In this episode of the Super Urban Podcast, we focus on Adelaide. A city of clarity. Streets framed by gardens. Squares laid out with foresight. A river threading quietly through civic life. 

Unlike other Australian settlements born from convicts or ports, Adelaide was conceived as a civic experiment — a city designed to reflect ideals, not just occupation. Colonel William Light imagined a place that was orderly, hygienic, and morally structured, yet flexible enough to grow with its people. 

Families of Scots, Cornish, and German Lutherans brought non-conformist values — a commitment to education, hard work, and collaborative progress — embedding these ideals into the city’s very fabric.