Gawler
LGA:	Town of Gawler
Established:	1836
Postcode:	5118
Population:	19,000
Median property value:	235,000 (2005)

Gawler (34°35′S 138°44′E, population 19,000) is a town in the state of South Australia. The name is the family name of the second Governor (British Vice-Regal representative) of the colony of South Australia, George Gawler. Image File history File links Adelaide_locator-MJC.png Summary Map of Australia locating Adelaide. ... Local Government Area (abbreviated LGA) is a term used in Australia (and especially by the Australian Bureau of Statistics) to refer to areas controlled by each individual Local Government. ... The Town of Gawler is the name of the Local Government Area containing Gawler and its suburbs north of Adelaide in South Australia. ... Postal codes were introduced in Australia in the early 1970s when Australia Post introduced automated sorting. ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Emblems: Hairy Nosed Wombat (faunal); Sturts Desert Pea (floral); Opal (gemstone); Leafy Seadragon (marine) Motto: United for the Common Wealth Slogan or Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Governor Premier Const. ... See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor. ... George Gawler Lieutenant Colonel George Gawler, KH (21 July 1795–7 May 1869) was the second governor of South Australia. ...

Gawler is 40 km (25 miles) north of the state capital, Adelaide. It is close to the major wine producing district of Barossa Valley. Topographically, Gawler lies at the confluence of two tributaries of the Gawler River, the North and South Para rivers, where they emerge from a range of low hills. Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1. ... Tanunda is surrounded by vineyards showing Autumn colour. ...

A British colony, South Australia was established as a commercial venture by the South Australia Company through the sale of land to free settlers at £1 per acre (£247/km²). This differed from other Australian states, which were either established as penal colonies or made use of convict labour (Western Australia). Gawler was established by a 'special survey' for a syndicate of colonists and the town plan was devised by the colonial surveyor, William Light, the son of Francis Light who founded Penang, Malaysia. Gawler was the only town planned by William Light other than Adelaide. Emblems: Floral - Kangaroo Paw (Anigozanthos manglesii); Mammal - Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus); Bird - Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) Motto: Cygnis Insignis (Distinguished by its swans) Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Const. ... Colonel William Light Colonel William Light (1786 - 1839) was born in Kuala Kedah, Malaya in 1786, an illegitimate son of Captain Francis Light, the Governor of Penang, and Martina Rozells, the so-called Princess of Kedah of mixed Siamese-Portuguese descent. ... Captain Francis Light (1740-1794) was the founder of the British colony of Penang (in modern-day Malaysia) and its capital George Town in 1786. ... State motto: Bersatu dan Setia (United and Loyal), formerly Let Penang Lead Capital George Town Governor Tun Dato Seri Haji Abdul Rahman bin Haji Abbas Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon Area 1,030 km2 Population  - Est year 2006 1,500,000 State anthem Untuk Negeri Kita (For...

Adelaide became a model of foresight with wide streets and ample parklands. After Light's death, it also became a model for numerous other planned towns in South Australia (many of which were never built). As the only other town planned by Light, Gawler is ironically dissimilar to Adelaide's one square mile (2.6 km²) grid. Both townships in fact respond well to their respective sites. The heart of Gawler is triangular rather than square, a form dictated by the topographical features. The parkland along the riverbanks and a Victorian preference for public squares are there but Light was aware that he was planning a village, not a metropolis. Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Accession to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of Great Britain is considered the height of the British industrial revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ...

Gawler prospered early with the discovery of copper nearby at Kapunda, which resulted in Gawler becoming a stopping point on the way to Adelaide. Later, it developed industries including flour milling and manufacturing steam locomotives. Kapunda is a town in South Australia, established when copper was found and began to be mined. ...

With prosperity came a modest cultural flowering, the high point of which was the holding of a competition to compose an anthem for Australia in 1859, four decades before statehood. The result was The Song of Australia, written by Caroline J Carleton to music by Carl Linger. This became in the next century a candidate in a national referendum to choose a new National Anthem for Australia to replace God Save the Queen. 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ...

Generally, however, Gawler was, and remains, a commercial centre for the Mid-North districts of South Australia and, increasingly, a dormitory town for Adelaide. The hit Australian television program McLeod's Daughters is shot at "Kingsford", a working property outside Gawler. McLeods Daughters is an Australian television drama set in the rural outback. ...

Gawler is in the Town of Gawler local government area, the state electorate of Light and the federal Division of Wakefield. The Town of Gawler is the name of the Local Government Area containing Gawler and its suburbs north of Adelaide in South Australia. ... Local Government Area (abbreviated LGA) is a term used in Australia (and especially by the Australian Bureau of Statistics) to refer to areas controlled by each individual Local Government. ... The Division of Wakefield is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of South Australia. ...

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Coordinates: -34.598° 138.745° Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which is aligned with the spin axis of the Earth. ...

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