Adelaide was founded by willian Light, the son of Francis Light who founded Georgetown in Penang. william included an area for a botanical garden in his first plans for the city. The Palm, or tropical, house is a Victorian glasshouse located to the west of the main lake. It was imported from Bremen, Germany in 1875, opened in 1877 and restored in 1995.
Established in 1836, it is the oldest European settlement on mainland South Australia. Through Lord Glenelg the name derives from Glenelg, Highland (previously Inverness-shire), Scotland. In Scottish Gaelic the name is Gleann Eilg. The name Glenelg is noteworthy for being a palindrome.