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Murray Street 2 to 2B

2025-03-28T06:27:51Z

Rod Jenke:

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In 1999 The Professional Real Estate operated from this location.
In 1999 Cunninghams Warehouse operated from this location.

Please <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157655520203435 click here]> to view photos of Murray Street 2 to 2B.

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Murray Street 8

2025-03-28T06:23:14Z

Rod Jenke:

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|Town or Locality=Gawler
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|Date approximate=No
|Date approximate2=No
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Please <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157711591373353 click here]> to view a photo of 8 Murray Street.

'''DESCRIPTION:'''

The double-storey mid-late Victorian-era building is one of a small group of residential dwellings/buildings to the southern end of Murray street’s commercial precinct. The building is constructed of overpainted stone rubble with overpainted brick dressings and has been partially rendered up to sill level. The hipped roof is clad with corrugated metal and includes an overpainted brick chimney with corbelled cap, and a skillion addition to the rear. The windows to the first floor and ground floor facade are all double-hung, multi-paned sashes, whilst the large window to Murray street appears to be a non-original fixed panel, multi-paned window. The door to the main façade is
a non-original half glazed timber panel. The ogee verandah with mini orb infill end panel is clad with corrugated metal and supported on simple timber posts.

'''STATEMENT OF HERITAGE VALUE:'''

Likely constructed between 1858 and 1869, the former attached dwellings at 8 Murray Street, Gawler, are associated with the early phase of residential development of the township in the midnineteenth century when Gawler was flourishing on the basis of emerging industries and the rapid development of surrounding and northern agricultural districts. The concentration of small, row-style cottages and dwellings within one allotment demonstrates the effective use of land to provide low cost accommodation close to the town centre and employment. The double storey form is unusual for country South Australia where development pressures were generally lower.

'''BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:'''

The Gawler township was planned by Light, Finnis & Co and laid out by William Jacob in 1839; the Deposited Plan No. 138 of 1863 confirms this plan. Murray Street was established as per Light’s plan and was set out as a continuation of the main road from Adelaide, across the South Para River, Murray Street became the main commercial centre and focus of Gawler township. While the bulk of commercial activity occurred to the north of the Adelaide Road intersection, Murray Street continued south towards the South Para River. At this end development tended to be more residential with the exception of some smaller workshops. The original allocation of Allotment 2 of the subdivision of Section 24 was to Henry Dundas Murray, proprietor of the Gawler Special Survey.

Dundas disposed of Lot 2; by 1858 it contained a number of residences, at least one of which had been occupied for 8 years. Owners included Robert Fotheringham (house), William Ogilvy (cottage), Thomas Penaluna (house) and H Russell (pine cottage). The ownership varied little until 1875 when Arthur Skurray, blacksmith, is listed as owning ‘cottage, [work]shop and land’ and W H Gatley owned the other three buildings, one of which appeared to be a larger ‘residence’. An 1886 plan of Murray Street which clearly shows the building outline and some detail suggests that the two-storey building was actually divided into two ‘cottages’ which explains the two separate entrance doors; at that
stage the building did not include a verandah. The early construction date of the current building is confirmed in a distant historic photo, dated c.1869.

'''Acknowledgments'''

This report has been prepared by the following people:

• Nancy Cromar (Flightpath Architects)

• Deborah Morgan (Flightpath Architects)

• Kate Paterson (Flightpath Architects)

• Douglas Alexander (Flightpath Architects)

The study team would like to acknowledge the assistance of the following people:

• David Petruzzella (Strategic Planner; Town of Gawler)

• Jacinta Weiss (Cultural Heritage Centre Coordinator; Town of Gawler)

• Jane Strange (Senior Development and Strategic Policy Officer; Town of
Gawler)

Gawler History Team Inc. thanks:
Flightpath Architects, Ryan Viney and the Town of Gawler for allowing us access to this important document of Gawler History.

www.flightpatharchitects.com.au

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|Sources=Gawler Rate Assessment Books East Ward, ‘Gawlertown plus details of original ownership of Gawler lots’ [Edited from LTO GRO 138/1863], LTO Certificate of Title CT 631 19 1898, Pierce ‘Plan of Gawler South Australia, surveyed and drawn by T Pierce’ 1886
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Roseworthy College

2025-03-28T06:06:01Z

Rod Jenke:

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|Street name=Mudla Wirra
|Street suffix=Road
|Town or Locality=Roseworthy
|Geocoordinates=-34.52885, 138.68512
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please click the Youtube link below to watch Tom Mann's presentation on the history of Roseworthy College, filmed at the September 2015 Gawler History Team meeting.

Please <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157648573559307 click here]> to view documents pertaining to the influence of Roseworthy College on Gawler and districts.

Please <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157633978836761 click here]> to view photos of Roseworthy College.

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Lyndoch Road 12c Euke House

2025-03-28T06:04:05Z

Rod Jenke:

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|Also known as=Euke
|Street number=12c
|Street name=Lyndoch
|Street suffix=Road
|Town or Locality=Gawler East
|Geocoordinates=-34.5956, 138.75223
|Date constructed=1874
|Date approximate=Yes
|Date approximate2=No
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'''LYNDOCH ROAD 12C “ EUKE HOUSE”'''

This stately two storey home on Lyndoch Road was known as ‘Euke House’ in the 1870’s and has been the home of one Gawler Mayor, Edward Lucas and one of Gawler’s most successful industrialists, viz; Frederick May, as well as numerous Gawler business/professional people and other townsfolk.

Euke House is situated on land that was known as ‘Mahony’s Paddock’ prior to about 1873 when it was subdivided by Eliza Sarah Mahony – widow of the late Dr Mahony and daughter of Gawler’s first settlers, the Reid Family.
The house was originally situated on an area larger than one acre but has since been reduced to approximately 1/3 of an acre due to subsequent subdivision (late 1950s or early 1960s?), hence the address now being 12C in lieu of 12.

It would appear that the house was built around 1874 and first owned by the farrier, William Wilson Smith.
See attached title sequence document for a list of owners since that time.

As mentioned above, the house was also owned by Gawler industrialist, John Frederick May who was at the helm of the business May Brothers along with his brother Alfred.
A quote from the book “The Days of May” by Mervyn Wyke Evans describes the surprise that Frederick gave his wife Mary Ann when he walked the family to their new home :-
“Do you like that house over there? The one with the beautiful garden?
‘Euke House, you mean? Yes, it’s very nice’
‘Would you like to live there?’
‘Of course I would’
‘Well, I bought it yesterday “

The house has in recent times had a modern addition to the rear and over the years has had various internal alterations and embellishments but had remained largely architecturally intact.

Prepared by: Geoff Watson ( February 2020 )

Acknowledged sources:

Lands Titles Office

Bunyip Newspaper

“The Days of May” by Mervyn Wyke Evans

Please <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157713271802538 click here]> to view photos of Euke House.

Please <[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ReWnpcO3CYlFS7f_l3LxOoKhk9injRnu/view?usp=sharing click here]> to view the Land Title Sequence for Euke House, as researched by Geoff Watson.

'''DESCRIPTION:'''

This grand double-fronted late-Victorian villa is elevated from street, with a semi-basement level visible below the verandah structure. The façade, constructed of stone rubble, brought to course with rendered quoins and dressings, has been overpainted and is surrounded on three sides by a concave verandah. The corrugated metal hipped roof features bracketed eaves and very large rendered chimneys with moulded caps. The central arch-headed door is timber-framed with a timber four-panel door and fanlight, flanked on either side by timber-framed, double-hung windows. The corrugated metal verandah is highly-detailed and features a central gablet with cast-iron detail, scalloped valance, and cast-iron panels to the frieze. The verandah is surrounded by a cast-iron balustrade and accessed by central masonry steps, flanked on each side by splayed, curved walls, rendered, with moulded coping and piers to the top and bottom. A non-original brush fence defines the boundary.

'''STATEMENT OF HERITAGE VALUE:'''

This grand late-Victorian villa, known as ‘Euk’, displays historical, economic or social themes that are of importance to the local area, as an expression of the pattern of development in Gawler as new subdivisions were created in response to the town’s economic growing prosperity and increasing population during the 1870s. The residence is a fine and substantially externally intact example of a large late-Victorian era villa set in large grounds and displaying local building materials. ‘Euk’ is associated with several notable individuals and local businesses, including J C Wilkinson, auctioneer and Mayor of Gawler, Frederick May of May Bros. Engineering Works Co Ltd, and Edward Lucas, draper and later Mayor of Gawler and Member of Parliament.

'''BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:'''

The Town of Gawler was first surveyed and planned by Light, Finnis & Co in 1839 as part of the Gawler Special Survey sponsored by a consortium of wealthy investors including Henry Dundas Murray, John Reid & others. The original town plan devised by Light and laid out by William Jacob comprised 240 acres, made up of 100 acres of allotments (as 200 half-acre allotments) and 140 acres of streets, parklands, city squares, churches, cemeteries and other public places. The emergence of successful local industries, and the completion of the Gawler Railway connecting with Adelaide in 1857 led to further significant growth of the township, with a series of new subdivisions opening up to the north, south, east and west. During the mid to late nineteenth century, Gawler enjoyed a prosperous period as South Australia's second most important town.

John Reid, one of the principal investors in the Gawler Special Survey and Gawler’s first white settler, established ‘Clonlea’ a sheep run and farm on his 630 acres on the North Para River. Unfortunately he borrowed heavily against his property from William Paxton, and after he experienced substantial losses due to drought and disease in his flock Paxton foreclosed on the loan and took over most of the land. The remnant 40 acres of the Reid estate was subsequently inherited by his daughter Eliza Sarah Mahony.

In 1873 auctioneer J C Wilkinson announced the forthcoming sale of 50 suburban blocks created by the subdivision of ‘Mrs Mahony’s paddock’ in Gawler East. In 1874 William Wilson Smith, farrier, of Gawler, purchased adjacent Allotments 277 and 346 with frontages to Lyndoch Road. In 1875 he sold them to John Charles Wilkinson, the auctioneer who had conducted the sale the previous year. Wilkinson was at that time a prominent businessman having set up as an auctioneer in Gawler in 1863. In 1875 he was conducting his own auction business at the Old Bushman’s Yards. He would later serve as a town councillor for five years and was Mayor of Gawler in 1882 and 1883.

It is assumed that J C Wilkinson built the house now standing on the land between 1875 and 1879, as in May 1879 the property was again offered for sale, described as a ‘very handsome residence in Gawler East, fronting Lyndoch-road, containing nine rooms, besides bathroom, pantry etc with gardens well laid out and planted, subject to a mortgage of £730’. Also offered for sale was the adjoining allotment 430. Wilkinson had apparently borrowed heavily against the property and his estate was ‘assigned’ for the benefit of his creditors.

The title was transferred to Joseph Wilcox the younger, storekeeper, and William Roe Lewis, gentleman, both of Gawler, in June 1879.

Frederick May, then an engineer with James Martin & Co, and later founder with his brother Alfred of May Brothers Engineering Works, purchased the two allotments in just a month later on 14 July 1879. May mortgaged the property to Samuel Springbell and Walter James Lawes in April 1880. The mortgage was discharged in 1885, and soon after May and his family, which by then included eight children, moved to the 14-roomed residence known as Sunny Brae, on the corner of Fifteenth and Sixteenth Street. May leased the Lyndoch Road property to Charles Woodman for a term of four years from 20 February 1888. It was then leased to Edward Lucas for a further two years, after which the title was transferred to Lucas in May 1894, when the property had a rated annual value £60.

Irishman Edward Lucas was at the time described as a Gawler merchant, having taken over the established drapery business of J J Wilcox in 1886. He was resident in Gawler for a total of 15 years, during which time he made a significant contribution to civic affairs, serving as mayor in 1 893 and 1894. In 1901 he was elected to the Legislative Council and served as leader of the Liberal party in the Upper House. He served on the War Council from 1914-1918 and was vice chairperson of the State Recruiting Committee. After the war he was appointed Agent-General for South Australia in London from 1918 to 1925. He was knighted in 1921.

In 1901 after Edward Lucas removed to Adelaide to pursue his political career, the property was sold to Arthur William Barlow of Gawler, a successful boot maker with a chain of stores across regional South Australia. In 1905 Barlow moved his main business operations to Adelaide (where the company still trades as a family business today), and transferred the property to Mary Martha Schulz, wife of Frederick Charles Schulz of Gawler, a boot merchant, to whom he had sold his Murray Street business. The property changed hands again several times over the course of the twentieth century, at one time serving as the home and medical surgery of Dr Gemmel Wilson Tassie in the 1960s.

The property was extended in 1920 with the addition of a small piece of land at the rear from Allotment 430, and later ceded a portion of its Lyndoch Road frontage to the adjacent Allotment 276, but still retains its large garden setting. The house is known as ‘Euke House’ (or sometimes ‘Uke’ or ‘Euko’) and it is believed the name may have been conferred by Frederick May. It was certainly used during the Mays’ period of residence, though to date it has not been possible to discover an explanation for its meaning.

'''Acknowledgments'''

This report has been prepared by the following people:

• Nancy Cromar (Flightpath Architects)

• Deborah Morgan (Flightpath Architects)

• Kate Paterson (Flightpath Architects)

• Douglas Alexander (Flightpath Architects)

The study team would like to acknowledge the assistance of the following people:

• David Petruzzella (Strategic Planner; Town of Gawler)

• Jacinta Weiss (Cultural Heritage Centre Coordinator; Town of Gawler)

• Jane Strange (Senior Development and Strategic Policy Officer; Town of
Gawler)

Gawler History Team Inc. thanks:
Flightpath Architects, Ryan Viney and the Town of Gawler for allowing us access to this important document of Gawler History.

www.flightpatharchitects.com.au

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Primitive Methodist Church cnr Finniss & Dundas Sts

2025-03-28T06:00:56Z

Rod Jenke:

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1866. The first record of Primitive Methodist Church in the “Chronological” pages of the “History of Gawler 1837 – 1908 by E. H. Coombe M.P”, is on page 381 - “April 6 1866 – Temperance meeting in Primitive Methodist Church. Mr. Jas. Mold in the chair. He stated that a Temperance Society has once existed in Gawler but had lapsed. Another formed at that meeting.”
In 1899, this Church was the meeting place of Lutheran families [who previously worshipped in the Kurtz home in Willaston - cnr Paxton Street East and Main Street] and in 1908 this congregation formed a congregation called the Zion Lutheran Church. In 1909, Zion Lutherans purchased this Church. After the Zion Lutheran Church was built across the road in 1922, the Lutheran School was opened in this building in 1928. [Mr H. McKenzie was the sole teacher.] In 1941, the School closed but the Saturday School was held here until 1953 when the Church was sold, demolished, and a residence built on that site.
We sincerely thank Marion Zerk for sharing this gem with us.

Evidently, prior to 1899, Lutheran families worshipped in the Kurtz home in Willaston [cnr Paxton Street East]. In 1908 those Lutherans formed a congregation called Zion Lutheran Church and in 1909 they purchased the Little Glory Church to worship there. In 1928 the Lutheran School was opened in the Little Glory church building and Mr H. McKenzie was the sole teacher.

Please <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157674297677782 click here]> to view a photo of the Primitive Methodist Church located on the corner Finniss & Dundas Streets.

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Seventeenth Street

2025-03-28T05:56:29Z

Rod Jenke:

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Seventeenth Street, Gawler South, was originally known as Cross Street, Gawler West. The street has one building that was listed as a Contributory Item on the Gawler Development Plan – <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157711615702843 click here]> for photographs of it.
Thomas Eley bought the building from widow Sarah Sell in 1865 for 300 pounds and tried to make a go of it as a store until William Bassett bought it from Thomas and Ann Eley in April 1866. The cottage is now a private residence.
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Murray Street 161-163 - Deland House

2025-03-28T05:54:46Z

Rod Jenke:

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|Also known as=Deland House
|Street number=161 - 163
|Street name=Murray
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|Geocoordinates=-34.59543, 138.74913
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Please <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/14097428986/in/album-72157711632960972/ click here]> to view photos of Deland House, located at 161- 163 Murray Street.

'''DESCRIPTION:'''

This large, double-storey, triple-fronted quality Victorian villa is set well back from the street on a generous corner allotment. It is constructed of coursed rubble sandstone with a tuck-pointed finish, and red brick quoins and dressings. The roof is a hipped construction, with projecting gable and hipped bays to the front, and gables to the rear. The overpainted brick chimneys feature corbelled caps. The windows are timber-framed, double-hung sashes, with leadlight glazing and the door is timber-framed leadlight glazing to the fanlight and sidelights. The main entrance is elevated from ground level, accessed via timber steps to the north and south of the large timber porch. The straight
verandah is clad with corrugated metal and supported on plain timber posts which support the porch structure. The porch is enclosed by a timber balustrade with decorative cast-iron lace infill panels.
Early stone and brick additions to the south and north (rear), frame a courtyard to the rear of the house and are also of note.

'''STATEMENT OF HERITAGE VALUE:'''

Constructed around 1902, the dwelling and connected rear wings are associated with the establishment of a large combined residence and medical practice during the early twentieth century by prominent local physician and surgeon, James Maher. This reflects the growth of the Gawler township as a service centre which was based on the flourishing agricultural, mining and commercial economy. Located at a prominent Murray Street address, the dwelling and rear wings present an extensive building constructed of local stone and brick in the picturesque Edwardian style, marking the gateway to Gawler’s central township area from the north.

'''BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:'''

Allotment 193 was first allocated as a lot held in trust for special use as a school. At this time an additional portion of land to the east, unnumbered and part of Section 4 appears not to be included in the rateable area. The vacant property was owned by the Free Church School in 1868; by 1875, the property was rated to the Presbyterian Church Trustees. While still under church trust, the property, now fenced, was occupied by William Miller from 1887 until at least 1890, when last recorded. The earliest Certificate of Title indicates transfer of the property, including the land to the east, part Section 4, to Pauline Maher, wife of James Patrick Maher, a surgeon and physician in 1902. At the time James Maher held a ten year lease (1895-1905) over a neighbouring property, the coach house, stables and attached cottage at 1 Warren Street. It is likely that the subject dwelling was constructed towards the end of this time. In 1913 the title transferred to Joseph Richard Tobin, Physician and Surgeon. Tobin was Maher’s nephew who had been practising alongside him for around three years. It later passed to John Besley Gillen, Physician and Surgeon in 1929.

Doctor James Maher had arrived in Gawler in 1890, thereafter employed by the local branch of the Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society, a church-based support network, as their surgeon. Maher was also engaged as surgeon to the local societies of the Druids, Athenians, Oddfellows, Foresters and Rechabites and doctor to the poor for the Gawler, Mudla Wirra South and Munno Para East municipalities. He was a member of the local Hutchinson Hospital Board. On Maher’s death in 1912, the papers reported:

''‘There was an unusually large congregation, testifying to the esteem in which the deceased was held
by them…The funeral was one of the largest ever seen in the district. It was representative of all
classes of the community and showed the high esteem in which the late doctor was held by, not only
his own co-religionists, but by members of all denominations. All the medical men of the town, by
their presence, testified to the great regard in which he was held by the medical profession."''

'''Acknowledgments'''

This report has been prepared by the following people:

• Nancy Cromar (Flightpath Architects)

• Deborah Morgan (Flightpath Architects)

• Kate Paterson (Flightpath Architects)

• Douglas Alexander (Flightpath Architects)

The study team would like to acknowledge the assistance of the following people:

• David Petruzzella (Strategic Planner; Town of Gawler)

• Jacinta Weiss (Cultural Heritage Centre Coordinator; Town of Gawler)

• Jane Strange (Senior Development and Strategic Policy Officer; Town of
Gawler)

Gawler History Team Inc. thanks:
Flightpath Architects, Ryan Viney and the Town of Gawler for allowing us access to this important document of Gawler History.

www.flightpatharchitects.com.au

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|Sources=Duval ‘Plan of Part Gawler Town’ n.d., LTO Certificate of Title CT 685/55, 1902, Gawler Rate Assessment Books East Ward, ‘Gawlertown plus details of original ownership of Gawler lots’ [Edited from LTO GRO 138/1863], Pierce ‘Plan of Gawler South Australia, surveyed and drawn by T Pierce’ 1886, ‘Obituary’ Southern Cross (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1954) 15 November 1912: p.10.
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Moore Street 6

2025-03-28T05:52:37Z

Rod Jenke:

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|Date constructed=1878
|Date approximate=No
|Date approximate2=No
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The house at 6 Moore Street was built in 1878 and was owned and occupied by Mary Ann Turner, widow of Joseph Turner who was a draper in Gawler. The house and associated garden were substantial compared to most dwellings in Gawler in the 1800s. The house was situated in the western half of the land parcel known as ‘acre 101’. From 1902 Mary Turner also owned the eastern half of acre 101, on a separate land title, and this had contained two 1800s cottages that were far smaller in size than the house. It’s not known when the cottages were removed, but the garden for the house now extends into both parcels of land, which are still on two separate land titles.

Please <[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qzdIeMetUK0lGSF-XVDlaRq22Ikq4lYa/view?usp=sharing click here]> to read a comprehensive report on the history of 6 Moore Street, as researched and written by Dr Helen Wilmore.

Please <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157712951952832 click here]> to view photos of 6 Moore Street.
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Moore Street 6

2025-03-28T05:51:09Z

Rod Jenke:

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|Street name=Moore
|Street suffix=Street
|Town or Locality=Gawler
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|Date constructed=1878
|Date approximate=No
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The house at 6 Moore Street was built in 1878 and was owned and occupied by Mary Ann Turner, widow of Joseph Turner who was a draper in Gawler. The house and associated garden were substantial compared to most dwellings in Gawler in the 1800s. The house was situated in the western half of the land parcel known as ‘acre 101’. From 1902 Mary Turner also owned the eastern half of acre 101, on a separate land title, and this had contained two 1800s cottages that were far smaller in size than the house. It’s not known when the cottages were removed, but the garden for the house now extends into both parcels of land, which are still on two separate land titles.

Please <[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qzdIeMetUK0lGSF-XVDlaRq22Ikq4lYa/view?usp=sharing click here]> to read a comprehensive report on the history of 6 Moore Street, as researched and written by Dr Helen Wilmore.

Please <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157712951952832 click here]> to view photos of 6 Moore Street.
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Jacob Street 21

2025-03-28T05:47:46Z

Rod Jenke:

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John and Alice Bugg resided at 21 Jacob street, part lot 80, where Alice ran a nursing home. There are many references to this establishment in the newspapers, especially in the birth notices.

Please <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157712949573423 click here]> to view the Bugg family residence on Jacob Street.

[Researched by Margaret Howse].

'''DESCRIPTION:'''

This single-storey, double-fronted late Victorian-era villa is constructed of coursed dressed sandstone with a tuck-pointed finish and rendered, vermiculated dressings. Side walls are of coursed bluestone with red brick dressings. The hipped roof with central gablet is clad with corrugated metal and features typical Federation-era timber detailing to the finial, beaded fascia panel and bargeboard. Windows are timber-framed, double-hung sashes with shutters to side walls. Chimneys are rendered with moulded caps. The concave verandah features a central gablet and is clad with corrugated metal supported on square timber posts with decorative cast-iron frieze and corner brackets. The front fence is an example of earlyFederation-era cyclone wire fencing with timber posts and cast-iron gate.

'''STATEMENT OF HERITAGE VALUE:'''

Likely constructed during the late 1870s or early 1880s to replace multiple smaller rateable dwellings on the one allotment, the villa at 21 Jacob Street, Gawler, demonstrates a period of suburban consolidation at the peak of Gawler’s prosperity. The dwelling is a well composed and largely externally intact example of a mid-to-late-Victorian era villa constructed of local stone, brick and cast iron with fine detailing.

'''BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:'''

The Gawler township was planned by Light, Finnis & Co and laid out by William Jacob in 1839. The Deposited Plan No. 138 of 1863 confirms this plan of Gawler; the original
landholder for Allotment 80 is recorded as Henry Dundas Murray, one of the twelve original shareholders of the Gawler Special Survey.

The first available rate assessment book for Gawler, 1858, notes six rateable cottages located on Lot 80, all owned by Thomas Hutchinson. With the exception of one, all were small cottages which addressed Reid Street. Within years, this number rose to eight cottages. This development pattern is recorded until at least 1875, when one larger
development of higher value, recorded as ‘House, garden and stable’ is rated in Jacob Street. Around 1882 it would appear that some of these smaller places may have been
removed or consolidated, with a larger dwelling on Lot 80 being rated to Mrs Elizabeth Mold. This change in ownership may have been recorded in error as the following year it reverts to Thomas Hutchinson, with Elizabeth Mold listed as owner of a shop/dwelling on the adjacent Lot 81

The first available Certificate of Title dated 1914 states that the subject property (by then Part Lot 80) was held by Alice Bugg, wife of John Bugg, who ran a nursing home from the site. John Bugg, born 1856, the eldest son of Henry Bugg of Mount Barker was married on 9th November 1882 at the Pirie Street Parsonage by Rev. J B Stephenson to Alice (nee
McHugh), and soon after came to Gawler. John and Alice were residing in Gawler by 1888 as per rate assessment, living at part lot 60, Finniss Street owned by Charles Freak. John Bugg was a blacksmith and operated a forge at the rear of the Gawler Arms Hotel.

'''Acknowledgments'''

This report has been prepared by the following people:

• Nancy Cromar (Flightpath Architects)

• Deborah Morgan (Flightpath Architects)

• Kate Paterson (Flightpath Architects)

• Douglas Alexander (Flightpath Architects)

The study team would like to acknowledge the assistance of the following people:

• David Petruzzella (Strategic Planner; Town of Gawler)

• Jacinta Weiss (Cultural Heritage Centre Coordinator; Town of Gawler)

• Jane Strange (Senior Development and Strategic Policy Officer; Town of
Gawler)

Gawler History Team Inc. thanks:
Flightpath Architects, Ryan Viney and the Town of Gawler for allowing us access to this important document of Gawler History.

www.flightpatharchitects.com.au

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Gawler Primary School Nixon Terrace

2025-03-28T05:45:02Z

Rod Jenke:

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On February l8th, 1876, it was announced that a Model School would be built in Gawler. This announcement followed a visit to Gawler by the Hon. E. Ward, Minister of Education at the time, and Mr. J. A. Hartley ihe Director of Education. On December 8th of the same year, the tender of Mr. Tardif for the building of the new school was accepted. the contract price being €4,695.0.0. Nowadays this school would cost in the vicinity of a million dollars.

On April 12rh, 1877 lhe Foundation Stone of the School was laid by the Mayor, the Hon. James Martin, in the presence of the Governor of South Australia, Sir W. W. Cairns. lt is obvious that Mr. Martin was held in very high esteem for although the Governor was present, Mr. Martin was chosen to perform this ceremony. He had opened his foundry in 1848 and had been a Member of Parliament as well as Mayor. The eventual cost of the building was €4,93 1.l8.0 and accommodation was provided for 600 children.

The School was eventually opened on January 24th,1878, in the presence of the Minister of Education Sir Arthur Blyth and the President of the Council of Education, Mr. J. A. Hartley.

An official luncheon was held at one of the local hotels, and we can be sure that the new building was toasted by those present, for it was a real red-letter day for Gawler.{{Place
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[https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B4EjkA7CXbhAQWdLVmJrR1Q4d1U Click here] to read 'One Hundred Years of Gawler Primary School' by J.S. Clark

Please [http://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/sets/72157629783365525/ click here] to view photos of Gawler Primary School.

To read "Memories of life in Gawler with special reference to school years 1944-1954" by Terry Krieg please [https://www.flickr.com/search/?w=69522134@N06&q=krieg%20terry click here]
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King Street 21

2025-03-28T05:43:33Z

Rod Jenke:

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Please [https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/sets/72157652060289181 click here] for information relating to 21 King Street.
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Bridge - Whitelaw Creek

2025-03-28T05:36:32Z

Rod Jenke:

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'''Whitelaw Creek Bridge''' is a road bridge over [[Whitelaw Creek]] on [[Harris Road]] in Gawler East.[[File:Whitelaw Creek bridge Harris rd 1.jpg|thumb|Creek crossing under Harris rd Gawler|left]]

The 1998 heritage report records is as follows:<ref>[[Gawler Heritage Survey 1998]]</ref><blockquote>Two solid bluestone walled embankments standing in Whitelaw Creek supporting several large logs with a span of 2.7 metres. Old log bridge is currently covered by reinforced-concrete road.

This is a rare surviving example of a log and stone bridge.

[…] displaying a traditional construction method for bridges, many of which were required in colonial Gawler.

This bridge is a fine surviving example of 19th century bridge which displays traditional bridge building techniques.</blockquote>

Please [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v_MlJd8W6S3ZJDnf6XmlsxWh4n14NQ7t/view?usp=sharing click here] to view historical information from the 1998 Danvers Heritage Survey regarding this location. <1>

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Salt Church

2025-03-28T00:57:18Z

Rod Jenke:

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Salt Church opened in 1992 as the Northside Christian Fellowship.

Please <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157672111150703 click here]> to view articles related to Salt Church, Gawler.

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Murray Street 155 Exchange Hotel

2025-03-28T00:55:17Z

Rod Jenke:

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Please <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157629305331444 click here]> to view photos of 155 Murray Street.

Please [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kMN0Bw2ruNRJaLl7IVJhK7REPk6QmGnX/view?usp=sharing click here] to view historical information from the 1998 Danvers Heritage Survey regarding this location. <1>

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Willaston Migrant Hostel

2025-03-28T00:52:21Z

Rod Jenke:

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'''Willaston Migrant Hostel''' 

After World War II the Air Force buildings at Willaston were used as accommodation for a Migrant Hostel. Migrants came from Central and Eastern Europe (so called, Displaced Persons), and then a second wave from the United Kingdom. Willaston was selected as there was a railway line nearby to enable migrants to travel to their employment. Accommodation was rent free until residents found their first jobs.

[["The Bunyip" newspaper|The Bunyip]] on December 2nd, 1949 reported that- “New arrivals at Hostel all placed in employment. Some have begun work in local industries, whilst the majority have gone to city manufacturing concerns such as General-Motors Holdens Ltd, and Chrysler-Dodge Ltd.” The paper mentioned that a Serbian civil engineer was working at a glass factory, a draughtsman and surveyor had obtained work at an asbestos works. There was also a lawyer and music conductor. With this intake there were 400 people at the hostel, including 85 married couples. Some women were employed by the [[Timer Fashions Limited|Timer factory]] in Gawler.
The hostel closed in September 1952, with the last tenants moving to either the Glenelg or Finsbury Hostels. Some 50 migrants were able to find accommodation in the Gawler area. 

The post-war period was a bleak time for some, with a lack of housing and work. Derek Whitelock in his book “Gawler: Colonel Light’s Country Town” stated that none of the thousand houses in Gawler was unoccupied and that 150 families were sharing homes with one or more other families. No new building had been erected in Willaston for ten years.
On 13th May 1955, The Bunyip announced that the Migrant Hostel would be re-opening.
“It is understood the Migrant Hostel at Willaston will be reopened next month. About 700 migrants are expected to occupy the buildings. Most of them will be married couples. The majority of newcomers will be British, it is believed.” 

In January 1956, the Bunyip reported the arrival of over 300 British migrants to the Gawler (Willaston) Hostel. They had travelled from England on the Italian liner “Fairsea” and were brought to Gawler by bus. Statements of welcome were issued by the Mayor, [[Goodger Elliott Chivell|Mr. E.C. Goodger]] and other civic leaders. The local branch of the Good Neighbour Council organised a social at the hostel on Saturday 14th January 1956. The social programme included musical items, dancing and supper .Over 500 people attended the social, including 300 migrants and 200 locals. A further 8 migrant families arrived in February, travelling from England on the “Iberia”. Further families arrived in March 1956, travelling from England on the “New Australia”. They arrived in Melbourne and then travelled by rail to Adelaide and then on to the hostel. 

Over time, some families remained in the area, whilst others moved to Elizabeth and Salisbury to work in industries like General Motors-Holden.

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/sets/72157629700240542/ Click here] to view photos of Willaston Migrant Hostel.

[https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4EjkA7CXbhAdld0NWNsaktHREJ2cXJXeTZnZ3hQaDF0Z0hR Click Here to read the news release regarding the new book]

[https://drive.google.com/open?id=19nSOgk_5cs2uo8PEFsXJ4BRMQ1bZh4xa Click here to read the interview conducted by Judy Gillett- Ferguson with Jeff Turner, the Author of the book "This'll Do!" based on the history of Willaston Migrant Hostel ]

In the 6/2019 Queens Birthday Honours list Jeff Turner was awarded an OAM. Congratulations Jeff.

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Willaston Roundabout

2025-03-28T00:47:38Z

Rod Jenke:

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Please <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157655598948069 click here]> to view photos of the Willaston Roundabout.

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Willaston School

2025-03-28T00:45:24Z

Rod Jenke:

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'''Willaston School, Redbanks Road''' 

On 3rd September 1864 the Bunyip reported that-
“We are pleased to perceive that the District Council of Mudla Wirra have voted £100-0-0 towards the erection of the Willaston School in the consideration of the residents of that township subscribing a similar amount.” 

Work was completed quickly, as the school was opened on Monday September 4, 1865. A detailed report was published in “The South Australian Advertiser” on the 7th September, stating that the event-
“was celebrated by a public tea in the new school, at half past 4, and a public meeting in the same place at 7. The building is situated in a fine position on a rise of table land, in about the centre of Willaston, and facing the main North road. The site is admirably chosen, being clear, dry and healthy, and plenty of playground for the children, being an acre in extent. The building consists of a large schoolroom 40 x 25, well built of with slate, stone, and finished throughout with good mortar, plastered and sealed. The school-room has a height of about 14 feet to the ceiling and well ventilated. There is also a residence attached to the building for the master and mistress, consisting of three good-sized rooms; altogether the building, from its elevation, neat and substantial appearance, forms a commanding and pleasing addition to the advancing township of Willaston”. 

The 7 o’clock meeting at the school was conducted by the Chairman of the Mudla Wirra District Council, Mr. H.E.Bright. He stated that the cost of the school building had risen to closer to £500 and after money raised and promised, a further £100 was still needed to ‘free the place’. 

The evening’s entertainment then began. According to the Advertiser –
“Mr. Edward Roberts gave with great effect the recitation “Lord Tom Noddy” and “Bridge of Sighs”, and Mr. W.F.Loutit “Harriet’s advice to her brother”. The members of the Gawler Musical Society also sang some very nice pieces....The proceedings were brought to a close about 10 o'clock by the Gawler Musical Society leading with the National Anthem. The proceedings of the tea amounted to £10, and the collection in the evening to £6- 15s, with further promises” 

The teacher, Mr. John Wilkinson moved into the new school house.
The Willaston School was closed by the Council of Education in 1878.With the opening of the Gawler Public School, the Willaston School numbers had dropped considerably.
Information taken from the “Gawler Centenary 1839 – 1939” stated that there was a private school at Willaston run by Mr. R. Latter, and afterwards Miss Filsell. Then, a Miss Myers conducted a young children’s school from 1888 for about 20 years. The number of children varied from 20 to 30. This school closed in 1909. After the school closed, it was hired out for functions such as meetings, birthday and wedding parties and card evenings. 

On the south side of the school grounds, was the Mudla Wirra Council Pound. [[Brooks Fred|Mr. Fred Brooks]], local historian, recalls that any stock found roaming by the council, would be put into the pound until the stock was collected and a fee was paid. 

In the 1880s a Council Office was added to the northern end of the school structure. In 1968 Mudla Wirra District Council extended offices onto the front of the old school building. The schoolhouse to the south end was rented out for many years. The site is currently occupied by the Country Fire Service.

Please [http://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/sets/72157639989225775/ click here] for photos of Willaston School.
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Murray Street 149 - Top Shop

2025-03-28T00:37:42Z

Rod Jenke:

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149 Murray Street is perhaps best remembered as Jack Wall s Top Shop in the 1950s and 1960s.

An incomplete record of 149 Murray Street, compiled by Allen Tiller.

1887 - John Penna Fruiterer.1

TOP SHOP – 149 Murray Street, Corner of Lyndoch Road.

1923 - ?

1928 – McDonald And Co lessees.2

? - Hibbard.

? - A.J. McLachlan.

1947 – Purchased by Mr Lamb. Managed by Mrs L.B. Boucher.3

1950 – J.F. Spackman

3 April 1950 – Jack and Dot Wall.4

Please <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157629515866090 click here]> to view photos of 149 Murray Street.

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Moore Street 6

2025-03-28T00:36:20Z

Rod Jenke:

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The house at 6 Moore Street was built in 1878 and was owned and occupied by Mary Ann Turner, widow of Joseph Turner who was a draper in Gawler. The house and associated garden were substantial compared to most dwellings in Gawler in the 1800s. The house was situated in the western half of the land parcel known as ‘acre 101’. From 1902 Mary Turner also owned the eastern half of acre 101, on a separate land title, and this had contained two 1800s cottages that were far smaller in size than the house. It’s not known when the cottages were removed, but the garden for the house now extends into both parcels of land, which are still on two separate land titles.

Please <[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qzdIeMetUK0lGSF-XVDlaRq22Ikq4lYa/view?usp=sharing click here]> to read a comprehensive report on the history of 6 Moore Street, as researched and written by Dr Helen Wilmore.

Please <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157712951952832 click here]> to view photos of 6 Moore Street.
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Kingsford Hotel 32 Murray Street

2025-03-28T00:34:40Z

Rod Jenke:

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[https://www.kingsfordhotel.com.au/ click here to go to their website]

The Globe Inn opened in 1851 and was known under this name until 1875 when it changed its Name to the Globe Hotel.

Under this name the Hotel played an important part in Gawler's history.
On September 6th 1867, a group of men, including the Mayor of Gawler, Mr. Wendt of Wendts Jewelers, two of his assistants and invited guests congregated at the hotel to raise a toast to the [[Clock Tower, Murray Street 61|Clocktower]] across the road which they had just set in motion for the first time. It had just struck 4pm.

The famous “Humbug Society” was formed at the hotel in 1859, it was setup as a spoof on other societies, such as its open policies as opposed to the secret policies of other clubs and societies. The Humbug Society had such an influence that one of its prominent members E L Grundy was elected to parliament in 1860.

To further their humbug influence, in 1863 they founded their own newspaper; if you haven’t already guessed it was called [["The Bunyip" newspaper|The Bunyip.]]
The Hotel still retains the cast iron verandah and lacework that was added to the building in the 1880’s, this was manufactured locally by the [[Eagle Foundry B&B King Street 25|Eagle Foundry]].
The Globe changed its name to the Kingsford Hotel on the 14th of August 1958 after the historic property of Kingsford north of Gawler which was established by Stephen King, one of Gawler’s founding fathers.

The hotel is still in its original position in Murray Street, although it has been extended over time, but, despite this it still retains its original charm.

It is now classified by the National Trust (item No. 1030)
''By Ian McDonnell April 2013''

The original building was more austere than the existing hotel. In 1851 it was known as the Globe Inn and was renamed the Globe Hotel in 1876. It remained so until 1958 when it was once again renamed as the Kingsford Hotel after one of the original properties of Gawler. The ornate cast iron verandah which includes early cast pillars was added sometime in the 1880's and has been repaired by the [[Eagle Foundry B&B|Eagle Foundry]], the original supplier, sometime in the 1930s.
''By Rob Richter''

The following information has been gathered with permission from “Hotels and Publicans in South Australia” by J.L. (Bob) Hoad Adelaide 1986
ISBN 0 86745 002 9 and ISBN 0 9595446 2 3

KINGSFORD HOTEL 32 Murray Street, Gawler 

Known as Globe Inn 1851 – 1875 

Known as Globe Hotel 1876 – 13.8.1958 

Known as Kingsford Hotel 14.8.1958 – 1984 - ? 

National Trust Classified List [Item no. 1030] 

1851 D’Arcy M. 

1851 Harris F.A. 

1852 – 1853 Auld J. 

1853 - 1858 Square Wm. 

1858 – 1860 Causby George (died 1876) 

1860 Square Wm. 

1861 Bradley S. 

1861 – 1864 Knowles John 

1865 – 12.9.1875 Martin Edward 

13.9.1875 – 8.9.1878 Coxell J. 

9.9.1878 – 1883 Gardiner James 

1884 - 1885 Hodgkins Mary Mrs. 

1885 – 12.9.1886 Morley W.H. 

13.9.1886 – 1887 Panter R.J. 

1887 – 1891 Hussey E.H. 

1892 Henderson J.W. 

1893 Barkell Edward 

1894 Flannigan P. 

1895 – 1901 Jolly W. Mrs. (same person?) 

1902 – 1904 Jolly W.C. (same person?) 

1905 – 1907 Williams T. Fred 

1908 Reynolds J.P. 

1908 Churches E.T. 

1909 – 1910 Churches E.S. 

1911 – 1913 Tamlyn J.W. 

1914 Hyman R.J. 

1915 – 1918 Pratt P.E. Mrs. 

1919 – 1925 Leaney T. 

1926 – 1927 Smith F.J. 

1928 Hern Margaret 

1929 Stevens Mrs. 

1930 Tasker L. 

1931 – 1932 Schack F.F. 

1932 – 17.10.1934 Broderick N.A. 

18.10.1934 – 20.6.1937 Cox Theresa A. 

21.6.1937 – 11.7.1939 Hitchin Dora Blanche 

12.7.1939 – 26.5.1940 Burton Hilda May 

27.5.1940 – 9.3.1941 Traeger Florrie Etheldreda 

10.3.1941 – 22.10.1942 Traeger Oscar Wilfred 

23.10.1942 – 14.4.1946 Traeger Olwyn Irene 

15.4.1946 – 31.3.1959 Lyons Joseph Douglas &
O’Halloran Aloysius Vincent 

1.4.1959 – 23.1.1972 Lyons Joseph Douglas & Dorothy Alice 

24.1.1972 – 21.7.1974 Lyons Joseph Douglas (died 21.7.1974) 

22.7.1974 – 1.8.1974 Lyons Dorothy Alice 

2.8.1974 – 18.9.1975 Andrews Lawrence Richard 

19.9.1975 – 18.10.1975 Lyons Dorothy Alice 

19.10.1975 – 5.10.1978 Andrews Lawrence Richard 

6.10.1978 – 5.10.1980 Holness Peter Thomas 

6.10.1980 – 10.7.1983 Kies Clyde Geoffrey 

11.7.1983 – 1984 - ? Woods Desmond Barry 

For more photos of the Kingsford or Globe Hotel, please [http://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/sets/72157629653553507 click here.] 

===== Kingsford Hotel
32 Murray St, Gawler, S.A. 5118
ph (08) 85 221687 fax (08) 85 235712
Since 1851 =====

The Kingsford Hotel balcony has been reconstructed with the support of the heritage advisors at the Department of Environment, Water & Natural Resources. We were pleased to receive “heritage” approval for the plan to build an external access / stairway to the balcony on the southern side of the hotel. Access to the balcony was originally from inside the hotel but with modern fire and safety standards this access is no longer possible. So we are now pleased to have a balcony that can be safely accessed and enjoyed by the community.

Every effort was made to reconstruct the balcony as per the original design. Moulds were made of the balcony posts so that new / renovated cast iron posts could be recast with all the original design features. This work was done in Victoria.

Perhaps the most attractive feature of the balcony is the fine cast iron lacework, which was added to the hotel in the 1880’s and made at Thompson’s Eagle Foundry in King Street, Gawler. This lacework was carefully removed, restored and finally replaced to complete the job.

Tony Harnett gave an excellent account of Kingsford Hotel history and the video of his address can be found on "Videos" "Harnett 2"

'''WHAT MAKES A PERFECT PUBLICAN?''' taken from a Bunyip article 7th April 1971

“Description of a perfect publican. He must be a democrat, acrobat and a doormat. He must be able to entertain prime ministers, pickpockets, pirates, philanthropists, press and the police.

“He must be on both sides of the political fence; he must be a footballer, golfer, tennis player, bowler, darts champion and pigeon fancier.

“He must settle fights and arguments; he must be a boxer, wrestler, weightlifter and peacemaker.

“He must always look immaculate when drinking with bankers, swankers, commercial travellers even though he just stopped a “blue” in the bar.

“He must keep the bars full, storerooms full, customers full, but not get full himself. He must have a staff who are non-drinkers, clean, honest, quick-thinkers, mathematicians, technicians, who must, at times, be on his side, customers’ side, but stay inside the bar.

“They say he wrecks homes, takes weekly pay cheques. In other worders saturates, confiscates, deteriorates and propagates.

“To sum up, he must be outside, inside, offside, glorified, sanctified and stupefied."

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Old Spot Hotel 77 Murray Street

2025-03-28T00:32:43Z

Rod Jenke:

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The following information has been gathered with permission from “Hotels and Publicans in South Australia” by J.L. (Bob) Hoad Adelaide 1986 ISBN 0 86745 002 9 and ISBN 0 9595446 2 3

CALTON’S HOTEL 77 Murray Street, Gawler
See Old Spot 

[[Golden Fleece Hotel|GOLDEN FLEECE]] 77 Murray Street, Gawler
See Old Spot 

OLD SPOT – 77 Murray Street, Gawler
Existed 30.10.1839 – 1984 - ? 

Known as Golden Fleece 30.10.1839 – 22.6.1842 

Known as Calton’s 23.6.1842 – 1847 

Known as Old Spot Inn 1848 – 1894 

Known as Old Spot Hotel 1895 – 1984 - ? 

30.10.1839 – 1.4.1841 Schiebener David 

1.4.1841 – 22.6.1842 Oliver K.F. 

23.6.1842 – 1846 Calton S. 

1846 – 1850 Calton Henry 

1850 – 1851 Schmidt J.F. 

1851 – 1852 Pile James 

1853 Wylde G.C. 

1854 Charles G. 

1854 – 1855 Wylde G.C. 

1856 – 1858 Martin E. 

1859 – 1860 Ireland G. 

1860 – 1862 Martin E. 

1863 ?? 

1864 – 1869 Young J. 

1869 Young M. 

1869 – 9.1870 Fotheringham T. and David ? 

9.1870 – 1878 James John 

1879 – 1890 James Richard 

1891 Millard E. 

1892 Millard N. Mrs. 

1893 – 1894 Opie Josh. R. 

1895 – 1896 Flannagan P. br />

1897 – 1907 Flannagan P.J.& W.H.(father and son) 

1907 – 1910 Lines George 

1911 Warren Wm. 

1912 – 1919 Lines George 

1920 – 1926 Bessen Richd. 

1927 – 1928 Spells (Stells ?) T.J. 

1929 - 1930 Goodmund A.C. Mrs. 

1931 – 10.1932 Kennedy Fanny E. 

10.1932 – 5.2.1933 Aiken Robt. S. 

6.2.1933 – 14.5.1939 Sams Ethel Daisy Mrs. 

15.5.1939 – 23.5.1954 Liddy Donald (and Connie Vi?) 

24.5.1954 – 11.3.1964 Mathews Joseph Wilfred & Betty Dawn 

12.3.1964 – 22.1.1973 Liddy Vincent John & Phinola Mary 

23.1.1973 – 29.1.1973 Hillier Douglas & Ethel 

30.1.1973 – 4.12.1978 Liddy Vincent John & Phinola Mary 

5.12.1978 - 17.10.1981 Johnston Joan Mavis 

18.10.1981 – 1984 - ? Wagner Wilfred Gordon & Betty Irene 

For more photos of the Old Spot Hotel over the years, [http://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/sets/72157629515511942/with/8440765968/ please click here.]

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/sets/72157631879161146/with/8134485068/ Click here] to see the buildings next door to the Old Spot that were demolished in August 2012 to create what will be a wonderful new area in late 2013.

Please read the thesis by Patricia Sumerling - [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4EjkA7CXbhAWEVLRWt4N0NZMWc The Old Spot Hotel, Gawler: a development history] - We also thank Bruce Harry of Bruce Harry Architects for also giving their permission for this historical report to be published.
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Main North Road 37 Willaston Uniting Church

2025-03-28T00:24:00Z

Rod Jenke:

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'''Willaston Methodist Church, Main North Road Willaston''' 

This church was initially known as the Willaston Wesleyan Church. In June 1866 a special sub-committee was formed to select land for the site of a new chapel at Willaston. In September of that year, the committee purchased a block of land from Mr. Ayres for £25. He then donated half the purchase price back to the church. In January 1867 Taylor & Forgie successfully tendered for the carpentry work for £117, Manifold & Pimlott for the masonry for £33 and Parkinson & Gwynne for the supply of stone for £17-2-2.
On January 21, 1867 some 200 people were present for the laying of the foundation stone by Mr. John Dawkins of Gawler River. A sealed bottle was placed beneath the foundation stone containing a copy of The Bunyip, the South Australian Register and an explanatory document. Unfortunately, the stone was not marked and so no-one knows where the foundation stone is. 

The church bell was purchased in February 1867 for £4-10-0, and in March twelve seats each eight and a half feet long were bought for £1 each. 

Details of the opening are sketchy .There is no record of who opened the church; however, the treasurer’s book shows the opening collection was £1-14-10. A Sunday school was established in 1879. The vestry was added a few years into the 1900s.

On 21st October 1944 a Memorial Cairn was unveiled and trees dedicated in honour of members of the fighting forces connected with the church and Sunday school. The cairn is built of Angaston marble with a bronze tablet insert.

In 1946 a stained glass window containing the names of members of the congregation that served in World War II was fitted.

The final service before the church’s closure was conducted on Sunday May 31st 2000, which was the 133rd anniversary of the church’s beginning.
The church has been a private home since February 2001.

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/sets/72157629532109452 Click here] to view photos and articles relating to Willaston Methodist Church.

Please [https://drive.google.com/file/d/130w4bT14qMJS0-Ss8CXkz1myvSX1nlCc/view?usp=sharing click here] to view historical information from the 1998 Danvers Heritage Survey regarding this location. <1>

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King Street 21

2025-03-28T00:15:13Z

Rod Jenke:

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Please [https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/sets/72157652060289181 click here] for information relating to 21 King Street.
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Jacob Street 21

2025-03-28T00:13:47Z

Rod Jenke:

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John and Alice Bugg resided at 21 Jacob street, part lot 80, where Alice ran a nursing home. There are many references to this establishment in the newspapers, especially in the birth notices.

Please <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157712949573423 click here]> to view the Bugg family residence on Jacob Street.

[Researched by Margaret Howse].

'''DESCRIPTION:'''

This single-storey, double-fronted late Victorian-era villa is constructed of coursed dressed sandstone with a tuck-pointed finish and rendered, vermiculated dressings. Side walls are of coursed bluestone with red brick dressings. The hipped roof with central gablet is clad with corrugated metal and features typical Federation-era timber detailing to the finial, beaded fascia panel and bargeboard. Windows are timber-framed, double-hung sashes with shutters to side walls. Chimneys are rendered with moulded caps. The concave verandah features a central gablet and is clad with corrugated metal supported on square timber posts with decorative cast-iron frieze and corner brackets. The front fence is an example of earlyFederation-era cyclone wire fencing with timber posts and cast-iron gate.

'''STATEMENT OF HERITAGE VALUE:'''

Likely constructed during the late 1870s or early 1880s to replace multiple smaller rateable dwellings on the one allotment, the villa at 21 Jacob Street, Gawler, demonstrates a period of suburban consolidation at the peak of Gawler’s prosperity. The dwelling is a well composed and largely externally intact example of a mid-to-late-Victorian era villa constructed of local stone, brick and cast iron with fine detailing.

'''BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:'''

The Gawler township was planned by Light, Finnis & Co and laid out by William Jacob in 1839. The Deposited Plan No. 138 of 1863 confirms this plan of Gawler; the original
landholder for Allotment 80 is recorded as Henry Dundas Murray, one of the twelve original shareholders of the Gawler Special Survey.

The first available rate assessment book for Gawler, 1858, notes six rateable cottages located on Lot 80, all owned by Thomas Hutchinson. With the exception of one, all were small cottages which addressed Reid Street. Within years, this number rose to eight cottages. This development pattern is recorded until at least 1875, when one larger
development of higher value, recorded as ‘House, garden and stable’ is rated in Jacob Street. Around 1882 it would appear that some of these smaller places may have been
removed or consolidated, with a larger dwelling on Lot 80 being rated to Mrs Elizabeth Mold. This change in ownership may have been recorded in error as the following year it reverts to Thomas Hutchinson, with Elizabeth Mold listed as owner of a shop/dwelling on the adjacent Lot 81

The first available Certificate of Title dated 1914 states that the subject property (by then Part Lot 80) was held by Alice Bugg, wife of John Bugg, who ran a nursing home from the site. John Bugg, born 1856, the eldest son of Henry Bugg of Mount Barker was married on 9th November 1882 at the Pirie Street Parsonage by Rev. J B Stephenson to Alice (nee
McHugh), and soon after came to Gawler. John and Alice were residing in Gawler by 1888 as per rate assessment, living at part lot 60, Finniss Street owned by Charles Freak. John Bugg was a blacksmith and operated a forge at the rear of the Gawler Arms Hotel.

'''Acknowledgments'''

This report has been prepared by the following people:

• Nancy Cromar (Flightpath Architects)

• Deborah Morgan (Flightpath Architects)

• Kate Paterson (Flightpath Architects)

• Douglas Alexander (Flightpath Architects)

The study team would like to acknowledge the assistance of the following people:

• David Petruzzella (Strategic Planner; Town of Gawler)

• Jacinta Weiss (Cultural Heritage Centre Coordinator; Town of Gawler)

• Jane Strange (Senior Development and Strategic Policy Officer; Town of
Gawler)

Gawler History Team Inc. thanks:
Flightpath Architects, Ryan Viney and the Town of Gawler for allowing us access to this important document of Gawler History.

www.flightpatharchitects.com.au

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Gawler Primary School Nixon Terrace

2025-03-28T00:07:22Z

Rod Jenke: Address later revised to School Lane

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On February l8th, 1876, it was announced that a Model School would be built in Gawler. This announcement followed a visit to Gawler by the Hon. E. Ward, Minister of Education at the time, and Mr. J. A. Hartley ihe Director of Education. On December 8th of the same year, the tender of Mr. Tardif for the building of the new school was accepted. the contract price being €4,695.0.0. Nowadays this school would cost in the vicinity of a million dollars.

On April 12rh, 1877 lhe Foundation Stone of the School was laid by the Mayor, the Hon. James Martin, in the presence of the Governor of South Australia, Sir W. W. Cairns. lt is obvious that Mr. Martin was held in very high esteem for although the Governor was present, Mr. Martin was chosen to perform this ceremony. He had opened his foundry in 1848 and had been a Member of Parliament as well as Mayor. The eventual cost of the building was €4,93 1.l8.0 and accommodation was provided for 600 children.

The School was eventually opened on January 24th,1878, in the presence of the Minister of Education Sir Arthur Blyth and the President of the Council of Education, Mr. J. A. Hartley.

An official luncheon was held at one of the local hotels, and we can be sure that the new building was toasted by those present, for it was a real red-letter day for Gawler.{{Place
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[https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B4EjkA7CXbhAQWdLVmJrR1Q4d1U Click here] to read 'One Hundred Years of Gawler Primary School' by J.S. Clark

Please [http://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/sets/72157629783365525/ click here] to view photos of Gawler Primary School.

To read "Memories of life in Gawler with special reference to school years 1944-1954" by Terry Krieg please [https://www.flickr.com/search/?w=69522134@N06&q=krieg%20terry click here]
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Fotheringham's Cordial Factory - Goose Island

2025-03-28T00:00:22Z

Rod Jenke:

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Fotheringham's Cordial Factory on Goose Island was established by David and Robert Fotheringham and was an entirely separate business to Fotheringham's Brewery on Julian Terrace which was established by Thomas Fotheringham.

As advised by Richard Henderson citing “Gawler’s Industrial Buildings 1839-1939” University of Adelaide Architecture Papers p51-54 & 63.
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Glenelg Lane

2025-02-26T07:59:03Z

Rod Jenke:

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This street has a home that is on the Town of Gawler Contributory heritage list.

<[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157711589814733 click here]> to see it.

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Gawler West Bible Christian Chapel

2025-02-26T07:48:39Z

Rod Jenke:

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Gawler West Bible Christian Chapel opened in 1858 and closed in 1876. It was reopened in 1880 and remained in use until 1925 when a new church built.

Please <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157672251119213 click here]> to view a document related to the Gawler West Bible Christian Chapel.

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Gawler Wesleyan Chapel Tod Street

2025-02-26T07:36:04Z

Rod Jenke:

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Gawler Wesleyan Chapel 93 Finniss Street

Please <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157668856483973 click here]> to view photos and newspaper clippings related to the Gawler Wesleyan Chapel.

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Gawler Wesleyan Chapel Tod Street

2025-02-26T07:35:17Z

Rod Jenke:

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Gawler Wesleyan Chapel 93 Finniss Street

Please <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157668856483973 click here]> to view photos and newspaper clippings related to the Gawler Wesleyan Chapel.

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Gawler Visitor Information Centre

2025-02-26T07:31:03Z

Rod Jenke:

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Please <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157668854729753 click here]> to view a newspaper article related to the Gawler Visitor Information Centre.
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Gawler Free Kindergarten

2025-02-25T03:33:14Z

Rod Jenke:

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Gawler’s Free Kindergarten was declared open on Tuesday morning, 4th February 1947, by the Mayoress of Gawler (Mrs Louis Ey). Thirty-five toddlers and their mothers arrived at 9 o’clock and had a group photograph taken in front of the Duffield Memorial building in the Congregational Church grounds.

In her remarks Mrs Ey said that this was Gawler’s first Free Kindergarten. She welcomed all-of the new young scholars and felt sure they would enjoy themselves immensely. The Kindergarten was very fortunate to obtain the very experienced services of Mrs D Rusk, formerly of the Education Department, said Mrs Ey. Mrs Rusk could not take up her duties for six weeks as she was going to enjoy a holiday first.

Mrs Ey said it was indeed fortunate to have Miss Eileen Thomas in charge until Mrs Rusk’s return. Miss Thomas had great experience with kindergarten work as she formerly was director of the Bowden Kindergarten.

Miss Enid Goodger will be the assistant.

It would take about 300 pounds per year to conduct the Gawler Kindergarten and it was hoped all-of the parents would assist by arranging bridge afternoons, trading tables and the like.

The Ministers and trustees of the Congregational Church had been kind and helpful and Mrs Ey said that all concerned were very grateful for the church’s action.

After Miss Thomas, Mrs J Watts, S A Lewis and Rev J McKinna had spoken, the kiddies were soon settled inside endeavouring to overcome their shyness. The parents eventually departed leaving proceedings in the capable hands of Miss Thomas, Mrs Rusk and Miss Enid Goodger.

The committee and supporters of the Gawler Free Kindergarten set about raising the funds necessary to manage the running of the new Kindergarten.

Their first effort was a Trading Table conducted in Murray Street in February and in subsequent months on the last Friday of the month.

March a Belle of the Ball was held in the Gawler South Hall, Hannaford’s Orchestra supplied the music, the admission being 1 shilling and sixpence. The organiser was Mrs Orr, and the Belle was Miss Rhonda Sanders.

In April, the Mayoress Mrs Louis Ey hosted a Garden Fete.

The Kindergarten Ball was the main event in May with music by Hannaford’s Orchestra and a homemade supper.

In September a Mannequin Parade was held in the Institute.

The fundraising continued in the ensuing years.

Researched by Margaret Howse.

Please <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157712745676513 click here]> to view newspaper articles related to Gawler's Free Kindergarten.
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Gawler Fish Cafe

2025-02-25T03:31:08Z

Rod Jenke:

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Gawler Farm

2025-02-25T03:27:25Z

Rod Jenke:

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History of Gawler Farm
1839 - 4000 acre Gawler Special Survey land grant to Henry Dundas Murray and John Reid.
Sections sold to — Henry Johnson, Thomas Stubbs, John Lindsay Patterson, James Fotheringham, Stephen King, John Sutton, Robert Todd, Patrick James Todd, Charles B Howard, William Field Porter, Henry Dundas Murray and John Reid. Sections 16 to P Todd and 17 to R Todd.

1840, 20th February - Sections 16 & 17 purchased by James Ilbery. The property was named Gawler Farm and the llberys constructed a home there.

1842 - James Ilbery jailed for cattle theft and the ownership passed through James wife Henrietta to her sister, Louisa's husband William Younghusband, who lived in Fleetwood in England. Henrietta continued to live there. James Ilbery was indebted to Chariot Sophia Thomas £1726. (Chariot was the mother of Henrietta and Louisa) William Younghusband came to South Australia with his wife Louisa and took up residence with Henrietta. About this time the property became known as Floraville

1843 - Conveyance by "Lease and Release" dated the 6th and 7th July 1843 William Younghusband to Peter Peachey in Trust for Henrietta Evelina Ilbury for her life and then to her son William Ilbury for his life and then to his children.

1844 - Death of William Ilbury aged 6. ( It is believed that he is buried on the property).
1847 - Younghusband brought 1000 bullocks overland from Sydney for copper cartage from Kapunda to Burra. A painting by S T Gill in the SA Art Gallery depicts the preparation for their arrival. The painting dated July 1847 was probably from drawings in February of that year as was another painting of the bullocks at a camp south of Nuriootpa.

1851 - William Younghusband purchased Section 3045 for £132.1.0

1853 - Death of Henrietta Evelin Ilbury in Calcutta India.

1853 Section 16 & 17 reverted to, and became vested in William Younghusband.

1863 - 5th May. Younghusband died in Rome. Property willed to daughters Louisa Marshall and Edith Ferguson Mayne.

1864 - Floraville destroyed by fire.

1891 - Final distribution of Younghusbands Estate

1918 - 1st October conveyance to Francis Villiers Sanderson from Edith Furguson Mayne Section 17.

1934 - 18th June. Property freehold to Francis Villiers Sanderson (grandson of Younghusband)

1938 - Death of F V Sanderson

1947 - Transferred to Sanderson, Lucas, and Davenport as tenants in common (daughters of Sanderson)

1951 - Marjorie, Valerie, and Evelyn Lucas and Villiers Davenport as absentee owners.

1970 - Sanderson Estate purchased by Phillips family.

In June 1842, William Younghusband again arrived at Port Adelaide from Singapore . He set about a series of business transactions, some of which included the gradual purchase of several sections of land on the Gawler Special Survey. The building date for Floraville on Section 16 is not positively known, but appears to have occurred about 1845-6. Younghusband died in Rome in 1863. The house was subsequently burnt down possibly about 1864. Sometime later the shingles and most of the stone walls were cannibalized. Remaing materials were pushed off slope into the house cavity. The white but alongside, the North Para River lasted much longer, but eventually its walls were staved in as it went to ruin. A contemporary description of Floraville has been left by 'Old Colonist ‘ during his 1851 visit. This is recorded in the book 'Colonists, Copper & Corn' edited by E.M. Yelland

The Painting
The scene, facing north, has the North Para River on the right; the flow being toward the artist. Gill made the sketch for the painting from a rose opposite the house. In between is a natural pound which had been fenced and cultivated, Pence posts, thought to be original still exist. A few of the River Red Gums near the River may also be extant. Near the but is a haystack, while in the pound, chaff-making appears to be proceeding. The presence of a couple of ladies headed for the house , indicates a special occasion and that Younghusband was 'in residence'. On a distant hillside is a bullock dray returning towards Kapunda. The activAty in the pound does not accord with the July date or the painting, thus Gill probably was present earlier in the year.

The Special Occasion
On the 8th September 1846, Younghusband wrote to his agent John Betts of Sydney enquiring about the mode of payment for 1000 head of cattle to be sent overland to his Gawler Property. He was particularly interested in working bullocks, which. he says were to be valued upon arrival. These animals may have been imported for copper cartage from Kapunda or Burra. It would have taken some time to organize the overland party and about 3 months to drove the cattle to South Australia. On estimate this would mean the cattle arriving at Floraville during February 1847. It is likely Gill received a commission from Younghusband to make the painting. Records of paintings by Gill indicate a further northerly, excursion to this visit, A few kilometres S.W. of present day Nuriootpa the site of further Gill paintings have been located, showing an overlander's cattle camp. Were these 25 Younghusband's cattle on the way? The general activity in the pound at Floraville probably represents preparation for the arrival of these cattle. The paintings therefore represent one of the best pictorial records of overlanding cattle that can be placed in the modern landscape.
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{{Memory|Excerpt of a journey

GAWLER TOWN TO BLAKISTON
26 February—This morning we made an excursion on foot along the North Para, to visit Mr Stephen King, an old colonist, about six miles from Gawler Town.
The river had a great number of broad and long waterholes, which occurred at frequent intervals along our walk, as we kept almost always on the one side or other of the banks.
After passing the farm of Mr Patterson we came to a garden belonging to Mr Stubbs,2 who, however, does not reside here. This garden, in part, was the earliest planted on any part of the Gawler Survey. It has been very productive, and was at this time in a flourishing state, in spite of the season. It was underlet to an individual whom we found there, and who made no question of its further success, as Gawler Town is deficient in garden supplies.
We continued over some hills and steep sheep runs to `Floraville', a station belonging to Mr Younghusband,' on which there is a pretty little villa-like dwelling, a sort of card model fancy, occasionally occupied by the proprietor.
A paddock at hand appeared to be entirely fenced with kangaroo acacia. We had understood at Stubb's that there was a good garden, with fruit trees and flowers of which we must have formed an erroneous impression, or have mistaken our informant.
We thumped at the door of entrance under a porch thickly overgrown by the passion-flower, but in vain; till, hearing some hammering at the top of the premises, we at last attracted the notice of a man mending the roof, and of him we asked of the garden. He pointed with his shingling-hammer to the slip sloping from the front (of the width of the cottage by about three or four times its length), which he said was all the garden he knew of. It contained a few vines some roses and other flowering plants, and an an Indian rubber tree .
We had still several tiresome hills and two gullies to pass to reach Mr King's sheep-farm, whose building and fences struck us as being in much better order than those we had, seen near Gawler Town.
We partook of Mr and Mrs King's hearty hospitality, which included some very good wine; after dwelling upon a few old colonial reminiscences, dating back to the earliest period of the Gawler Survey, we walked out to notice a substantial stone building in progress, as Mr King's future dwelling, of two floors, with spacious sitting rooms. When finished this will certainly be one of the best houses in the colony though costly. Mr King had a garden, good for its age, with fruit trees and vines, though the latter had not been attended to and ……………..

A letter to Mr John Phillips from

Dr Peter Ilbery

1 August 1995 Floraville

Dear Mr. Phillips

I have a watercolour executed by my great grandmother, Henrietta Ilbery (formerly Thomas), in 1842 of "Floraville'.
On a recent visit to Gawler a comparison was made visually from the watercolour showing the fold of the hills and the Adelaide hills beyond in the far distance with the lie of Sections 16 & 17 purchased by my great grandfather, James Ilbery, in 1839. Placing the Hundred of Nuriootpa map against the modern confirmed the suspicion derived by eye that a ruin indicated by a person nearby on Section 16 was indeed "Floraville.
Following an unfortunate dispute over the ownership of some cattle James was imprisoned and sometime in 1842/43 the property passed through the hands of Henrietta's sister Charlotte Thomas into the ownership of William Younghusband (married to the eldest Thomas daughter, Louisa), although Henrietta continued to live there. for some years. Following the death of Henrietta my grandfather, Thomas, came into the guardianship of William Younghusband. He was sent to school at Rossal near Fleetwood, in the west of England where there were .Ilbery and Younghusband relatives.
Thomas managed "Nocatunga" for the Hughes in the 1870s before settling as an agent in Bourke where he married Mary Horsfall and my father was born.
I have gone into some detail to illustrate the importance to our family of finding our point of entry. into Australia from India and China after many attempts over the years and the actual site, I believe, of where they first lived,.
I trust that you are as interested in the. beginnings as we are and would Wish to exchange information regarding the history of the, property which you now own.

Yours Sincerely
P.Ilbery

Wednesday 23 August 1995
Mr John Phillips

Thank you for your letter of 6th August and the enclosures.

My wife has an 'original ST Gill of the Underwood family home at Ashfield, NSW (she is a descendant of Joseph Underwood) and it was while looking among the prints in the Mitchell Library to make sure it was listed as in her possession that i came across a copy of ST Gill's "Floraville". I had a photographic print made of it so, although i thank you for your photocopy, mine is of better quality. I make this point because the same unfortunately applies in regard to, the photocopy of my great grandmother's watercolour enclosed for you Despite having several attempts at reproduction the colours are not correct making it garish in comparison with the original. To provide a photographic copy would be quite expensive..
HEI's drawing shows the Adelaide hills in the background between the folding. Countryside behind "Floraville'. Gill’s is from a different perspective, looking Up the hill towards the garden while HEI's shows the house and garden from the side. They certainly chose the site well
I also have a similar same Page of "Gawler Town. to Blakiston" although it must be from a different volume as mine from 'Colonists, Copper and Corn in the Colony of South Australia', Hawthorn Press, 1970 is numbered page 170.

Your third enclosure outlining The floraville Estate" in 1890 shows that the Younghusbands, if the property was still in their possession at this time, had increased their 'holding from the Original Sections. 16 & 17 purchased in trust for Henrietta Evelina Ilbery by William Younghusband in 1843.

The watercolour of a well-established house and enclosed garden by HEI was framed in 1842 and Younghusband did not arrive in the colony until that year. The Ilberys must therefore have erected the homestead.

The microfiche "Colonial Residents 1DE-ISL 50/110 Mortiock Library " gives James Ilbery and then Mrs Ilbery as cultivators at North Para from 1841 through to 1e48.
On 19th OctOber 1844 it Was reported in the Adelaide newspaper that "On Wednesday last, a most dreadful accident took place in the neighbourhood of (Gawler Farm to a son of Mrs Ilberry, a boy of about six years of age. It appears that the lad was standing near a tree looking at, but unobserved by a man yoking some bullocks. This being done the man started them, when the wheel coming in contact with the boy, crushed him in a most dreadful manner. A medical gentleman was immediately on the spot but without avail as he expired a few days later."
Perhaps Gawler Farm was the original name. Our son James and I when in the district this June were unable to locate Wililam's grave.

Thus it appears that James and Henrietta would have erected the first building on "Floraville". One could only be sure of these facts by going to the original titles. The Old Titles Office in Adelaide requires the present owner to give permission to view these historic records and I enclose their form trusting that you will do so to allow James or myself when next in Adelaide to fill gaps in our family history.

With best wishes
Dr Peter Ilbery
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Gawler Farm

2025-02-25T03:26:40Z

Rod Jenke:

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History of Gawler Farm
1839 - 4000 acre Gawler Special Survey land grant to Henry Dundas Murray and John Reid.
Sections sold to — Henry Johnson, Thomas Stubbs, John Lindsay Patterson, James Fotheringham, Stephen King, John Sutton, Robert Todd, Patrick James Todd, Charles B Howard, William Field Porter, Henry Dundas Murray and John Reid. Sections 16 to P Todd and 17 to R Todd.

1840, 20th February - Sections 16 & 17 purchased by James Ilbery. The property was named Gawler Farm and the llberys constructed a home there.

1842 - James Ilbery jailed for cattle theft and the ownership passed through James wife Henrietta to her sister, Louisa's husband William Younghusband, who lived in Fleetwood in England. Henrietta continued to live there. James Ilbery was indebted to Chariot Sophia Thomas £1726. (Chariot was the mother of Henrietta and Louisa) William Younghusband came to South Australia with his wife Louisa and took up residence with Henrietta. About this time the property became known as Floraville

1843 - Conveyance by "Lease and Release" dated the 6th and 7th July 1843 William Younghusband to Peter Peachey in Trust for Henrietta Evelina Ilbury for her life and then to her son William Ilbury for his life and then to his children.

1844 - Death of William Ilbury aged 6. ( It is believed that he is buried on the property).
1847 - Younghusband brought 1000 bullocks overland from Sydney for copper cartage from Kapunda to Burra. A painting by S T Gill in the SA Art Gallery depicts the preparation for their arrival. The painting dated July 1847 was probably from drawings in February of that year as was another painting of the bullocks at a camp south of Nuriootpa.

1851 - William Younghusband purchased Section 3045 for £132.1.0

1853 - Death of Henrietta Evelin Ilbury in Calcutta India.

1853 Section 16 & 17 reverted to, and became vested in William Younghusband.

1863 - 5th May. Younghusband died in Rome. Property willed to daughters Louisa Marshall and Edith Ferguson Mayne.

1864 - Floraville destroyed by fire.

1891 - Final distribution of Younghusbands Estate

1918 - 1st October conveyance to Francis Villiers Sanderson from Edith Furguson Mayne Section 17.

1934 - 18th June. Property freehold to Francis Villiers Sanderson (grandson of Younghusband)

1938 - Death of F V Sanderson

1947 - Transferred to Sanderson, Lucas, and Davenport as tenants in common (daughters of Sanderson)

1951 - Marjorie, Valerie, and Evelyn Lucas and Villiers Davenport as absentee owners.

1970 - Sanderson Estate purchased by Phillips family.

In June 1842, William Younghusband again arrived at Port Adelaide from Singapore . He set about a series of business transactions, some of which included the gradual purchase of several sections of land on the Gawler Special Survey. The building date for Floraville on Section 16 is not positively known, but appears to have occurred about 1845-6. Younghusband died in Rome in 1863. The house was subsequently burnt down possibly about 1864. Sometime later the shingles and most of the stone walls were cannibalized. Remaing materials were pushed off slope into the house cavity. The white but alongside, the North Para River lasted much longer, but eventually its walls were staved in as it went to ruin. A contemporary description of Floraville has been left by 'Old Colonist ‘ during his 1851 visit. This is recorded in the book 'Colonists, Copper & Corn' edited by E.M. Yelland

The Painting
The scene, facing north, has the North Para River on the right; the flow being toward the artist. Gill made the sketch for the painting from a rose opposite the house. In between is a natural pound which had been fenced and cultivated, Pence posts, thought to be original still exist. A few of the River Red Gums near the River may also be extant. Near the but is a haystack, while in the pound, chaff-making appears to be proceeding. The presence of a couple of ladies headed for the house , indicates a special occasion and that Younghusband was 'in residence'. On a distant hillside is a bullock dray returning towards Kapunda. The activAty in the pound does not accord with the July date or the painting, thus Gill probably was present earlier in the year.

The Special Occasion
On the 8th September 1846, Younghusband wrote to his agent John Betts of Sydney enquiring about the mode of payment for 1000 head of cattle to be sent overland to his Gawler Property. He was particularly interested in working bullocks, which. he says were to be valued upon arrival. These animals may have been imported for copper cartage from Kapunda or Burra. It would have taken some time to organize the overland party and about 3 months to drove the cattle to South Australia. On estimate this would mean the cattle arriving at Floraville during February 1847. It is likely Gill received a commission from Younghusband to make the painting. Records of paintings by Gill indicate a further northerly, excursion to this visit, A few kilometres S.W. of present day Nuriootpa the site of further Gill paintings have been located, showing an overlander's cattle camp. Were these 25 Younghusband's cattle on the way? The general activity in the pound at Floraville probably represents preparation for the arrival of these cattle. The paintings therefore represent one of the best pictorial records of overlanding cattle that can be placed in the modern landscape.
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{{Memory|Excerpt of a journey

GAWLER TOWN TO BLAKISTON
26 February—This morning we made an excursion on foot along the North Para, to visit Mr Stephen King, an old colonist, about six miles from Gawler Town.
The river had a great number of broad and long waterholes, which occurred at frequent intervals along our walk, as we kept almost always on the one side or other of the banks.
After passing the farm of Mr Patterson we came to a garden belonging to Mr Stubbs,2 who, however, does not reside here. This garden, in part, was the earliest planted on any part of the Gawler Survey. It has been very productive, and was at this time in a flourishing state, in spite of the season. It was underlet to an individual whom we found there, and who made no question of its further success, as Gawler Town is deficient in garden supplies.
We continued over some hills and steep sheep runs to `Floraville', a station belonging to Mr Younghusband,' on which there is a pretty little villa-like dwelling, a sort of card model fancy, occasionally occupied by the proprietor.
A paddock at hand appeared to be entirely fenced with kangaroo acacia. We had understood at Stubb's that there was a good garden, with fruit trees and flowers of which we must have formed an erroneous impression, or have mistaken our informant.
We thumped at the door of entrance under a porch thickly overgrown by the passion-flower, but in vain; till, hearing some hammering at the top of the premises, we at last attracted the notice of a man mending the roof, and of him we asked of the garden. He pointed with his shingling-hammer to the slip sloping from the front (of the width of the cottage by about three or four times its length), which he said was all the garden he knew of. It contained a few vines some roses and other flowering plants, and an an Indian rubber tree .
We had still several tiresome hills and two gullies to pass to reach Mr King's sheep-farm, whose building and fences struck us as being in much better order than those we had, seen near Gawler Town.
We partook of Mr and Mrs King's hearty hospitality, which included some very good wine; after dwelling upon a few old colonial reminiscences, dating back to the earliest period of the Gawler Survey, we walked out to notice a substantial stone building in progress, as Mr King's future dwelling, of two floors, with spacious sitting rooms. When finished this will certainly be one of the best houses in the colony though costly. Mr King had a garden, good for its age, with fruit trees and vines, though the latter had not been attended to and ……………..

A letter to Mr John Phillips from

Dr Peter Ilbery

1 August 1995 Floraville

Dear Mr. Phillips

I have a watercolour executed by my great grandmother, Henrietta Ilbery (formerly Thomas), in 1842 of "Floraville'.
On a recent visit to Gawler a comparison was made visually from the watercolour showing the fold of the hills and the Adelaide hills beyond in the far distance with the lie of Sections 16 & 17 purchased by my great grandfather, James Ilbery, in 1839. Placing the Hundred of Nuriootpa map against the modern confirmed the suspicion derived by eye that a ruin indicated by a person nearby on Section 16 was indeed "Floraville.
Following an unfortunate dispute over the ownership of some cattle James was imprisoned and sometime in 1842/43 the property passed through the hands of Henrietta's sister Charlotte Thomas into the ownership of William Younghusband (married to the eldest Thomas daughter, Louisa), although Henrietta continued to live there. for some years. Following the death of Henrietta my grandfather, Thomas, came into the guardianship of William Younghusband. He was sent to school at Rossal near Fleetwood, in the west of England where there were .Ilbery and Younghusband relatives.
Thomas managed "Nocatunga" for the Hughes in the 1870s before settling as an agent in Bourke where he married Mary Horsfall and my father was born.
I have gone into some detail to illustrate the importance to our family of finding our point of entry. into Australia from India and China after many attempts over the years and the actual site, I believe, of where they first lived,.
I trust that you are as interested in the. beginnings as we are and would Wish to exchange information regarding the history of the, property which you now own.

Yours Sincerely
P.Ilbery

Wednesday 23 August 1995
Mr John Phillips

Thank you for your letter of 6th August and the enclosures.

My wife has an 'original ST Gill of the Underwood family home at Ashfield, NSW (she is a descendant of Joseph Underwood) and it was while looking among the prints in the Mitchell Library to make sure it was listed as in her possession that i came across a copy of ST Gill's "Floraville". I had a photographic print made of it so, although i thank you for your photocopy, mine is of better quality. I make this point because the same unfortunately applies in regard to, the photocopy of my great grandmother's watercolour enclosed for you Despite having several attempts at reproduction the colours are not correct making it garish in comparison with the original. To provide a photographic copy would be quite expensive..
HEI's drawing shows the Adelaide hills in the background between the folding. Countryside behind "Floraville'. Gill’s is from a different perspective, looking Up the hill towards the garden while HEI's shows the house and garden from the side. They certainly chose the site well
I also have a similar same Page of "Gawler Town. to Blakiston" although it must be from a different volume as mine from 'Colonists, Copper and Corn in the Colony of South Australia', Hawthorn Press, 1970 is numbered page 170.

Your third enclosure outlining The floraville Estate" in 1890 shows that the Younghusbands, if the property was still in their possession at this time, had increased their 'holding from the Original Sections. 16 & 17 purchased in trust for Henrietta Evelina Ilbery by William Younghusband in 1843.

The watercolour of a well-established house and enclosed garden by HEI was framed in 1842 and Younghusband did not arrive in the colony until that year. The Ilberys must therefore have erected the homestead.

The microfiche "Colonial Residents 1DE-ISL 50/110 Mortiock Library " gives James Ilbery and then Mrs Ilbery as cultivators at North Para from 1841 through to 1e48.
On 19th OctOber 1844 it Was reported in the Adelaide newspaper that "On Wednesday last, a most dreadful accident took place in the neighbourhood of (Gawler Farm to a son of Mrs Ilberry, a boy of about six years of age. It appears that the lad was standing near a tree looking at, but unobserved by a man yoking some bullocks. This being done the man started them, when the wheel coming in contact with the boy, crushed him in a most dreadful manner. A medical gentleman was immediately on the spot but without avail as he expired a few days later."
Perhaps Gawler Farm was the original name. Our son James and I when in the district this June were unable to locate Wililam's grave.

Thus it appears that James and Henrietta would have erected the first building on "Floraville". One could only be sure of these facts by going to the original titles. The Old Titles Office in Adelaide requires the present owner to give permission to view these historic records and I enclose their form trusting that you will do so to allow James or myself when next in Adelaide to fill gaps in our family history.

With best wishes
Dr Peter Ilbery
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Gawler Cordial Factory

2025-02-25T03:22:30Z

Rod Jenke:

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The Gawler Cordial Factory was established W.W. Haydon. It offered soft drinks in the form of aerated waters and cordials.
The business offered home delivery in the Gawler Region.

To read more about the Gawler Cordial Factory, please <[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/96692732?searchTerm=gawler%20cordial%20factory&searchLimits= click here]> to read an article on Trove.

Please <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157667228131593/with/27468850780/ click here]> to read information about W.W. Haydon Soft Drinks.

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Gawler Child Care Centre

2025-02-25T03:20:21Z

Rod Jenke:

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Gawler Belt Inn

2025-02-25T03:15:52Z

Rod Jenke:

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The Gawler Belt Inn stood approximately where the Redbanks Road interchange on the Gawler Bypass is now, however the hotel was closed well before the bypass was built. The Inn operated from 1857 until 1913

The following information has been gathered with permission from “Hotels and Publicans in South Australia” by J.L. (Bob) Hoad Adelaide 1986 ISBN 0 86745 002 9 and ISBN 0 9595446 2 3

GAWLER BELT INN – Willaston –[Gawler Belt]
Existed 1857 – 1913 

1857 – 1867 Grotegut H. 

1868 – 1870 Boeckmann F. 

? – Sept. 1870 Smith J. 

Sept.1870 – 1878 Bomeke J.H. [Bomcke ?] 

1878 – Dec.1879 Gartrell J. 

Dec.1879 – 1882 Wall Richard 

1883 – 1885 Lucas C.J. 

1886 Bolte A. 

1887 Fogden M.A. 

1887 – 1893 Brown D. 

1894 – 1896 Barnfield Mary Mrs 

1897 Lansley David 

1898 – 1899 Broderick Catherine Mrs 

1900 Broderick P.J. Mrs 

1901 Scott Jas. H. 

1902 Allen E.J. 

1903 Anderson E. Mrs 

1904 – 1906 Morris E. 

1906 – 3.1.1907 Anderson James 

4.1.1907 - ? Speed Frank Charlie & Maggie Simpson 

1908 Speed Frank Charlie 

1909 Macksad S. Mrs 

1910 Mayer Mrs 

1911 Borthwick Mrs 

1912 Harman Mrs [Hirman ?] 

1913 Kelly T.H. 

Please [http://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/sets/72157633263410851/ click here] for photos of the Gawler Belt Inn.
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Fotheringham's Cordial Factory - Goose Island

2025-02-25T03:13:00Z

Rod Jenke:

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Fotheringham's Cordial Factory on Goose Island was established by David and Robert Fotheringham and was an entirely separate business to Fotheringham's Brewery on Julian Terrace which was established by Thomas Fotheringham.

As advised by Richard Henderson citing “Gawler’s Industrial Buildings 1839-1939” University of Adelaide Architecture Papers p51-54 & 63.
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Finniss Street 30

2025-02-25T03:03:27Z

Rod Jenke:

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[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GUaIqUTuyEl9L4covr1mAL0P6jyuWXS5/view?usp=sharing Click Here] to view the historical Title.

[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NohjDJCRy7yufg63_VxONd3rKyIknU-d/view?usp=sharing Click Here] to read the story of Bentleigh Brae.

Trevor Bellchambers advised us that from 1946 to 1968 it was the Church Hill Private Hospital.

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Evanston Gardens Community Centre

2025-02-25T03:01:03Z

Rod Jenke:

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The Evanston Gardens Community Centre and Library was officially opened on Monday 27 June 2011.

Please <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157714404125946 click here]> to view photos and articles related to the Evanston Gardens Community Centre.

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Engine and Driver Hotel

2025-02-25T02:58:05Z

Rod Jenke:

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The Engine and Driver is the original name of the hotel now known as the [[Criterion Tavern 18 Nineteenth Street|Criterion Tavern]], which is located at 18 Nineteenth Street, Gawler South (formerly Murray Street, [[Bassett Town]]), opposite the [[Gawler Railway Station Nineteenth Street|Gawler Railway Station]]. The hotel operated as the Engine and Driver from when it was first licensed in 1858 until 1863, when on the 14th September the proprietor Mr Catchlove applied to the Bench of Magistrates quarterly meeting to ''“alter the name of his house at Bassett Town from the Engine and Driver to the Criterion Hotel”'' (South Australian Register 15 Sep 1863).

Around the time of the name change the hotel underwent extensive building work. The Gawler Correspondent to The Adelaide Express reported:

''“Great revolutions and alterations are taking place amongst our hostelries.'' ''The Engine and Driver Hotel at the Railway Station has become the “Criterion” and has been improved and beautified so as to form one of the most picturesque buildings of the kind in the colony.'' ''Mr Catchlove leaves us much regretted, and Mr Bassett succeeds him.''”'' ''(The Adelaide Express 9 Mar 1864).''

It is sometimes suggested that the Engine and Driver Hotel was located at 13 or 15 [[Twenty First Street]], Gawler South. However, the hotel at this address is likely to have been Evanston's [[Ram's Head Hotel Evanston|Ram's Head Hotel]].

For information and photographs of the hotel in later years see [[Criterion Tavern 18 Nineteenth Street|Criterion Tavern]].

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==Engine and Driver Licensees 1858-1863==

The following information has been gathered with permission from “Hotels and Publicans in South Australia” by J.L. (Bob) Hoad Adelaide 1986
ISBN 0 86745 002 9 and ISBN 0 9595446 2 3

1858 Causby G. 

1858 - 1859 Eldridge J. 

1859 - 1860 Catchlove C. 

1860 Schmidt J.F. 

1860 – 1861 Bassett W. 

1861 – 1863 Catchlove H.
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Elderly Centre 14th Street

2025-02-25T02:55:47Z

Rod Jenke:

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For more photos of the Elderly Centre at 14th Street [https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157656036670192 Click Here]
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Eldercare and The Vines Retirement Village

2025-02-25T02:54:03Z

Rod Jenke:

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|Street name=Morrow Avenue
|Town or Locality=Evanston Park
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|Date approximate2=No
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Eldercare is located at 17 Morrow Avenue Evanston Park.
The Vines Lifestyle Village is located at 35 Coleman Parade Evanston Park.

Please <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157693907227855/with/39798688524/ click here]> for more photos of Eldercare and The Vines Lifestyle Village at Evanston Park.
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Edith Street

2025-02-25T02:52:29Z

Rod Jenke:

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This street has homes and buildings within it that are either State, Local or Contributory heritage listed. – <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157711577909287 click here]> to see them all.

*[[Edith Street 11]]
*[[Edith Street 2-4]]
*[[Edith Street 6]]
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Drikas Fish Cafe

2025-02-25T02:45:31Z

Rod Jenke:

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Please <[https://drive.google.com/file/d/13TUQedeN5-fP5CyvJTWE__wfr__ddNoe/view?usp=sharing click here]> to read about the 25th year anniversary of Drikas Gawler Fish Cafe.

'''Gawler Fish Cafe back in old Hands.'''

Mr Spiros Drikas has already been congratulated by many on his decision to return to the Gawler Fish Cafe and conduct the business he established 20 years ago. Mr. S. Cassar will be associated with Mr. Drikas.
Messrs Hadgis and sons, who took over when Spiros relinquished control about a year ago, have gone to a business in Port Pirie.1

Please <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157640430980606 click here]> to view a photos of Gawler Fish Cafe.

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Dodd's Deli - Willaston

2025-02-25T02:35:06Z

Rod Jenke:

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|Street name=Main North
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|Geocoordinates=-34.59023, 138.74405
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'Dodd's Deli' began in 1864 as a Post Office and General Store.

Please <[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wfiHWuRLm-qsh1ire4OU8t_EMrfUHhr8/view?usp=sharing click here]> to read a newspaper article about the closure of Dodd's Deli in 2019.
We thank ABC News Radio and Ben Neilson for allowing us to share their story.

Please <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/sets/72157633254481853 click here]> to view photos of Dodd's Deli when it was known as the 'Willaston Post Office and General Store'.
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Davies Street 7 Willaston

2025-02-25T02:31:23Z

Rod Jenke:

{{Place
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Please <[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kud_fukAEKFJPKvP64yc9LBTJwRM5-Kv/view?usp=sharing click here]> to read Ken Edwards historical research document; ''''Ownership of 7 Davies Street Willaston from 1878''''.

Please <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157712764364063 click here]> to view photos used in Ken Edward's document.

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David Street

2025-02-25T02:30:19Z

Rod Jenke:

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This street has a home that is Contributory heritage listed. – <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157711572866037 click here]> to see it.

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[[David Street 1 (Gawler Community Retirement Homes)]]
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