Peek John James

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30 Fourth Street: The property was transferred to John James Peek in 1889 and following Peek’s death, to Wilhelm Theodor Dieckmann, also a Gawler South Mason, in 1913. JJ Peek had established himself in Gawler South in 1860 and operated a notable building business in Gawler during the flourishing second half of the nineteenth century. He was contractor on the construction of the Gawler Town Hall in Murray Street (1878) and Gawler Court House in Cowan Street (1881). He also won the contract for the masonry and plastering of the Old Spot Hotel additions in 1880 amongst many other projects.¹

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References

• 1. Town of Gawler. ‘30 Fourth Street Gawler South’. Heritage Review 2020. VOL 2. p.60

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