The Street Naming Committee was set up to decide the names of the streets, the squares and the river of the new settlement of Adelaide, as it had been laid out by Colonel
William Light in 1837. Light's map corresponds to the modern
Adelaide city centre and
North Adelaide. The committee met on 23 May 1837 and chose the names, which were gazetted on 3 June. The committee was not harmonious, with Governor
John Hindmarsh in particular taking exception to some of the names. Some of his alterations were included in the final gazetted version. O'Connell Street and Kermode Street were named after Jeffcott's friends
Daniel O'Connell, who had defended him over a duel, and
Robert Kermode, the brother of his fiancée. With a very few exceptions, the original names have been retained, although a large number of streets have since been added, particularly in the city centre. Brown Street and Hanson Street have been subsumed into
Morphett Street and
Pulteney Street respectively. Roberts Place has been renamed Sir Edwin Smith Avenue. ==Committee members==