Christmas in Gawler since 1865

Fast Facts

Type of event	Celebration
Town or locality	Gawler

Please click here to read how Christmas has been celebrated over the years in Gawler. All articles linked here have been published in The Bunyip and are available on Trove thanks to the National Library.

Thanks to Robert Laidlaw for the research involved in compiling this PDF which was the basis for his address to our December 2013 meeting.

Click here to view photos of the iconic Gawler Christmas tree in the Sutch premises, now Gawler Foodland. The suffering tree was eventually lopped circa 1999.

Please click here to see some photos of Christmas being celebrated in Gawler.

Please <click here> to read a Bunyip newspaper story featuring Claire Forgie and the Light Square Christmas Tree (16/12/2020).

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Related Articles

• Perry Engineering
• Gawler Christmas Tree Lighting
• Murray Street Christmas Street Closures

References

Christmas 1922 in Blacksmith's shop. Perry Engineering

Timer Fashions - Xmas 1963

Murray_Street_117_1971

FFF John Thorpe's photo

Memories of Christmas in Gawler since 1865

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