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Gawler Place, Adelaide

State Library of South Australia, 1926, Photograph, B 3310

[General description] City buildings, including the premises of the Aeolian Company, suppliers of Pianos and Pianolas, on Rundle Street. On the extreme right a man is riding his bicycle. [On back of photograph] 'Acre 81 / Gawler Place, west side / Feb. 28, 1926 / Looking towards Rundle Street. The six storey structure (Pharmacy Building) was erected in 1925. Compare with B 2244. Gawler Place frontage of new building: 27 1/2 yards.'

Gawler Place, Adelaide

State Library of South Australia, c. 1926, Photograph, B 3319

[General description] Looking north along Gawler Place towards the rear of the Oriental Hotel, which is situated on Rundle Street. Shops on the right are soon to be demolished and replaced by a new building named Claridge House. [On back of photograph] 'Acre 82 / Gawler Place, east side / Feb. 28,1926 / Shakespeare's premises and the two storey buildings next door north were demolished in 1926. For view of the building subsequently erected see B 4712, B 4839, B 4840. Near side of three storey building on left is 33 yards south of Rundle Street. Near side of Shakespeare's is 53 1/2 yards south of Rundle Street.' (Another hand) 'For better view of Oriental Hotel buildings see B 7483'.

Gawler Place, Adelaide

State Library of South Australia, c. 1928, Photograph, B 4840

[General description] Three quarters view of Claridge House taken from a high place on the opposite side of Gawler Place. See B 4839 for information re architect and builder. [On back of photograph] 'Gawler Place, east side / Claridge House / 1 May 1928 / Claridge House erected in 1926-7 / Compare with B 3319 / For other photographs of Claridge House see B 4839 and B 4712 / Site of Claridge House : Far side is 33 yards south of Rundle Street / Frontage : 20 1/2 yards'.

Gawler Place, Adelaide

State Library of South Australia, c. 1939, Photograph, B 8206

[General description] Looking along Gawler place towards Rundle Street. The premises of Oliver J. Nilsen and Laubman & Pank are on the left, Electricity House (with the clock) is a little further along. [On back of photograph] 'Acres 105 and 82 / Gawler Place, east side / 8th April 1939 / Nilsen's building was completed in 1938 / Compare with B 4846 / The near side of Nilsen's building is 51 1/2 yards north of Grenfell Street; frontage: 7 yards'.

Gawler Place, Adelaide

State Library of South Australia, 1954, Photograph, B 13143

[General description] Astor Hotel at 95 Gawler Place, a two storey building with verandah and parked cars in front. From 1849 - 1913 it was known variously as the Young Queen Inn, Arms or Hotel. Renamed the Commercial in 1913, then the Astor from 1951 onwards. Licensees at time of photograph are Edgar WIlliam and Myra Eleanor Neil. [On back of photograph] 'Acre 143 / Gawler Place, west side / December 30th 1954 / Left side of Astor Hotel is 24 yards north of McHenry Street and frontage is 16.5 yards / Photographed for record only / Formerly the Commercial Hotel, Cadastral Plan shows it as the Young Queen'

Gawler Place, Adelaide

c. 1870, Photograph, B 2478

Gawler Place, Adelaide, east side, close to Pirie Street, featuring cottages with mullion windows. The galvanised iron roofs show that the date is after 1870. (Compare with Duryea's 1870 panorama.) This view was taken before the erection of the Onslow buildings on the corner of Pirie Street and Gawler Place. See B 2478 for one of the buildings, soon after completion. (They first appear in the 1886 directory.) See B 3162 and B 3257 for views taken in the early 1900s.

Gawler Place, Adelaide

c. 1888, Photograph, B 2500

[General description] The premises of G.W. Rose & Co. (General Merchants), in Gawler Place. A man on a ladder appears to be doing maintenance work on the barred window of the ground floor. On the left is I. Longbotham (Family Butchers). [On back of photograph] 'Acre 167 / Gawler Place / 1888- 89 / The three storey building stands on the north west corner of the acre.'

Gawler Place, Adelaide

State Library of South Australia, c. 1926, Photograph, B 3765

[General description] The premises of Dittmar's Cafe, a two storey stone building with a supported verandah, seen from the opposite side of the road. [On back of photograph] 'Acre 168 / Gawler Place, west side / south corner of McHenry Street / August 26th,1926 / Cantilever verandah erected in front of Dittmar's in 1926. Gawler Place frontage of Dittmar's: 10 yards.' (Another hand) 'For view of Dittmar's building after remodelling in 1952, see B 12357.'

Gawler Place, Adelaide

State Library of South Australia, c. 1937, Photograph, B 7039

[General description] View looking south along Gawler Place towards Flinders Street showing motor businesses and buildings, parked cars and a lone horse and buggy. The six storey Education building is prominent [On back of photograph] 'Acre 234 / Gawler Place, west side / 7 May 1937 / This photograph shows the alterations effected and the new building erected in 1936 between Flinders Street and the large brick building on the right / Of these the right hand portion with upper storey windows was erected on a site formerly occupied by a corrugated iron structure / The left hand portion was simply re-modelled from a concrete structure / Site: The far side abuts Flinders Street / Frontage of Motors Limited premises is 71 yards / Compare with B 6734'.

Early model fire engine

c. 1920, Photograph, B 63869

GAWLER: A man with a bicycle and another man cleaning an early model fire engine which was stationed at Gawler.

Premises of T. Graue, saddler

c. 1900, Photograph, B 63878

GAWLER: The premises of T. Graue, saddler & harness maker of Gawler; nine young men and a boy all wearing long aprons stand outside, names not known.

Premises of A.R. Lyle, photographer

c. 1906, Photograph, B 63901

GAWLER: Premises of A.R. Lyle, photographer, late of Hammer & Co. in Gawler.

Mr Whinnen with his grocery truck

c. 1930, Photograph, B 63908

GAWLER: Mr Whinnen, travelling grocer, selling a customer a can of food from his grocery truck in Gawler, South Australia.

An old church in Gawler

c. 1970, Photograph, B 55518

GAWLER: A view of an old church in Gawler.

View at the back of a church in Gawler

c. 1970, Photograph, B 55519

GAWLER: A view at the back of a church in Gawler.

Steam locomotive 'F' Class 169

c. 1905, Photograph, B 55521

GAWLER: A steam locomotive 'F' Class 169, in the main street at Gawler.

Men using a whim to crush rock

c. 1890, Photograph, B 55572

GAWLER: A group of men using a whim to crush rock, thought to be in the Gawler area.

Members of 79B Citizen Forces

Merchant Studio, 1915, Photograph, B 56056

GAWLER: Group of 'B Company', 79B Citizen Forces Gawler Racecourse.

Members of the 79B Citizen Forces

1915, Photograph, B 56057

GAWLER: Officers and N.C.O.'s of B Company, 79B Citizen Forces, Gawler Racecourse.

Arthur Hewett's butcher shop and delivery cart

c. 1925, Photograph, B 57630

GAWLER: Arthur Hewett's butcher shop and delivery cart, Murray Street. Small orders were delivered on horseback.

Two horse drawn tramcars

1932, Photograph, B 57725

GAWLER: Two horse drawn tramcars being hauled into Islington Railway Yards in 1932. They operated between Gawler Railway Station and the Main Street for 52 years, 1879-1931. Built in America, the smaller 40 seater ran between 1879-1901. The larger 60 seater between 1901-1931.

Butcher Mr Murray Edmond with his delivery cart

c. 1920, Photograph, B 57737

GAWLER: Mr. Murray Edmond, butcher, with his delivery cart.

Women and children outside the Convent at Gawler

Marchant Studios, c. 1902, Photograph, B 58661

GAWLER: Group of children and two women stand outside the Convent at Gawler.

Women working in the underground Wireless Telegraphist Section, Gawler

c. 1945, Photograph, B 58754

GAWLER: Women working in the underground Wireless Telegraphist Section, Gawler, 1945-46. Left to right: Elspeth Scott; Mena Houston; Joan Stace, Avis Ward; Helen Robertson; Shirley Carmichael; Rae Bull.

Workers in the underground Teleprinter Unit, Gawler

Bull, A. C. W., c. 1945, Photograph, B 58755

GAWLER: Workers in the underground Teleprinter Unit, Gawler 1945-46. Left-right: Mena Houston; ? ; Joan Stace; Avis Ward.

Workers in the underground Teleprinter Unit at Gawler

Bull, A. C. W., c. 1945, Photograph, B 58756

GAWLER: Workers in the underground Teleprinter Unit at Gawler, 1945-46. Left to right: ? ; Joan Stace; Avis Ward.

Personnel in the underground Wireless Telegraphist Section at Gawler

c. 1945, Photograph, B 58762

GAWLER: Airforce personnel working in the underground Wireless Telegraphist Section at Gawler.

Underground bomb store at Gawler airstrip

Beaty, D., 1986, Photograph, B 58765

GAWLER: One of six underground bomb stores built into a bank on the south side of the airstrip. Demolished for the construction of the Gawler By-Pass, built in 1991.

W.A.A.A.F. girls outside their sleeping quarters at Gawler

1945, Photograph, B 58786

GAWLER: W.A.A.A.F. girls on the verandah of their sleeping quarters, Gawler 1945. Back: Betty Saunders; Lorna Russell; Joan Lucas; Pam Collins; Joan Stace; Eunice Hearne. Front ? ; Bella Roberts; Molly Norton-Baker; Pauline Adcock; Betty Watkins; Elspeth Scott.

W.A.A.A.F. girls who worked at the underground Wireless Telegraphist Centre at Gawler

1945, Photograph, B 58788

GAWLER: W.A.A.A.F. girls who worked at the underground Wireless Telegraphist centre at Gawler. The group includes: Betty Dring; Ruth Salt; Joan Koch; Lena Lubrick; Greta Saltmars; June Wilson; Laures Brooks; Ruth Davies.

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