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Lawrence (Cr) Morris

2019-12-19T21:53:46Z

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Morris Lawrence was Councillor for South Ward from 1860 - 1862.
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Lawrence (Cr) Ernest Hector

2019-12-19T21:52:51Z

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Lawrence Hector was Councillor for Gawler South Ward in 1934, then for Evanston Ward between 1936 - 1946, and again at Gawler South Ward between 1952 - 1956.

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Krieg (Cr) Malcolm George

2019-12-19T21:50:48Z

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Malcolm Krieg was Councillor for Barossa Ward from 1974 - 1976.

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Koch Cr Paul

2019-12-19T21:49:34Z

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Paul Koch is an Area Councillor (3 terms), 2010 - 2019.
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Knox (Cr) Henry (Harry) Read

2019-12-19T21:48:15Z

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H Knox was Councillor for North Ward in 1915.
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Kemp (Cr) Theodore

2019-12-19T21:47:20Z

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Theodore Kemp was Councillor for East Ward from 1929 - 1932.
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Kellet (Cr) Patsy Allison

2019-12-19T21:46:14Z

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Patsy Kellet was Councillor for Willaston Ward from 1997 - 2000.
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Karran (Cr) Henry James

2019-12-19T21:45:03Z

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Henry Karran was Councillor for Evanston Ward from 1946 - 1950.
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Joyce (Cr) Neville Angus

2019-12-19T21:35:27Z

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Neville Joyce was Councillor for Reid Ward from 1991 - 1995.
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Isaacson (Cr) Stanley Mervyn

2019-12-19T21:34:10Z

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Stanley Isaacson was Councillor for Barossa Ward from 1980 - 1985.

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Hussey (Cr) Edward Henry

2019-12-19T21:21:34Z

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Edward Hussey was Councillor for North Ward in 1891. Later, Hussey was Councillor for East Ward from 1893 - 1895.
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Hughes Cr David

2019-12-19T21:19:40Z

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David Hughes was an Area Councillor for 3 terms in; 2010 - 2014, 2014 - 2016, 2018 (ongoing)
David Hughes also served as Deputy Mayor twice; 2011 - 2013 and 2015 - 2016
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Howe (Cr) James Henderson

2019-12-19T21:16:43Z

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J Howe was Councillor for North Ward in 1868 - 1869.
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Howard (Cr) Robert G

2019-12-19T21:15:47Z

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Robert Howard was Councillor for South Ward in 1859.
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Howard (Cr) Graham James

2019-12-19T21:14:31Z

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Graham Howard was Councillor for Barossa Ward from 1977 - 1979.
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Hore (Cr) Sydney Frederick

2019-12-19T21:13:31Z

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Sydney Hore was Councillor for Gawler South Ward from 1956 - 1960.
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Hopper (Cr) Phylis

2019-12-19T21:12:12Z

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Phylis Hopper was Councillor for Willaston Ward from 1991 - 1997.
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Hodgson (Cr) Thomas

2019-12-19T21:11:05Z

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T Hodgson was Councillor for North Ward in 1883.
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Hockley (Cr) Dianne

2019-12-19T21:10:00Z

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Diane Hockley was Area Councillor from 2012 to 2014.
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Hockey (Cr) R J

2019-12-19T21:08:51Z

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R Hockey was Councillor for Willaston Ward from 1970 - 1972.
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Hillier (Cr) John William

2019-12-19T21:07:40Z

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John Hillier was Councillor for Church Hill Ward twice; from 1957 - 1964. Then from 1966 - 1969.
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Hill (Cr) Roland John

2019-12-19T21:05:32Z

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Roland Hill was Councillor for South Ward in 1892 &1893, and again in 1896, 1897. Mr Hill was later Councillor for North Ward between 1910 and 1912.
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Hill (Cr) R J

2019-12-19T21:04:14Z

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Hill (Cr) Roland John

2019-12-19T21:04:14Z

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R Hill was Councillor for North Ward between 1910 and 1912.
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Hill (Cr) Roland John

2019-12-19T21:03:58Z

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Higgins (Cr) George Herbert James

2019-12-19T21:00:37Z

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George Higgins was Councillor for Willaston Ward from 1945 - 1948.

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Higgins (Cr) Alfred (Alf) James

2019-12-19T20:57:51Z

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'''James Alfred Higgins B.A. Dip. Ed.'''

Alfred (Alf) was born on 1st November 1909 at Sister Matthew’s Nursing Home at Milang SA.

I was a 1st Year student at Gawler High School in 1940, and Mr Higgins was my class teacher teaching English and Latin. Mr Flaherty was the Headmaster.
WW2 was in progress and I understand that Mr Higgins spent some years serving Australia in the R.A.A.F.
In 1964 or possibly earlier, he was Principal of Gawler High School at the new location on Barnet Road, Evanston. (Previously he was employed at the Port Augusta High School.)

In 1966 or sooner, he welcomed the newly formed Parents and Friends Association [a strong and enthusiastic band of parents] which followed the then defunct Old Scholars Association.

1967 was to be the Diamond Jubilee year for Gawler High School and in 1966 preparations began to raise funds for new decorative iron entrance gates for the School, which were declared open during the 3 days of celebration to mark the Jubilee. Staff, students and parents worked hard for the Jubilee events.

Mr Higgins remained Principal until about 1971. I believe that he retired and went to reside near his family at Kingston SE.
He died on 15th September 1994 at the Kingston Soldiers Memorial Hospital and is buried in the Kingston Cemetery.

Compiled by Lily Crosby (nee Mewett).

Please refer to "Year Books from Gawler High" - 1963 to 1969 inclusive - to appreciate his term as Principal of GHS.

Alfred Higgin was Councillor for Church Hill Ward from 1946 - 1950.

Click here for Photos of [https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157667205879138 Alf Higgins]
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Higgins Alfred James

2019-12-19T20:56:32Z

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Higgins (Cr) Alfred (Alf) James

2019-12-19T20:56:32Z

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'''James Alfred Higgins B.A. Dip. Ed.'''

Alfred (Alf) was born on 1st November 1909 at Sister Matthew’s Nursing Home at Milang SA.

I was a 1st Year student at Gawler High School in 1940, and Mr Higgins was my class teacher teaching English and Latin. Mr Flaherty was the Headmaster.
WW2 was in progress and I understand that Mr Higgins spent some years serving Australia in the R.A.A.F.
In 1964 or possibly earlier, he was Principal of Gawler High School at the new location on Barnet Road, Evanston. (Previously he was employed at the Port Augusta High School.)

In 1966 or sooner, he welcomed the newly formed Parents and Friends Association [a strong and enthusiastic band of parents] which followed the then defunct Old Scholars Association.

1967 was to be the Diamond Jubilee year for Gawler High School and in 1966 preparations began to raise funds for new decorative iron entrance gates for the School, which were declared open during the 3 days of celebration to mark the Jubilee. Staff, students and parents worked hard for the Jubilee events.

Mr Higgins remained Principal until about 1971. I believe that he retired and went to reside near his family at Kingston SE.
He died on 15th September 1994 at the Kingston Soldiers Memorial Hospital and is buried in the Kingston Cemetery.

Compiled by Lily Crosby (nee Mewett).

Please refer to "Year Books from Gawler High" - 1963 to 1969 inclusive - to appreciate his term as Principal of GHS.

Click here for Photos of [https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157667205879138 Alf Higgins]
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Bennett (Cr) H W

2019-12-19T06:30:15Z

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Bennett (Cr) Henry William

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Henry William Bennett was Gawler Councillor for East Ward in 1901 to 1905.
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Haydock (Cr) Henry

2019-12-19T04:33:04Z

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Henry Haydock was Councillor for South Ward between 1910 - 1913, then represented North Ward in 1929.
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Harvey (Cr) David Robert

2019-12-19T04:30:47Z

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David Harvey was Councillor for Barossa Ward in 1979 - 1980.
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Harrison (Cr) John Henry

2019-12-19T04:23:28Z

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J Harrison was Councillor for East Ward in 1857 - 1859.

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Harrison (Cr) Douglas Arthur

2019-12-19T03:58:57Z

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Douglas Harrison was Councillor for Evanston Ward between 1961 and 1978.

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Harradine (Cr) E A

2019-12-19T03:56:05Z

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Mr E Harradine was Councillor for Barossa Ward between 1960 - 1964.

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Harniman (Cr) William Ronald

2019-12-19T03:54:52Z

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William Harniman was Councillor for Central Ward between 1944 and 1952.

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Hardy (Cr) Dr Frances Baildon

2019-12-19T03:52:49Z

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Dr Frances Hardy was Councillor for Gawler South Ward in 1973 - 1974.

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Harbison (Cr) Dr John Henry

2019-12-19T03:50:58Z

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Dr John Harbison was Councillor for Barossa Ward in 1959 - 1960.
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Hameister (Cr) Leonard Sydney

2019-12-19T03:49:10Z

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L Hameister was Councillor for Willaston Ward between 1966 - 1968.
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Ryan Peter

2019-12-19T03:10:39Z

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Peter was born in 1968 in Adelaide to Dennis and Jo Ryan. He lived in Athelstone and went to Athelstone Primary School before moving to Bundaberg in Queensland for a few years and the start of High School.

Settling back in Magill he attended Norwood High School leaving Year 12 in 1985.

He attended Adelaide University for a degree in Law and Economics and graduated in 1990.

Peter moved to Gawler and commenced work in 1991 with Rudall & Rudall and soon settled into life in Gawler.

He joined the Gawler Town Band in 1992, and is still involved with the band today, playing Tenor Saxophone, having held every committee position on the band over the years.
He met his wife Nicki in the Gawler Band in 1994. They were married in 1998 and have two children Joshua (born in 2000) and Matthew (born in 2004) who have both attended Trinity College. The whole family now active members of the Gawler Town Band.
As a representative of the Gawler Band his has assisted in the organisation of the Gawler Carols event every year since its move to Pioneer Park.

Peter’s other community involvement, has been a board member and Chairperson of the Gawler Health Service He was instrumental in commencing the Gawler Health Foundation Inc, and later became a board member and Chairperson of the Foundation.

A past member of the Gawler Tourism and Trade Authority, he was one of the founding members of the Gawler Business Development Board.

With both of his children being keen swimmers for STARplex Swimming Club, he has developed an interest in becoming a Swimming Referee. He has officiated at Swimming meets throughout South Australia as well as in Darwin, Melbourne and Hobart.

He continues as a partner at Rudall & Rudall Lawyers advising in Commercial and Business Advice, Property Transactions, wills and estate administration and Family Law.

Please <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157712266062471 click here]> to view photos of Peter Ryan.

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Ryan Peter

2019-12-19T03:09:48Z

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Peter was born in 1968 in Adelaide to Dennis and Jo Ryan. He lived in Athelstone and went to Athelstone Primary School before moving to Bundaberg in Queensland for a few years and the start of High School.

Settling back in Magill he attended Norwood High School leaving Year 12 in 1985.

He attended Adelaide University for a degree in Law and Economics and graduated in 1990.

Peter moved to Gawler and commenced work in 1991 with Rudall & Rudall and soon settled into life in Gawler.

He joined the Gawler Town Band in 1992, and is still involved with the band today, playing Tenor Saxophone, having held every committee position on the band over the years.
He met his wife Nicki in the Gawler Band in 1994. They were married in 1998 and have two children Joshua (born in 2000) and Matthew (born in 2004) who have both attended Trinity College. The whole family now active members of the Gawler Town Band.
As a representative of the Gawler Band his has assisted in the organisation of the Gawler Carols event every year since its move to Pioneer Park.

Peter’s other community involvement, has been a board member and Chairperson of the Gawler Health Service He was instrumental in commencing the Gawler Health Foundation Inc, and later became a board member and Chairperson of the Foundation.

A past member of the Gawler Tourism and Trade Authority, he was one of the founding members of the Gawler Business Development Board.

With both of his children being keen swimmers for STARplex Swimming Club, he has developed an interest in becoming a Swimming Referee. He has officiated at Swimming meets throughout South Australia as well as in Darwin, Melbourne and Hobart.

He continues as a partner at Rudall & Rudall Lawyers advising in Commercial and Business Advice, Property Transactions, wills and estate administration and Family Law.
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Peter was born in 1968 in Adelaide to Dennis and Jo Ryan. He lived in Athelstone and went to Athelstone Primary School before moving to Bundaberg in Queensland for a few years and the start of High School.

Settling back in Magill he attended Norwood High School leaving Year 12 in 1985.

He attended Adelaide University for a degree in Law and Economics and graduated in 1990.

Peter moved to Gawler and commenced work in 1991 with Rudall & Rudall and soon settled into life in Gawler.

He joined the Gawler Town Band in 1992, and is still involved with the band today, playing Tenor Saxophone, having held every committee position on the band over the years.
He met his wife Nicki in the Gawler Band in 1994. They were married in 1998 and have two children Joshua (born in 2000) and Matthew (born in 2004) who have both attended Trinity College. The whole family now active members of the Gawler Town Band.
As a representative of the Gawler Band his has assisted in the organisation of the Gawler Carols event every year since its move to Pioneer Park.

Peter’s other community involvement, has been a board member and Chairperson of the Gawler Health Service He was instrumental in commencing the Gawler Health Foundation Inc, and later became a board member and Chairperson of the Foundation.

A past member of the Gawler Tourism and Trade Authority, he was one of the founding members of the Gawler Business Development Board.

With both of his children being keen swimmers for STARplex Swimming Club, he has developed an interest in becoming a Swimming Referee. He has officiated at Swimming meets throughout South Australia as well as in Darwin, Melbourne and Hobart.

He continues as a partner at Rudall & Rudall Lawyers advising in Commercial and Business Advice, Property Transactions, wills and estate administration and Family Law.
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Zerna Aubrey (Aub) Carl

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Harnett (Mayor) Gilbert Barry

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Gilbert Barry Harnett was a Gawler Councillor for Evanston Ward from 1973 to 1978. He was Mayor of Gawler from 1978 to 1989.
He was a Gawler Alderman from 1989 to 1991.

'''Harnett Gilbert Barry [Gil]'''

Born in Adelaide 10/9/1932, he is the youngest of the three sons of Leo and Mary Harnett [nee Coglin] of Torrens Park. His father, Leo, was a carpenter and builder who spent some time during WW2 building Army huts south of Darwin. His two older brothers, Leo and Frank, served in the R.A.A.F.

Gil was educated by the Sisters of Saint Joseph at Kingswood and then at the Christian Brothers College in Wakefield Street Adelaide. The Christian Brothers encouraged leadership qualities and a desire for further education.

On leaving School, Gil graduated from the University of Adelaide with a degree in Pharmacy. During the 4 year course he served his apprenticeship at the Stempel and Jolly Pharmacy which was close to the Bee-Hive Corner in King William Street, Adelaide.

On 7th May 1955 Gil married Mary O’Loughlin in Saint Patrick’s Church, Grote Street, Adelaide. They had 5 children, 8 grandchildren and 4 great-great grandchildren over the following sixty or so years.

Gil arrived in Gawler in December 1955 after working for six months with Carrig Chemists at West Beach.
He was offered the job of opening a new Pharmacy on Adelaide Road, Gawler South by Os Conley, a pharmacist in Murray Street Gawler. The new Pharmacy was to be next to a medical clinic run by the well-known Doctor Vin Rice and Partners. Over the next couple of years, due to ill-health, Os Conley needed a relief pharmacist and Humphrey George arrived in Gawler. Gil and Humphrey worked the business between them and got on well together. In 1959, Os Conley retired from Gawler and sold his two Pharmacies to Gil and Humphrey.

This was the beginning of one of the longest business partnerships in Australia. [In their retirement this partnership continues with their association with the Kingsford Hotel, Gawler and the Risdon Hotel in Port Pirie.]

During the 1960’s, Gil was the foundation member of the Gawler Chamber of Commerce, the Chairman of Meals on Wheels, and the Treasurer of the then Bush Nursing Society; later known as the Royal District Nursing Service.

In 1973, Gil was elected to the Gawler Council and served for 5 years as the Evanston Ward Councillor. During that time, he served as Deputy Mayor before being elected Mayor in 1878; following Cec Creedon in that role.
In 1979, Council established a Community Needs Study which was the forerunner of Gawler’s future development. It considered upgrading the Elderly Centre and establishing a Handy-Man Scheme.

Earlier in 1978, Council bought land around Dead Man’s Pass from the Riggs family. During this time Reid Street was widened and Light Square was developed and the Coles Northern Market was built. They were all important to the Town, along with the Gawler Public Library and the Sport and Recreation Centre. This Centre was funded entirely by the Gawler community, as no Government funds were available.

In 1985, Gil led the Council delegation which appeared before the State Government Select Committee inquiring into boundary changes. Gawler was largely successful in its submission and, this in turn, expanded its economic base.

Other highlights during Gil’s tenure as Mayor were The World Championship of the Equestrian Three Day Event in the presence of H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh in 1986. The Freedom of Entry to the Town of Gawler to the crew of the patrol ship H.M.A.S. Gawler in 1986 produced an impressive parade and ceremony in Murray Street. There was also the celebration of 150 years of Gawler history with a parade in Gawler and a gathering at Clonlea Park and the launch of Derek Whitelock’s book “Gawler” added to the occasion.

Gil acknowledges the enormous contributions made to the Town by organisations such as the Gawler Show Society, the strong Service Clubs, the sporting Clubs, all the community groups and the business sector. They are all responsible for helping make Gawler such a magnificent place in which to live.

On his retirement as Mayor in 1989, Gill thanked his wife Mary for her support on the journey. Gil was succeeded in the role by Bob Bartlett.
Gil served the community as a Justice of the Peace for approximately 40 years.

Gil and Mary have been fortunate to have travelled widely; both overseas and across Australia. In his retirement, Gil has volunteered for the Saint Vincent De Paul Society, is involved in the Gawler Catholic Parish and enjoys his connection with the Kingsford and Risdon Hotels.
Gil and Mary have been blessed with a long and happy marriage and a loving, close-knit family.

[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157634119045600 click here for all photos etc ]

Please [https://youtu.be/OselpAXfQWg?t=312 Click Here] to view footage of Mayor, Gil Harnett being interviewed for television program 'State Affair' in August 1982.

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Whinnen's Store Cowan Street

2019-12-19T00:12:45Z

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Please [https://youtu.be/OselpAXfQWg?t=228 Click Here] to view footage of Bill and Reg Whinnen being interviewed by television program 'State Affair' inside their Cowan Street store in 1982.

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Whinnen (Cr) William (Bill) Francis

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William Francis Whinnen was elected Gawler Councillor for Evanston Ward 1939 to 1945.

Bill Whinnen was the son of F.B. Whinnen, founder of iconic Gawler Store, 'F.B. Whinnen's' on Cowan Street. (She's Apples stands in its place today).

Please [https://youtu.be/OselpAXfQWg?t=228 Click Here] to view footage of Bill and Reg Whinnen being interviewed by television program 'State Affair' inside their store in 1982.

Please <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157672899069080/with/30786328075/ click here]> to view photos of Bill Whinnen.

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Whinnen (Cr) William (Bill) Francis

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Thom (Cr) Brian Gordon

2019-12-18T23:59:06Z

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Brian Gordon Thom was elected as Gawler Area Councillor in 2000 to 2014.

He was elected Deputy Mayor in 2006 to 2011, and then 2013 to 2014.

I was born in Gawler, which has been my home-town for over 74 years; married to Bev for over 51 years, and we have 2 married sons [Richard and Michael] and 4 grandchildren; Richard's Stephanie (1997) and Nicholas (2000), and now Michael's Ava (2018), and now Lachlan on 18/10/2019.

Educated at [[Gawler Primary School Nixon Terrace|Gawler Primary]] and at [[Gawler High School]], in Leaving year 1960, I was appointed Prefect and I matriculated that year.

[Between ages 13 and 15, I learnt a lot while being in the Air Training Corps (Gawler 8th Flight) and was promoted to the dizzy heights of "Acting Corporal"].

In 1961, I became a staff member of AMP Society in Adelaide (in 1966 being posted to AMP's Mt Gambier Regional Office for 12 months) and, in the 70's, I enjoyed the challenges of being a Department Head of Records Department with one male and 27 female staff. In 1980, at age 35, I chose to become self-employed to conduct my own AMP Agency in Gawler and the Barossa Valley; which developed into Financial Planning and Financial Advising. I was proud to be classified as an AMP Senior Agent. After 39 years with AMP, I retired at age 55 in January 2000 to become a self-funded retiree.

Since being elected in May 2000, I have actively participated for over 14 1/2 years as Gawler Area Councillor [Deputy Mayor 2006/2011 and 2013/2014]. I was subsequently appointed Town of Gawler Board member for the Gawler River Flood Mitigation Authority and have participated at 76 of their 78 meetings to;
1. plan and implement the construction of the Bruce Eastick North Para Flood Mitigation Dam;
2. encourage the State Government to institute flood mitigation measures for the South
Para Reservoir; and
3. welcome the creation of new flood mapping data to progress the addressing of future flood mitigation measures for the Gawler River.

I have chaired the meetings of the Gawler Disability Action Group and happily progressed their concerns and desires to make our Town footpaths, roads and parking facilities safer for those having physical disabilities. I have assisted in the formulation of Council’s Dog and Cat Management Plan, along with Council’s planning to address many of the issues relating to Gawler’s ageing population.

As Area Councillor, I introduced material to urge Council’s action towards Graffiti control, Feral Pigeon control and the installation of CCTV cameras.
I encouraged the Local Government Association to produce the “Handbook for Council Members” which outlines and explains “Meeting Procedures” and was pleased to be on its production Committee.

I announced my retirement from Town of Gawler Council effective November 2014.

At age 18 I joined the Gawler Apex Club and thoroughly enjoyed the 22 years of passionate involvement. I was fortunate to enjoy the strong support of my wife Beverley, who too enjoyed the variety of challenges emanating from the many different programs that Apex was involved in. At age 40, when one had to retire from Apex in those years, I was honored to be made a Life Member of Gawler Apex Club.

I value close family ties and friendships (compiling photographic history of friends and family), enjoying playing Contract Bridge for the last 50 years (achieving National Master [1.99 stars]- hopefully achieving 2 stars before my passing), oil painting, overseas travel, and National Trust Volunteering,
With an increasing passion toward environmental issues (including the effective utilization of native plant varieties), I enjoyed creating the Native Garden at Gawler South's Transfiguration Church and, since 2000, I have been Curator of the [[St. George's Anglican Cemetery|St George’s Anglican Cemetery Gawler]]; Est 1861 in Cheek Avenue. As Priest Warden to a number of Gawler Anglican Rectors, I appreciated my involvement in the creation of new stained glass windows in St Georges Anglican Church and the restoration of the many beautiful old stained glass windows. At age 14, Terry Kreig taught me how to ring the octave of Bells in St Georges Church and I have been ringing them constantly for 60 years (a Campanologist from wayback).
Participating in some of the activities of the Gawler Veteran Vintage & Classic Vehicle Club has always been enjoyable.

On Monday 18th November 2019, I advised Gawler Parish Council of my formal retirement as Curator of St Georges Anglican Cemetery; after 20 years of service. I am proud that the extensive records of this Cemetery (established in 1861) have now been properly recorded for display within the Gawler History Team Inc. website gawlerhistory.com for the world to see and to assist future research.

In 2011, when becoming concerned that a lot of Gawler's photographic history was being lost, not shared and/or not accessible in modern times, I founded the Gawler History Team Inc to further the gathering, preserving and compiling of the photographic history of Gawler. As a frequent volunteer at the Gawler Visitor Information Centre, I enjoy showing visitors to Gawler our Gawler History Team website [gawlerhistory.com] which has over 21,000 photographs and articles now available for the world to see South Australia's oldest country town.

in 2014, Gawler History Team was awarded Community Group of the Year 2014.

In January 2015, I proudly accepted the award of Town of Gawler 2015 Citizen of the Year at the Australia Day breakfast.

In January 2017, I proudly accepted the "Gawler Apex Citizen of the Year" award at the Australia Day Breakfast.

Brian Thom is the Founder and Chairman of the Gawler History Team Incorporated.

Please <[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KfRqwiAzj9PGG5jnnf50XZ65WwgBRBR4/view?usp=sharing click here]> to read a Bunyip article (dated 18 Dec 2019) in which Gawler History Team Inc. Chairman, Mr Brian Thom, is interviewed regarding progress, interest and updates of the www.GawlerHistory.com website.

Please [http://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/sets/72157638398616094/ click here] to view photos of Brian Thom.

Brian produced 18 pages of early life history "Memories of Gawler 1945 to 1959". [https://gawlerhistory.com/Memories_of_Gawler_1945-1959 click here ]
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Gawler History Team

2019-12-18T23:57:55Z

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'''THE LIST OF FUTURE GUEST SPEAKERS IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE'''

===== The establishment of the Gawler History Team Inc. =====
[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Brusb8uDbEzCl_qSPVbmIDRk9iCQL1G2A2cBtf_Q-9E/edit?usp=sharing Click here for Gawler History Team Inc. Rules and Constitution]

'''We acknowledge Darren Peacock’s vision and expertise to create the Now and Then history websites from which we have evolved…….gawlerhistory.com'''

The Gawler History Team [GHT] Executive have asked me to record the evolution of GHT for posterity. In May 2011, I asked a guest speaker at the Gawler Institute, on the subject of embracing “communication”, for her thoughts relating to “history” and “youth” and she recommended using a medium that youth can easily relate to. My concerns that much of Gawler’s photographic history was not easily accessible, buried in people’s homes, and generally not being shared, prompted my realisation that (a) there were many in Gawler having similar concerns and (b) that the answer probably encompassed the use of one’s computer and the Internet.

Her advice inspired me to raise the issue with Gawler National Trust Chairman Dr David Tucker and his son-in-law Michael Hemphill [who has computer experience] and this meeting had the resolution to create a mailing list to 30 or so Gawler residents who might attend a convened meeting.

I then spoke with Ian McDonnell who suggested we contact Nicole Stomaci. It was evident that the combination of the passion and expertise of Ian, and Nicole’s past association with the Mallala website was essential for success and we are very fortunate that they quickly embraced the prospect of being involved. Invitations were sent out for attendance at a meeting in St Georges Hall. On the 10th August a number of us went to see the Mallala Museum [running the mallala.nowandthen.net.au website of Mallala’s history] and this prompted discussions with Darren Peacock of Sweet Technology who created the NowandThen template. We adopted the stance that “If it is not broken then don’t fix it”, as it was evident that the Mallala wiki template would be ideal for Gawler History Team to use.

The first GHT meeting in St Georges Hall, Cowan Street, Gawler was held on 15th September 2011. Those in attendance were Brian Thom, Michael Hemphill, Darren Peacock, Bill Woods, Ian McDonnell, David Tucker, Anne Richards, Michael Denison, Joan Denison, Robin Richter, Adrian Shackley, Helen Wilmore, Helen Hennessy, Pat Fabian, Stan Roulston, John Clift, Glennys Carse, Graham Tucker, Bev Burke, Paul Barnet, Paul Koch, Robert Laidlaw, Jarred Sharp and Nicole Stomaci. I asked that we be called the Gawler History Team [rather than a Group or Society] as the word “Team” embraced the concept of “bringing people together to embrace Gawler’s heritage and to create a special ambience” and to work collaboratively together to build a special website. We resolved to engage Sweet Technology, to have a Constitution, to have appropriate Public Liability Insurance and to become an Incorporated Body.

The first Thursday in the month regular meeting took place on 3rd November 2011 and Gawler History Team became an incorporated body A41209 on 7th November 2011 with Adrian Shackley accepting the position of Public Officer. The initial Committee had Brian Thom as Chairman, Michael Hemphill as Deputy Chairman, Anne Richards as Secretary, Jarred Sharp as Treasurer, and Board members Nicole Stomaci, Ian McDonnell and Stan Roulston.

The gawler.nowandthen.net.au website was officially launched on 27th May 2012 in the Gawler Institute by Dr Bruce Eastick.

Brian Thom

==== Chairperson Brian Thom's 2012 AGM Address ====
GHT Inc AGM 5th July 2012 Chairman’s address 

Nine months ago, the contemplation of writing an AGM Chairman’s report was not on the horizon, yet it is done now with great pride and pleasure. What a great deal has been achieved in that time: Gawler History Team created, GHT being now an Incorporated body, many thousands of old pictures gathered, and a sufficient number of articles created to justify a launch of the Wiki on 27th May. We acknowledge the expertise and effort of Darren Peacock who has created the “nowandthen” programme which we have taken up. Thank you for your patience and support Darren. 

The Launch date and format was very timely and to have 150 people in attendance was a real plus, with lovely positive vibes emanating from the event. The happiness continued over snacks and drinks at [[The Southern Hotel 23 Murray Street|The Southern]], where many of the Team gathered to celebrate our achievement. 

It is always a bit dangerous to single out any particular member of any Team, but I would be remiss not to acknowledge the magnificent effort and contribution Nicole Stomaci has given to fast-track the creation of our Wiki.
Nicole, you are a gem and I am confident that all Team members would echo the thanks and appreciation now given. 

What I am proud of is the lovely mix of people we have, who are enjoying “doing their bit” to progress the project.
Some will always do more than others, but that doesn’t matter, as every contribution is important. 

The challenge we have for the next 12 months is to capitalize on what we have so-far accumulated, so that every week, our audience can see what new sets have been added so that they too can appreciate our discoveries and efforts. What we need to do now is to re-assess our priorities and focus on those sets of pictures that can now be outsourced to Wiki. 

Thank you all for being a Team member wanting to “do their bit” and I trust that you will get much satisfaction out of seeing your efforts “up on the big Wiki screen” over the forthcoming 12 months. 

It has been a great pleasure to be your inaugural Chairman.

[[Thom, Brian|Brian Thom]] 

==== Chairperson Brian Thom's 2013 AGM Address ====
Gawler History Team’s first full year has been very fruitful; with increasing membership, great guest speakers and interest in our Wiki project ever increasing within our community. I would like to thank your Executive Team of Deputy Chair Nicole Stomaci, Secretary [[Richards Anne|Anne Richards]], and [[McDonnell Ian|Ian McDonnell]], [[Laidlaw, Robert John|Robert Laidlaw]] and Stan Roulston for their great support to me and their guidance toward our project development. I thank Raff Stomaci for his role as Treasurer. 

Circumstances have sadly arisen which have forced Stan not to continue on the Executive and we wish him and Iris well for the future. Stan has intimated that he will continue to submit copy and photographs for the [["The Bunyip" newspaper|Bunyip]] to publish each week and we thank him for his past and future valuable PR contributions. [[Barnet Paul|Paul Barnet]] has taken nearly five hundred photos of Gawler’s heritage homes and his work ethic to enhance our Wiki has been inspiring. Many thanks Paul. 
I also thank Editors Rob McLean (Bunyip) and Graham Fischer (Barossa Herald) for their willingness to advertise the details relating to each monthly guest speaker, as submitted each month. 

We have been blessed with the co-operation from a great array of talented and interesting guest speakers: 
August 2012 [[Hennessy Helen Elizabeth|Helen Hennessy]] 
September 2012 [[Laidlaw, Robert John|Robert Laidlaw]], Helen Wilmore and John Clift, 
October 2012 Michael Pilkington, 
November 2012 Pauline Payne, 
December 2012 [[Eastick AM Hon. Dr. Bruce Charles|Dr Bruce Eastick]], 
January 2013 [[Roulston Stan|Stan Roulston]], 
February 2013 Douglas Alexander, 
April 2103 [[Fielke Robert (Bob)|Bob Fielke]] and 
June 2013 Aub Kaesler. 
In February 2013 Nicole explained our Wiki and in May 2013 we hosted a very enjoyable 75 question quiz night compiled and conducted by Ian McDonnell. 

[[Peacock Darren|Darren Peacock]]’s role as our technical guru is always valued and we thank him for his ongoing efforts to maximise the effectiveness of GHT’S Wiki and Flickr; albeit him being frustrated in recent months while expecting his service providers to respond more professionally. Darren has taken steps to greatly improve our Wiki’s effectiveness, and readability. 

I have been constantly mindful that Nicole’s (almost daily) wonderful dedication to her role (of inputing all the material submitted) has been overwhelming at times. I am adamant that she needs support; by her having a reliable 2IC. Recruiting steps have been taken that, hopefully, will soon reduce her workload, as well as creating an effective back-up person for her. 

We will continue to undertake all the Team’s business matters through monthly Executive meetings so that at our monthly Team meetings we can enjoy interesting guest speakers, blended with workshops. 

As to the future, 2014 will be Gawler’s year 175, and I envisage that even greater interest will be experienced relative to our history. As such, I urge every member to make the most of the next 6 months to make the effort to ensure that our thousands of Flickr photographs have an appropriate article produced so that they may be properly attached to our Wiki. This 175-year of celebration for Gawler gives us the opportunity to further enhance our advertising of the Wiki’s existence. 
I will be seeking greater business sponsorship for the site so that we have the money to effectively increase our communication to the public. 

I thank my wife Bev for her great support in providing biscuits/cakes etc for our Executive and Monthly general meetings.
Thank you all for making this year very special.
Brian Thom, Chairman, Gawler History Team Inc

==== Chairperson Brian Thom’s 2014 AGM Address - Thursday 7th August ====

Gawler History Team’s second full year’s growth has been a joy to behold; with increasing membership and excellent guest speakers - having an average of about 48 at meetings (the record monthly attendance number was 60). Interest in our Gawler History website is ever-increasing within our community.

We appreciate our technical expert and guiding light, [[Peacock Darren|Darren Peacock]] (Sweet Technology), who has advised that in the 2013/14 financial year we got 16,000 visits to our website from 11,550 individuals, with over 1.2 million hits to our Flickr; up 93% from last financial year.

I would like to thank your Executive Team of Deputy Chair Nicole Stomaci, Secretary Anne Richards, and Ian McDonnell, Robert Laidlaw, Paul Barnet and Mike Denison for their great support to me and their guidance toward our project development. Sad to hear that Anne Richards is not standing for re-election as Secretary. Thank you for your input from the Team’s inception, Anne. Your counsel has been most valuable and you will be sorely missed.
I thank Raff Stomaci and now Michael Denison for their role as Treasurer, and Lance Hatcher, our honorary Auditor.
Nicole’s input to our website has continued to be invaluable and Helen Clark has thankfully volunteered to take on Nicole’s role following the Stomaci family decision to tour Australia for 6 months. We thank Helen for her enthusiasm, following her spending 3 months organising Willaston history; with a very commendable outcome.

Stan Roulston continues submitting copy and photographs for the Bunyip to publish and we thank him for his valuable PR contributions.

Paul Barnet has taken 760 photos of Gawler’s heritage homes and his work ethic to continually enhance our Wiki has been inspiring. Many thanks Paul. Paul was nominated for a SAHistory Council award.

Ian McDonnell has spent over 60 hours scanning our historic photographs by using our new A3 scanner; 150 or so photos are now displayed in many Gawler and Willaston business locations; being GHT’s contribution towards Gawler175 celebrations. Positive feedback has been received. Well done Ian.

I also acknowledge the tremendous contribution made by Audrey Clark and Chris Hanley who scanned all of the Gawler High School Year-books since 1933. Their volunteering to do that was much appreciated and the preservation of this Gawler history is a great achievement.

I also thank Editors Rob McLean [Bunyip], Graham Fischer [Barossa Herald] and The Leader editors for their willingness to advertise the details relating to each monthly guest speaker.

We have been blessed with the co-operation from a great array of talented and interesting guest speakers: 
July 2013 - John Barnet (Bunyip), 
August - Brian Samuels (Gawler Institute), 
September - Ray Hicks (Postal services), 
October - Mike Johnson (Supermarkets), 
November - Martin Walker (Postcards), 
December - Robert Laidlaw ([[Christmas in Gawler since 1865|Christmas]]), 
February 2014 - [[Taylor and Forgie|Mark and Gizelle Forgie]] (Undertakers), 
March - Chris Hummell ([[Wintulichs Factory|Wintulichs]]), 
April - Trevor Bellchambers (historic vehicles), 
May - Glen Woodward ([[Light Colonel William|Col. William Light]]), 
June - Matthew Binns ([[Old Spot Hotel 77 Murray Street|Old Spot - Golden Fleece]]) and 
July, John Clift [Gawler’s first settler [[Reid John|John Reid]] and the first 25 years of Gawler].
I have secured some Guest Speakers already for 2015 and would welcome your suggestions at any time.

2014 is Gawler’s 175th year, and I am thankful for the Town of Gawler’s co-operation by creating on its Website’s front page a “Historic photos” link to our Wiki. We will continue to undertake all the Team’s business matters through monthly Executive meetings so that at our monthly Team meetings we can concentrate on enjoying our interesting speakers.

We acknowledge the strong and valuable financial support given by our 18 Official Sponsors and we trust that they will continue with us during 2015.

Thank you all for making this last year very special,
Brian Thom, Chairman, Gawler History Team Inc.

==== CHAIRMAN’S ADDRESS to AGM of GAWLER HISTORY TEAM Inc. on 1ST OCTOBER 2015 ====

We have experienced a busy 12 months and have now reached the milestone of having nearly 16,000 photographs etc loaded onto our website to display Gawler’s rich heritage.
Recent collaboration with the Town of Gawler has resulted in approximately 1250 of their old photos being added to our website www.gawler.nowandthen.net.au and we applaud Council’s agreement and intention that further such collaboration should regularly occur.

Our Monthly meetings have been very well attended with between 40 to 72 members and interested members of the public in attendance.
We thank our Guest Speakers, and, when possible, we are now videoing the address and putting up on our Wiki.
August 2014 – [[George Humphrey|Humphrey George]] – [[Pharmacy in Gawler and 5000 years of Apothecary|Pharmacy in Gawler]] and the 5000 years of the Apothecary

September – [[O'Brien Barry|Barry O’Brien]] – Advertiser career and photography

October – Tony Jackson – Dentistry in Gawler

November – Martin Walker - #3 address on Gawler Postcards – mainly WW1

December – [[Hatcher Ralph|Ralph Hatcher]] – [[The Song of Australia|Song of Australia]]

February 2015 – [[Jones Peter|Peter Jones]] - [[Horses in Gawler]]

March – Margaret Howse and [[Tucker Graham Herbert|Graham Tucker]] – the effective use of [http://trove.nla.gov.au/ Trove]

April – [[Richter Robin Grayden|Robin Richter]] – [[First 10 years of Gawler|The first 10 years in Gawler]]

May – [[West David Gordon|David West]] – [[History of Hairdressing in Gawler|Hairdressing in Gawler]]

June – Peter Donovan – Leadlight and Stained Glass Windows

July – Michael Pilkington – Murray Street 1886

August – [[Peacock Darren|Dr Darren Peacock]] – National Trust CEO – history displayed using new technology

September – [[Mann Tom|Tom Mann]] – [[Roseworthy Agricultural College and its Influence on Gawler|Roseworthy College and its influence on Gawler]]

Thanks to those members who volunteered to explain our mission to display Gawler’s heritage at our stand at the [[Gawler Show Society|Gawler Show]] and [[Rotary Village Fair 2014|Rotary Village Fair]].

We are proud to have such a great number of Gawler businesses showing such willingness to be a Sponsor of Gawler History Team, and from our Sponsors advertising on Wiki, we have been able to purchase a new computer, new projector, a new hard drive, and a new negative film scanner;
all of which has increased our efficiency when addressing the various Groups and Clubs around Gawler.

Special mention is appropriate to record the magnificent assistance Keven Evans from Roseworthy has given us over the last three years.
Keven has provided us with probably 60% of our collection of Gawler photographs and articles. Keven displays remarkable and noteworthy passion towards the proper preservation of Gawler history.

[[McDonnell Ian|Ian McDonnell]] deserves special thanks for the time he has taken to produce the many historic A3 photos that have now been put up in Gawler shop windows.
Many favourable comments have been received from those taking the time to view and enjoy them.
Further, Ian has put hundreds of Gawler photographs onto USB sticks and these have been given to all of the Aged Care and Nursing Homes in the area.
[This initiative has been warmly received by the proprietors of these facilities soas to further improve the quality of life of the guests under their care.]
The countless hours that Ian McDonnell has constantly spent over the year to further improve our website has been unbelievable. We thank Ian for his dedication.

[[Barnet Paul|Paul Barnet]] has basically completed his quest to photograph every heritage place listed in [[Development Plan - State Heritage Places|Town of Gawler’s Development Plan.]]
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/sets/72157629136651911// Nearly 900 photographs] taken over the last 3 years by Paul is a testament to Paul’s dedication to this complete this very important task.
Very well done Paul. Thank you.

Plastic folders containing our Gawler History Team explanatory leaflets have been placed in 25 locations in and around Gawler and are replenished when needed.

Our thanks go to [[Hatcher Lance|Mr Lance Hatcher]] for being our Auditor and his willingness to continue with this role in the years ahead.
Michael Denison is to be applauded for his diligence as Treasurer.

With [[Stomaci Nicole|Nicole]] being absent for 9 months, thanks to Helen Clark for her assistance in loading onto Wiki.
Nicole and her family safely returned and we thank Nicole for her ongoing dedication to further the improvement of our website showcasing Gawler’s rich heritage.

To our Executive Team, Deputy Chairperson Nicole Stomaci, Secretary Ray Hicks, Treasurer Mike Denison, and Committee members Robert Laidlaw, Paul Barnet and Ian McDonnell,
thank you for your attendance at monthly Executive meetings and for your valuable input towards future planning.

It has been a very productive year and I have been proud to be your Chairman.

Brian Thom.

At the October 2015 AGM, [[Webb Paul Frederick|Paul Webb]] was elected to the Executive committee. Welcome Paul.
 

==== Gawler History Team Inc. Annual General Meeting - Chairman’s Address - 6th October 2016 ====
 

Our 5th year as a Team has experienced great activity and productivity. A further 1600 photographs and articles have been scanned; to reach a new total of 17,600. These include historical Gawler Town Band, Baptist Church, Roseworthy College and Gawler Gumnuts Netball photos and we were fortunate to be given many Marchant’s Studio negatives relating to Gawler in the 1930’s. It is important that such gems have a safe place to be stored and be searchable by anyone in the world. 

We acknowledge the splendid 18 months of effort achieved by past Gawler resident and GHT member Dr John Stephenson, who, while living near Sydney, has typed up 500 pages of information relating to interments in our Willaston Cemetery since 1861, together with extensive research of the family history relating to each interment. His excellent achievement has resulted in this mammoth output now being able to be displayed on our website, for anyone around the world to research. Such dedication to Gawler is to be applauded. With this and other additions this year, we now have excellent easy access to records relating to Willaston Cemetery [since 1866], Pioneer Park [1839 to 1870 Town of Gawler interments], and St Georges Anglican Cemetery interments [since 1861]. 

Ian McDonnell has produced Gawler History Team business cards for members to have in their wallet to pass on; encouraging people to explore our website. Ian has diligently produced a collection of 1000 Gawler photos that are stored on a USB as a slide-show. Many such USB’s have now been given freely to all of the Gawler and District Aged Care facilities, some hairdressers, Dentists etc, so that the photos are shown on their TV sets for their patrons to enjoy. Aged Care nurses are experiencing positive reactions from the people they care for. 

Assisted by Robert Laidlaw, Paul Barnet has collected many historic photographs relating to the Gawler Show for presentation to the Show Committee, while they celebrate their Show’s 160th year. Gawler History Team has continued to support both the Gawler Show and the Rotary Village Fair by having a stand to explain the existence of our website. 

Several GHT members have commenced scanning of the massive collection of Gawler’s historic material compiled by GHT member Bev Burke over many years. This is a massive project which will result in the ability for all to see many articles and photos that may have become lost to Gawler. 

We appreciate teenager Pria Rusby’s ongoing effort to type out the details of all of the Gawler Dentists over our 176 years; extensively researched by GHT member Dr. Tony Jackson and excellently presented to us by him at a meeting last year. This project is nearly completed and the many pages of information will be eventually placed on our website. 

Lorraine Waters has been very active to place Gawler’s history on Facebook and we thank Lorraine for her ongoing commitment. 

We acknowledge that over the last 5 years, Nicole Stomaci has been stoic in her passion to create our website. Without the many hundreds of hours of commitment by Nicole, we would never have achieved such a magnificent end result. With circumstances changing, we have been conscious of the need to recruit a 2IC for Nicole, so that many hundreds of our photographs etc presently visible on “gawler history flickr” can be transferred to our Wiki, “gawler.nowandthen.net.au" 

We welcomed Paul Webb to the Executive Committee. He has selected the project to record why Gawler street names are named as they are. Your Executive have decided to give practical support to a newly-formed “Gawler Oral History Group”. We see this step as being good collaboration, so that together we can expand Gawler historic material for the world to enjoy. 

We have appreciated the financial support from our 14 Corporate Sponsors and are delighted that every one of the 14 has chosen to continue their support for the next 18 months, and to also have Garner Memorials on board, following their request to support us financially. Our new projector is working well, as is our new microphone that is placed within a headband for the Guest Speaker to use. We have been blessed by the contributions made by our monthly Guest Speakers who have been so positively receptive to pass on their great stories. Special thanks go to … 

* October 2015 Roger Sims “140 years of Gawler’s bottles”
* November 2015 Martin Walker “Postcards of Gawler”
* February 2016 Paul Westermann “Para Para Mansion”
* March 2016 Warren Barrington “Gambling in Gawler”
* April 2016 Rick Drewer “Letters to the Editor”
* April 2016 [special meet] Andrew May “May Bros”
* May 2016 Steve Garner “Monumentation in Gawler cemeteries”
* June 2016 Linda Bertram “The history of CWA in Gawler”
* July 2016 Pam Edwards “How life has changed for women in Gawler over the last 70 years”.
* August 2016 Robert Laidlaw “The history of Sport in Gawler”
* September 2016 Ray Oermann “The history of Trinity College” 

We are experiencing an average of well over 50 being present to hear our Guest Speaker, peaking at 106 at our February meeting. We thank the Zion Lutheran Church for the use of their excellent Hall for our meetings and “She’s Apples” for creating the lovely baskets which we present to our Guest Speakers. Our Auditor Lance Hatcher has been impressed with the excellent GHT book-keeping done by Treasurer Michael Denison. Your attention to detail and professionalism is much appreciated Michael. I thank the Executive team for their support. We have had many monthly meetings at my home which have produced positive input and vision so that we constantly strive for improvement. 

“History is made by the people who turn up” is an appropriate statement in relation to our Team of well over 100 financial members. 

It gives me great pleasure to present this report to you on our achievements and activities over the last 12 months. 
Brian Thom – Chairman – Gawler History Team Inc.

At the 2016 AGM, following the retirement of Nicole Stomaci, Paul Webb was elected as Deputy Chairman, and Margaret Howse was elected to the GHT Executive.
 
 

==== Gawler History Team Inc. Annual General Meeting 5th October 2017 Chairman's Address ====

I am proud to say that our 6th year as a Team has produced many good outcomes. Firstly, thanks go to your Executive: Vice-Chairman Paul Webb, Secretary Ray Hicks, Treasurer Michael Denison, and Executive members Paul Barnet, Ian McDonnell, Robert Laidlaw and Margaret Howse (elected at last AGM) who have met each month to express their vision towards positive development of the GHT. When Nicole Stomaci retired at last AGM, her husband Raff Stomaci has taken over to perform the technical duties needed for our website, and we thank Raff for his input.

We were delighted that every one of our Sponsors chose to continue their 18 month Sponsorship and we were appreciative of Garner Memorials wishing to be included as a Sponsor.

Over the last 12 months we have scanned and loaded many newspaper clippings from Bev Burke’s extensive collection. We thank Bev for sharing these articles and Stan Roulston and Paul Webb for scanning them. These images and many photographs have totalled approximately 2,500 additions for the year; to bring our current total to over 20,250 Gawler images on our website content.

We thank Lance Hatcher for his past services as our Auditor and thank Pauline Murray for taking over as our Auditor.
We were saddened to learn of the passing of GHT member Philip Tow and we pass onto Margaret our thanks for Philip’s past contributions and our sincere sympathy. Mrs Frisby was a regular attendee at our meetings and her passing was a sad event. Our commiserations go to Roger and Pauline and family.

Members enjoyed attending our stand at the Rotary Village Fair which generated much community interest.

Our site has been substantially improved by the scanning and loading of the St. Georges Anglican Cemetery Gawler interment details from the 134 pages covering all of the interments between 1861 and 2016. We were then delighted that Trinity College students enthusiastically supported us by their taking of over 600 photographs of each Head-stone/Memorial there. These actions have meant that, together with our extensive details encompassing the old Town of Gawler cemetery in Pioneer Park and last year’s 500 pages of Willaston Cemetery interments [having a head-stone], our site can now provide great help to anyone in the world who wants to investigate their family history in Gawler. We have been delighted that the Town of Gawler website relating to Gawler’s Cemeteries has been substantially improved and we applaud the excellent collaboration given to us and our website by Henry Inat, the CEO of the Town of Gawler and Town of Gawler's IT Manager Slava Grigoriev.

We thank Ian McDonnell for spending a great deal of time over the last 12 to 18 months in the pre-production of our new “Welcome to historic Gawler” publication, and thanks also to Adrian Shackley for his substantial positive input. Mayor Karen Redman launched the book on 21st September and we have successfully negotiated for it to be available for sale at the Gawler Visitor Information Centre at 2 Lyndoch Road, as well as it being available from the excellent publisher - Bunyip Print.

We have started to have a positive relationship with the Gawler Oral History Group which has prospects for a mutually beneficial outcome.

Our December meeting/social evening has been changed to a “Show and Tell” with the invitation for each member to display an interesting item from their home or personal collection. Much interest was generated from these presentations; this becoming the theme for each future December meeting.

Our very efficient Treasurer Michael Denison has reluctantly chosen not to continue in this position and we thank Mike for his positive contribution to GHT as Treasurer.

We have now scanned every available “Year Book from Gawler High” and this site is now in the top 3 sites for popularity on our website.

Through the year we have had excellent cooperation from many to give their address to us on a vast variety of subjects:

*October 2016 - Paul Westermann - Tortola House
*November 2016 - Martin Walker - Historic Gawler Postcards
*December 2016 - “Show and Tell” evening
*February 2017 - Martin Kennedy - History of Gawler Police
*March 2017 - Dr Bruce Eastick AM - History of the Rotary Club of Gawler
*April 2017 - Tony Harnett - Kingsford Hotel
*May 2017 - Denise Schumann OAM - Gawler’s Heritage Collection
*June 2017 - Peter Russell - Gawler’s Stone Wall restoration
*July 2017 - Mark Forgie - History of Cremations
*August 2017 - Pauline Murray - History of Accounting and Auditing
*September 2017 - Robin Richter - History of Gawler Fire Services

We continue to have very good attendance to hear our Guest Speakers and all addresses are now visible on the Gawler History Team YouTube for you to access.

A big thank you to all who have contributed to make this last 12 months the success that it has been.

Brian Thom

Chairman – Gawler History Team Inc.

 
At the 2017 AGM, following the retirement of Treasurer Michael Denison, [[Davies_Cody|Cody Davies]] was elected Treasurer and all other current Executive members were re-elected.
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==== GAWLER HISTORY TEAM INC. 2018 Annual General Meeting - CHAIRMAN’S REPORT====

I am proud to say that our 7th year as a Team has continued to produce many good outcomes. Firstly, thanks go to your Executive: Vice-Chairman Paul Webb, Secretary Ray Hicks, Treasurer Cody Davies, and Executive members Paul Barnet, Ian McDonnell, Margaret Howse and Robert Laidlaw, who have met each month to express their vision towards positive development of the GHT. Raff Stomaci has performed the technical duties needed for our website, and we thank Raff for his input.
We were delighted that our Sponsors chose to continue their Sponsorship and we were appreciative of Bunyip Print wishing to be included as a Sponsor.
We have now loaded over 21,100 Gawler images onto our website content. Steps are currently being taken to improve the accessibility of our historic material by the creation of a new gawlerhistory.com website to encompass all the current material seen on gawler.nowandthen.net.au and to overcome current control difficulties. Appropriate publicity of this initiative will be undertaken over the next 12 months.
We thank Pauline Murray for her services as our Auditor.
Our new “Welcome to historic Gawler” publication has been well received and is available for sale at the Gawler Visitor Information Centre at 2 Lyndoch Road and Trinity College Starplex, as well as it being available from the excellent publisher - Bunyip Print.
We were very saddened by the passing of our GHT members Graham Hein, Dr Tony Jackson, Max Duldig and Ross Cook. Their input and enthusiasm will be sadly missed.
Through the year we have had excellent cooperation from many to give their address to us on a vast variety of subjects:
* October 2017 – John Thorpe – History of Cinema in Gawler
* November 2017 - Martin Walker - Historic Gawler Postcards
* December 2017 - “Show and Tell” evening – many members showing their precious historical items
* February 2018 – Leon Budden – History of Gawler Apex Club
* March 2018 – Hon John Dawkins – History of Gawler’s Members of the Legislative Council
* April 2018 – Judy Gillett-Ferguson – History of Art in Gawler
* May 2018 – Carolyn Spooner – Gawler’s contribution to the State Library
* June 2018 – Tony Atyeo – History of Vets in Gawler
* July 2018 – Damian McGee – History of the Exchange Hotel
* August 2018 – Dean Noll – History of the Gawler Lions Club
* September 2018 - Daryl Trigg – History of Immanuel Lutheran School
We continue to have very good attendance to hear our Guest Speakers and all addresses are visible on the Gawler History Team YouTube for you to access.
Over the last 7 years our Flickr has had 5,746,000 views; with our Wiki viewed from 67,624 users.
A big thank you to all who have contributed to make these last 12 months the success that they has been.
Brian Thom - Chairman

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==== Gawler History Team Inc. Chairman’s address to 2019 AGM by Brian Thom ====

I am proud to record that Gawler History Team Inc. has enjoyed another very productive year.

I thank your Executive members; Vice-Chairman Paul Webb, Secretary Ray Hicks, Treasurer Lorraine Waters, together with Paul Barnet, Ian McDonnell and Margaret Howse, who have all demonstrated real passion towards furthering the quality of material being placed on our website. Well done!

Perhaps this year’s highlight has been the decision of your Executive to completely rejuvenate our website. Accordingly, we decided to cease input into gawler.nowandthen.net.au - with its 10 year old template and technology and to create gawlerhistory.com – having up-to-date technology. We engaged the services of David Ward for the creation of a front page, and then Tim Kipling and Raff Stomaci progressed to transfer all of our 21,000+ photographs and articles over to gawlerhistory.com .

We are delighted with the outcome and were pleased that Darren Peacock [who created the NowandThen template] agreed that we made the right decision to shift and rejuvenate. On 4th May, Mayor Karen Redman launched the new website at our History Month meeting. We thank David, Tim and Raff for their professionalism in achieving a great outcome, and for keeping the cost to GHT down. I am sure that our Sponsors would be pleased to see that their money was very well spent.

With the transformation of the Gawler Institute and the Gawler Town Hall into the magnificent new Gawler Civic Centre, we were alerted to the opportunity to purchase 2 historic maps. GHT doesn’t usually spend our Sponsor’s money on such, but we felt that it was entirely appropriate to purchase them and then lend them to the Town of Gawler for display; totally in keeping with the material displayed in the Gawler Institute in the mid to late 1800’s. They are mounted on the wall of the Civic Centre Reading room and they complement what is relevant to our history.

As a consequence of the new website, we got new gawlerhistory.com window stickers produced and new GHT leaflets for distribution among the community. We purchased a new video camera to record the Guest Speaker addresses onto our website for the world to see. [We now have over 50 videos forming a valuable research tool for future historians to access over the years ahead.]

Our Sponsors were asked to support us again after we paid for the new website creation, the purchase of the historic maps and the new video camera, and it was great to see the positive response by the vast majority of our generous Sponsors. We have presented to our Sponsors a framed parchment which expresses our thanks for their support and sponsorship. Thanks to Paul Barnet and Ian McDonnell for creating each gift.

The main challenge we now have is to create articles for the 300 or so photograph collections in our Flickr that are not yet within our website. Team members can assess their ability to take up this challenge. Appropriate training is available to get them to get started, with confidence.

We look forward to positive steps being taken to highlight Gawler’s history; linking our website to Gawler Oral History and the newly assembled Town of Gawler historic material from within their archives. We have requested the support of Town of Gawler Council to enable us to place QR codes on the front window of many Gawler historic buildings which, when activated, would link to that building’s history on our website. This issue is still work in progress, and we thank Ian McDonnell for the countless hours he has spent to create well over 200 QR code stickers, all appropriately named.

Ian McDonnell has also spent well in excess of 100 hours going through the 1000 or so photographs that are available on a USB to display in any public place and Aged Care Facility; changing the titles to reflect the new website of gawlerhistory.com We thank Ian for his dedication to GHT. I am getting lovely positive responses from people who have seen Ian’s Gawler History slideshow on the wall of the Gawler Civic Centre Café.

We have been fortunate to have had Guest Speakers presenting quality addresses each month:

October 2018 - Hon Tony Piccolo MP – The history of the Labor Party and Trade Unions in Gawler

November 2018 - Martin Walker – Historic Postcards of Gawler

December 2018 - Show and Tell evening – a popular event including pizzas and a wine tasting.

February 2019 - Graham Bookman – The history of The Food Forest

March 2019 - Geoff Watson – The history of the historic Gawler East house “Yenda”

April 2019 - Craig Brown – The history of Trevu House and Trevu Nursing Home

May 2019 - Denise Schumann – The Gawler Civic Centre and the “Into the Light” exhibition

June 2019 - Milton Vadoulis – The history of Vadoulis Nursery

July 2019 - Barry Neylon – The importance of recording Gawler’s Oral History

August 2019 – Peter Ryan and Nick Pullman – The history of Rudall and Rudall and the legal fraternity in Gawler

September 2019 – Adrian Shackley – The Flora and Fauna in Gawler - pre 1839

We have also recently challenged Town of Gawler Council to set aside sufficient funds over the years ahead to engage a professional researcher to thoroughly compile the history of James Martin and his siblings, with the ultimate goal of producing a book outlining that remarkable Gawler history. That request is being assessed by Council and we are hopeful that a positive outcome can be announced.

Mayor Karen Redman has kindly agreed to give GHT her permission for us to show the video she commissioned Neil Jacobs to create of the installation of “The Hand” sculpture in Pioneer Park on Remembrance Day 2018. This special Gawler event is now available for the world to see within our Video section in gawlerhistory.com .

Due to impending travel commitments over the next year, Paul Barnet has indicated his intention not to stand for an Executive position at this AGM. From inception of the GHT, Paul has given a massive contribution; not just his photographing Gawler’s unique heritage; the 888 buildings in Gawler’s Development Plan. Many have seen and enjoyed Paul’s photos. His passion within the Executive meetings will be sorely missed. Thank you Paul for all that you have contributed.

Finally, I would like to thank my wife Bev for providing the supper for our meetings.
It is great to be Chairman of a Team which is busy, positive and productive. It is also a joy to see new members meeting new friends and happily interacting with them at our monthly meetings.

Brian Thom – Chairman

At the 2019 AGM, Allen Tiller was approved to replace Paul Barnet on the GHT Executive Committee. Welcome Allen.

 

Gawler History Team was awarded the Town of Gawler 2014 Community Group of the Year at the Australia Day breakfast.

Please <[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KfRqwiAzj9PGG5jnnf50XZ65WwgBRBR4/view?usp=sharing click here]> to read a Bunyip article (dated 18 Dec 2019) in which Gawler History Team Inc. Chairman, Mr Brian Thom, is interviewed regarding progress, interest and updates of the www.GawlerHistory.com website.

Please [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Brusb8uDbEzCl_qSPVbmIDRk9iCQL1G2A2cBtf_Q-9E/edit?usp=sharing click here] to view the Gawler History Team Incorporated Rules

Please [https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/sets/72157640270576185 click here] to see photos of the Gawler History Team. 

Meeting on the FIRST THURSDAY of each Month [except in January] in Zion Lutheran Hall, 7.15pm, rear of 22 Cowan Street, Gawler. All welcome. 

2020 guest speakers

There is NO January meeting.

February 2020 - Paul Little - History of Gawler RSL.

March 2020 - Robin Richter - The history of Gawler Airfield

April 2020 - Peter Jones - The history of Gawler Racecourse

May 2020 - History Month - Maxwell Millowick - Walter Duffield

June 2020 - Dr Rupert Thorne - The history of Hutchinson Hospital

July 2020 - Adrian Shackley - The history of Gawler Environment and Heritage Association

August 2020 - David Pitt - History of Gawler Primary School.

September 2020 - Ed Manning - The history of Ames Hardware

October 2020 - Bernie Stack - The history of Gawler Crash Repairers in Gawler

November 2020 - Patricia Dent OAM - The History of Ladies Hairdressers in Gawler

December 2020 - "Show and Tell" - bring your "items of interest" to show and explain.

AND ALSO 2021 GUEST SPEAKERS

There is NO January meeting

February 2021 - Adam Pellen - The history of Craiglea - High Street Mansion

March 2021 - Trevor Bellchambers - The Gawler Vintage, Veteran, and Classic Vehicle Club history

April 2021 - Allen Tiller - Ghostly Gawler

May 2021 - History Month - to be confirmed - Sue Coldbeck - Kaurna people in the Gawler region

June 2021 - Brad Slate - My Grandfather, Mik Mattei

July 2021 - Gary Iremonger - The history of Thomson's Eagle Foundry

August 2021 - Marie-Louise Lees - History of Gawler Meals on Wheels

September 2021 - Arthur Davies - The University of the third age [U3A] in Gawler

October 2021 - Major Darren Cox - History of Salvation Army in Gawler

November 2021 - Helen Wilmore - Gawler Historical Rates Assessment Database

December 2021 - Show and Tell Christmas social night

2022 Guest Speakers

February 2022 - Daniel Down - Photographing Gawler
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