Murray Street 77
| Place type: | Building |
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| Address: | 77 Murray Street |
| Town or Locality: | Gawler |
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George E. Loyau "The Gawler Handbook" [G.E.L.] p9 "The first house erected in Gawler was the "Old Spot", in Murray-Street, almost immediately opposite Whitelaw-place, at the corner of which the Post-Office now stands.......It was first erected by Mr. Scheibener, and afterwards occupied by Mr. Tooth ; but the days of its greatest prosperity were those when it was con-ducted by Mr. Henry Calton, whose public spirit in matters connected with the township is still cherished in the remembrance of all its old inhabitants."
[G.E.L.] p15 "In 1846, when the town was only seven years old, a Lodge was opened in connection with the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows, and called the Loyal Gawler Lodge. This Lodge was opened at Host Calton's, at the Old Spot....was there until 1852, when it was removed to the Globe Inn, and afterwards to the Old Bushman."
E.H.Coombe "History of Gawler" p202 Loyal Gawler Lodge of Oddfellows, Manchester Unity, was founded on May 16, 1846. It was opened upon a dispensation from the Hope Lodge......there were initiated on the first night of meeting Bros. H. Calton, G. Telford, T.G. Round, S. Pope, C.H. Bell and C.C. Crace. Five out of the six severed their connection soon afterwards.....The opening ceremony took place in a room at the back of the Old Spot Hotel. The late Mr. H.Calton was the first Treasurer...."
A.P. Harvey's book [ISBN 0 9588286 1 X] "I called it Salisbury" [a biography of John Harvey "The founder of Salisbury"] page 33 ...."Mr. Henry Calton purchased the "Old Spot Inn" at Gawler town, which then constituted of only two rooms, with stabling at the back, for use of travellers going north. After taking it over, Mr. Calton greatly extended the building, adding many gables, and I assisted with the laying of the foundation stone for the new "Old Spot Hotel". With his purchase, Mr. Calton was obliged, by the transaction, to register as a Postal Officer, which he did on the 31st of December 1842. One room of the hotel was taken as the Post Office, which served all of the northerly settlements at that time, and for the following year I became his assistant, picking up mail in Adelaide and delivering it by cart to Gawler town. The Adelaide Post Office was then situated on the corner of King William Road and North Terrace. I would pick up the mail and parcels there, then depart from Graham's "Victoria Hotel" in Hindley Street every Tuesday and Saturday at 11 o'clock, making the return trip from Gawler town every Monday and Friday. There was also seating for four passengers in the spring cart, and seat could be booked, at either Gawler town or Adelaide, for the fare of 7s 6d per person."
Page 43..."By 1844, the industrial development of the colony was making rapid progress. There were two main foundries, one in Grenfell Street owned by Mr. Wyatt.....Mr. Wyatt's foundry constructed a four horse-power marine engine for Mr. Stephen King, whose Flour Mill at Gawler stood opposite Miss Calton's Old Spot Inn."
EXTRACT FROM PAPERS WRITTEN BY ELISA SARAH MAHONY IN 23/1/1898
P71 "Old Spot Hotel" It stands where the original house was built by Mr Schiebner.
P71 "By the end of 1839, the opening up of the north and bringing down of sheep and cattle from New South Wales made it too much for us to entertain, so my father [JOHN REID] induced Mr Schiebner to build, and purchased his allotment (it had been Suttons) to enable him to do so, and that money built the original Old Spot. It took off the ordinary traffic".
P72 "Old Spot Hotel (where one room served as bar, bedroom etc) and one tent."
COOMBE P11 "There is Schiebner Terrace to commemorate the first publican. Afterwards he became a school master, failed, and became insolvent,1841."
Tony Harnett's address relating to "Hotels in Gawler" can be seen on the Video below.
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