Development Court Judgment regarding the illegal use of a residential property in Colonel Light Gardens as a 'junk yard'

The Judgment is available to read and print here

Important book on SA Town Planning has been republished

On 7 November 2007, the second edition of the book With Conscious Purpose: a history of town planning in South Australia was launched. The book first published in 1986 has been updated with postscripts to the original chapters as well as a new chapter to cover the period 1986 to 2007. The book gives the reader an understanding of the town planning of South Australia, and includes a chapter on Charles Reade (the designer of Colonel Light Gardens) as well as a section on Colonel Light Gardens. The book is published by the Planning Institute of Australia and more details are here

First textbook on Australian Town Planning now available as an ebook

The first Australian textbook on town planning, John Sulman's 1921 Introduction to the Study of Town Planning in Australia is now available as an ebook on a CD for only $12 AUD including postage. The book is in PDF format and is an image of the original book, with all the text now fully electronic searchable. For more details and to purchase the book use this link.

new work by homeowners- Since May 2000 approval is needed for:

• fences,
• carports,
• garages,
• roller doors,
• pay TV dishes,
• roller shutters,
• new roofing,
• air-conditioning,
• window replacement, and
• planting vegetation on the nature strip.

The links in the plans and guides section will help guide you to the requirements or call or visit Mitcham Council for advice before commencing work. Paper copies of these documents are available from Mitcham Council.