Gawler River, South Australia

Gawler River
South Australia
Gawler River
Coordinates 34°36′52″S 138°39′23″E / 34.61444°S 138.65639°E / -34.61444; 138.65639Coordinates: 34°36′52″S 138°39′23″E / 34.61444°S 138.65639°E / -34.61444; 138.65639
Postcode(s) 5118
Location 10 km (6 mi) W of Gawler, South Australia
LGA(s) Light Regional Council
State electorate(s) Light
Federal Division(s) Wakefield
Localities around Gawler River:
Reeves Plains Ward Belt Ward Belt
Lewiston Gawler River Buchfelde
Penfield Gardens Angle Vale Hillier

Gawler River is a locality and former small town on the north bank of the Gawler River, west of the town of Gawler in South Australia. The Dawkins family (of whom M. B. Dawkins MLC was a member) established extensive farms in the early 19th century, and is credited with developing the Poll-Dorset breed of sheep, which is one of Australia's most important sheep meat breeds.

The "Gawler River campus" of Trinity College, Gawler is actually in Angle Vale.

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