Edit Place: Tod Street

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This street has buildings contained on the Town of Gawler's State, Local and Contributory Heritage lists. *[[Tod Street 10|10 Tod Street]] - original Wesleyan Church, built in 1850 *12 Tod Street - [[Tortola House Tod Street|Tortola House]] Please [https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157643291538074 click here] to see more photos of Tod Street. === Tod Street Residents & Businesses === * '''Tod Street - location unknown''' - John Harvey, founder of Salisbury's biography states he built the first house in Tod Street and sank the first well.<ref name=":0">Harvey A P (Aileen Patricia)(1990) "I Called It Salisbury: a biography of John Harvey the founder of Salisbury", Salisbury and District Historical Society, Salisbury, South Australia. [ISBN 0 9588286 1 X], pg 34.</ref> ''"Besides my farm near Walkerville, I also acquired land in the main area of Gawler Town. I built the first house in Tod Street, which I later leased to Mr. Golding, and while living there I sank the first well....I was growing wheat where [[Bassett Town]] is, on the site near the Gawler Railway Station."''<ref name=":0" /> * '''1 Tod Street''' [heritage building] was the [[Taylor and Forgie Funeral Directors|Taylor & Forgie]] Undertakers building. Later tenants have included Aussie Health & Tony's Bazaar secondhand store (c1985, proprietor Tony Willcock), Bake & Brew Shop (incl 2005), Become You Salon (incl 2013) and Imprint Flowers Florist (2025+). * '''5-7 Tod Street''' was the location of the '''Tod Street Plaza''', it was demolished in 2025 to make way for the '''Aldi Store''' and carpark, which opened on 17 December 2025. Businesses operating from the Plaza prior to demolition included Getta Bargain, Lifeline Op Shop and Animal Welfare League Op Shop. Crestline Meats had the store "hidden" in the back corner of the plaza from about the 1980s until 2019. [see [[Butchers in Gawler and Willaston|Butchers in Gawler & Willaston]]] In 1972 the site had been occupied by "Tod Street Motors", which was replaced with "Edinburgh Car Sales", a British Leyland and used car dealership.<ref>(Bunyip 1 Dec 1972) https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/50827678352</ref> * '''6 Tod Street''' was the location of the [[Marchant Photographers - Family|Marchant family home]] and garden, which was demolished to make way for the 'new' '''Post Office''', which opened October 1973. * [[Tod Street 10|'''10 Tod Street''']] [heritage building] is the original [[Wesleyan Church Tod Street|Wesleyan Church]], built in 1850 - the oldest surviving church building in Gawler. * '''21 Tod Street''' [heritage building] Uniting Church, originally [[Uniting Church Tod Street|Methodist Church]], built in 1869. * '''22 Tod Street''' has long been and in 2026 still is the location of the [[Girl Guides Gawler|Para Pine Girl Guides]] Hall. * '''25 Tod Street''' was the residence of Mr Alfred J Brown when his wife Emily passed away in 1934.<ref>(The Advertiser 18 Jan 1934) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36471547</ref> * '''29 Tod Street''' is the location of the South Australian [[CWA - Country Women's Association|Country Women's Association Gawler Branch]] in 2026 (since at least 2003). * '''Tod Street - western end''' - was the location of the McKinlay & Jubilee Cottage Homes, demolished September 1980. * '''Tod Street - location unknown''' - in 1929 [[Noack E J|E J Noack]] had his Gawler to Adelaide Carrier business depot in Tod Street.<ref>Advertisement (Bunyip 18 Jan 1929) https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/54952935146</ref> . === Tod Street Maps & Assessment Book Records === Todd Street in map 1, 2 and 3. Tod Street 1858 to 1890-91 rates books (but Tod and Todd both appear in the 1861 rates book) . '''MAPS USED''' 1. “Plan of Gawler Town and its Suburban Townships, showing routes examined for the proposed railway to Angaston; Plan Nº 2.; Taxation department”. Original located at State records, [C506] Neg GRG 21/24/32. Handwriting has been added in red pen, including the wording “Alternative line November 1889” and “Line examined for railway November 1889” and dotted lines denoting the proposed railway routes 2. “Frearson’s Plan of Gawler Town and its Suburban Townships” This map has no date but was probably done sometime in the 1890s or first decade of the 20th century. 3. “Plan of Gawlertown and its Suburban Townships; compiled by George Warren 1863; Taxation Department”. RATES BOOK INFORMATION Dr Helen Wilmore, Coordinator, Gawler Historical Rates Assessment Database Gawler Environment & Heritage Assoc. Inc. C/- 42 Finniss St Gawler SA 5118 Please note: The rates book information provided represents records as they were entered in the original rates assessment books, as best as we could ascertain. However, we cannot guarantee that mistakes have not been introduced. So, for strict research purposes, the original rates assessment books held at State Records must be taken as the most definitive source of information The fields below can each contain multiple values. Separate them with a comma.

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