Gawler Primary School
Gawler Primary School is a state school in South Australia opened in January 1878. It is located on the edge of the historic Church Hill State Heritage Area of Gawler. The Gothic-styled bluestone main building and the original headmaster's residence (added in 1881) are listed on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate.
Opened as the Gawler Public School, it was built by William Tardiff to the design of architect E. J. Wood at a cost of 4,695 pounds and could accommodate 600 pupils. The first headmaster was E. L. Burton who had been headmaster of St. George's Church of England Day School.[1]
It is part of the .[2]
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- ^ Whitelock, Derek (1989). Gawler: Colonel Light's Country Town. A history of Gawler and its region - The Hills, the Plains and the Barossa Valley. The Corporation of the Town of Gawler. p. 102. ISBN 0-7316-7822-2.
- ^ Fact Sheet - Gawler Church Hill State Heritage Area (PDF), Government of South Australia, retrieved 31 March 2020
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- South Australian places listed on the defunct Register of the National Estate
- 1878 establishments in Australia
- Gawler, South Australia
- Gothic architecture
- Primary schools in South Australia
- Australian school stubs
- South Australia building and structure stubs