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In 1850 plans of the new northern townships of Bertha and Willaston were deposited and the following year the subdivision of Gawler East was completed, reflecting anticipated development of settlement along the Main North Road and adjacent to the growing commercial centre of Murray Street.
In April 1853 and in February 1858 respectively sub ¬ division plans of the new townships of Evanston and Gawler South were deposited. In September 1857 blocks in the new town of Gawler West were sold at auction and in March 1858 Bassett Town was surveyed and laid out by George Warren.
Evanston appears to have represented speculative development along the southern approach by road to the main township. Gawler West was a direct result of the decision to terminate the railway line from Adelaide (completed in 1857) some distance from the township and the expected establishment of industry and services near the station. Gawler South and Bassett Town were laid out to connect the station with Murray Street by road and in anticipation of settlement along the connecting routes <sup>22</sup>. Although these subdivisions did not attract much settlement in this period (except for Gawler
South which began to grow rapidly in the late 1860s) and were not included in the Gawler Corporation boundaries until many years later, they contributed to the north/south extension of settlement, reinforcing the pattern dictated by the physical features of the original Gawler Town site.
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|Related Articles=Gawler Thematic History - Introduction, Gawler Thematic History - Land and Settlement, Gawler Thematic History - Surveying the Land
|Sources=18. SMEC p. 31, 19 SMEC p. 31, 20 SMEC p.32, 21 Loyau G.E. The Gawler Handbook p.109, 22 Hignett & Co. p.11
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