Plaque Wording:
George Strickland Kingston 1807-1880 Engineer, Architect & Statesman
G.S. Kingston arrived in SOuth AUstralia in 1836, employed as Deputy Surveyor to Colonel William Light and later became Government Architect. He was an early landowner at Lacepede Bay where on January the seventh 1858 he surveyed the first township, later named KINGSTON by Governor McDonnell. Five streets were named after his family: Charles, Cameron, Gough, Strickland and Holland. Kingston's name is also commemorated by the Hundred of Kingston, Mount Kingston and Kingston Park, a suburb of Adelaide. Despite his strong republican outlook he accepted a knighthood in 1870 for services to South Australia which included being a member of the Legislative Council and Speaker in the House of Assembly for many years. Locally he remained a generous benefactor.
G.S. Kingston arrived in SOuth AUstralia in 1836, employed as Deputy Surveyor to Colonel William Light and later became Government Architect. He was an early landowner at Lacepede Bay where on January the seventh 1858 he surveyed the first township, later named KINGSTON by Governor McDonnell. Five streets were named after his family: Charles, Cameron, Gough, Strickland and Holland. Kingston's name is also commemorated by the Hundred of Kingston, Mount Kingston and Kingston Park, a suburb of Adelaide. Despite his strong republican outlook he accepted a knighthood in 1870 for services to South Australia which included being a member of the Legislative Council and Speaker in the House of Assembly for many years. Locally he remained a generous benefactor.