Gawler

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Gawler South Australia
McKinlay Monument, Gawler, South Australia
Gawler
Coordinates	34°35′53″S 138°44′42″E / 34.59806°S 138.74500°E / -34.59806; 138.74500
Population	28,562 (UCL 2021)[1][2]
Established	1839
Postcode(s)	5118
Elevation	75 m (246 ft)
Location	40 km (25 mi) N of Adelaide city centre
LGA(s)	Town of Gawler
State electorate(s)	Light
Federal division(s)	Spence
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 22.4 °C 72 °F 10.3 °C 51 °F 440.3 mm 17.3 in
Localities around Gawler: Willaston Willaston Willaston Willaston Gawler Gawler East Willaston Gawler South Gawler East
Footnotes	Adjoining localities[3]

Gawler is the oldest country town on the Australian mainland in the state of South Australia. It was named after the second Governor (British Vice-Regal representative) of the colony of South Australia, George Gawler.^[4] It is about 40–44 km (25–27 mi) north of the state capital, Adelaide, and is close to the major wine producing district of the 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.

Historically a semi-rural area, Gawler has been swept up in Adelaide's growth in recent years, and is now considered by some as an outer northern suburb of Adelaide. It is counted as a suburb in the Outer Metro region of the Greater Adelaide Planning Region.^[5]