Tape William Thomas

**Fast Facts**
Type of person	Individual
Date of birth	27 March 1885
Place of birth	Willaston
Principal occupation	Blacksmith
Date of death	22 DEC 1965
Place of death	Woodville, South Australia.

Mr. W.T. Tape Blacksmith and Wheelwright Shop

Mr W.H. Tape had a blacksmith’s shop on the northeast side of the Victoria Hotel (now the Willaston Hotel). He closed his business around 1937 and the shop was demolished in the 1940s to make way for tennis courts to be built. This area is now used as a car park for the hotel.

Mr Tape entered his stump jump cultivator in the Royal Adelaide Show of 1913. He was awarded first prize and a bronze medal for his entry.

Pictures of the Tape Plough were on postcards and formed part of his advertising campaign. On the back of the postcard was a list of prices delivered to Gawler Station.

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