Gawler East Springwood etc Development
| Place type: | Locality |
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| Town or Locality: | Gawler East |
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Circa 2008 the State Government granted special development approval for the area now known as Springwood and continuing across the South Para River towards Potts Road. This necessitated the construction of a bridge across the river and a link road.
Gawler East Link Road
The Gawler East Link Road was opened in October 2020. A portion of it is named Mullamar Way, in honour of Mrs Mary "Mullamar" Graham, Kaurna, Narrunga and Ngarrindjeri woman, and Aboriginal Health Leader. Please <click here> to read Bunyip newspaper articles (14 Oct 2020) about the opening of the Link Road and Mrs Graham.[1]
The link road includes two large metal screens to screen headlight glare from residences adjacent to the road corridor.[2] The screens have narrative artworks inspired by local Kaurna culture, designed by 'mantirridesign' in collaboration with Senior Kaurna Elders.[2] As described on the 'mantirridesign' website the artworks are:
"Warrette ‘Last of the Gawler Tribe’: Historical notes of Gawler show that in 1912, Warrette (Emma Pritchard), a Kaurna woman with Ngadjuri connections from the Gawler area was amongst a small group of Aboriginal people ‘mustered up’ in Gawler for being a nuisance and sent to Raukkan, near Meningie in the states south-east to live under the Aborigines Act. Warrette was said to be at the time, The Last of the Gawler Tribe. The artwork portrays Warrette sitting on Country amongst Eucalyptus porosa, South Australian Mallee Box trees and under the Seven Sisters constellation."[2]
"Kardi (Emu) Hunt: From south to north the artwork features Tarnta (Red Kangaroo). Kaurna men hunting kardi (emu) amongst undulating stands of Eucalyptus porosa - South Australian Mallee Box. Also featured is the junction of the three rivers: South Para, North Para and Gawler River, which was a well-known camping and meeting ground of the Kaurna people and for neighbouring Aboriginal groups. The section of the South Para River - known as Deadman’s Pass is also referenced, as the Gawler East Link Road Project passes through this area. A large Eucalyptus camaldulensis, River Red Gum tree bears the scars of a Kaurna shield and a coolamon that were once carved from the tree by Kaurna people over 200 years ago."[2]
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Below is a link to a video was created on October 22, 2020, to showcase the new Springwood development link road in Gawler East. Gawler History Team Inc. appreciates the time taken and the most evident expertise that Neil Jacobs (of Church Hill Photography) has displayed in producing this video for Gawler History Team.
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References
- ↑ "Great Open Road - Link Road Opens to Traffic on Sunday" & "Aboriginal Health Leader Honoured" (Bunyip 14 Oct 2020) https://drive.google.com/file/d/10UW410spbX87IXR6oHNDJ9fzvJUcs0_2/view?usp=sharing
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 mantirridesign "Warrette and the Kardi Hunt" [Online accessed 15 Feb 2026] https://www.mantirridesign.com.au/projects-1/warrette-and-the-kardi-hunt
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