Stone Walls in Gawler

**Fast Facts**
Type of thing	Domestic
Place made	On-site in Gawler
Place used	Street frontages
Place found	Gawler
Current location	Gawler
Used in	Boundary walls and entrances

In May 2017 Peter Russell addressed the Gawler History Team regarding the restoration of Gawler's 330 Stone walls. The video is linked below.

The images in this section are taken from the Gawler Council publication “Historic Walls in the Public Environment, Gawler, SA – Conservation Strategy September 2007”. [Extracted with permission from McDougall & Vines HISTORIC WALLS IN THE PUBLIC ENVIRONMENT, GAWLER SA CONSERVATION STRATEGY 2007 report].

This document catalogues walls of historic importance in the Council area, identifies common construction and management problems, and suggests some of the best and cost effective methods of repairing, maintaining and preserving these walls.

Please click here to see photos of various stone walls around Gawler.

The Gawler Council has a report on the condition of all of the 330 or so walls in Gawler. Click on these 2 links below to see them all.

Report: https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/tog-public-assets/docs/Historic-Walls-in-the-Public-Environment-Report.pdf

Appendices: https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/tog-public-assets/docs/Historic-Walls-in-the-Public-Environment-Appendices.pdf

Unfortunately a large number of the stone walls, that are still in existence, are in a very poor state of repair. The cost of repairing them correctly is often beyond the means of the property owners. The development of Phoenix Plaza, did however result in the extensive repair of the stone wall on the northern side of the property on Calton Road.

In this 2016 there has been a wonderful outcome of remediation of the wall at 25 High Street.