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Adelaide's Wakefield Land Model Faces Housing Crisis, Defence Boom Collision

Nearly 190 years after Colonel Light drew his grid, the land-sale model that created Adelaide is colliding head-on with a housing crisis, a defence boom and an interstate migration surge, and the choices made in the next 18 months will reshape the city again.

By Adelaide News Desk · 25 July 2026 · 3 min read

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