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The Architects ADELAIDE AND VICINITY 27 On March 24, the Cygnet, with a division of the survey party and other passengers on board, left P^ngland for South Austraha ; and on May 4 the l)rig Rapid, 161 tons, sailed with Colonel Light. Captain Hindmarsh, Resident Commissioner I'isher, and 175 passengers followed on July 30 in H.M.S. Biijfalo. The Africaine, with Mr. Gouger and Mr. Brown, the Emigration Agent, also set sail. Thus the courageous men and their families, who were to become the founders of a new j)rovince, the fathers of another offshoot of a famous race, went forth to the country in the .southern hemisphere, which was lying as one not yet awakened from a long and tranquil sleep. Statue ok Quke.m Victoria, Victoria Square. Presented to the Corporation of Adelaide by the Hon. Sir E. T. Smith, K.C.IVI.G., M.I..C.