Montefiore Hill

The name given to the hill by the local Kaurna people is no longer known, but its current name was given in 1837 to honour Jacob Barrow Montefiore (1801–1895), one of the Colonization Commissioners for South Australia and a cousin of British philanthropist Moses Montefiore. It was named by the committee of prominent colonists in the South Australian Company who had named all of the main streets and squares of Adelaide on 23 May 1837.^[2]

The lookout was developed as part of the 1936 centenary celebrations, a project in which the top of the hill was levelled, and the area landscaped with gardens and paving with a curved balustrade on its southern side.^[3]

A larger redevelopment was suggested in 1938, when Sir Henry Newland proposed redesigning and expanding the levelled area, as well as moving the statue of Light from its position at the northern end of Victoria Square in the city centre, and renaming it Light's Vision. The redevelopment plan was not proceeded with, but the moving and renaming of the statue was carried out in May 1938.^[2]

The name Light's Vision is now sometimes applied to the whole lookout.^[2]

• "Our Jubilee — Mr. Jacob Montefiore". South Australian Register. Vol. LII, no. 12, 529. South Australia. 10 January 1887. p. 3 – via National Library of Australia.
• "The Late Mr. Jacob Montefiore". Chronicle. Vol. 38, no. 1, 943. South Australia. 16 November 1895. p. 20 – via National Library of Australia.
• "Important Land Sale". The Register. Adelaide. 13 April 1901. p. 7 – via National Library of Australia.
• "Jacob Barrow Montefiore" (photo). State Library of South Australia.
• "Portrait of Jacob Montefiore, J.P., F.R.G.S." Art Gallery of South Australia. Image of portrait by Barnett Samuel Marks.

• "Jacob Barrow Montefiore". Barrow Lousada. (Check sources for reliability - some info appears incorrect.)