The Town of Gawler is a community of over 19,000 people located 40 km north of Adelaide and adjacent to the Barossa Valley. Gawler provides its residents with the benefits of country living, town services and easy access to large city facilities while residing in an area combining heritage and modern amenities.
Gawler has a number of interrelated legacies that distinguish it from many urban centres in South Australia - its original Town Planner, Colonel William Light; complex topography; and pioneers of vision and enterprise, which fortuitously coincided with, several periods of significant economic prosperity.
