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Gawler

city in South Australia
Place Town Q1007201
Gawler
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Facts

17 properties

Identity

Instance of
town, suburb/locality of Australia[4]
Inception
1836[10]
Native label
Gawler[22]
Official name
Gawler[19]

Location

Country
Australia[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ -34.598°, 138.745°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
South Australia, Gawler[1][2]
Shares border with
Gawler South, Gawler East, Willaston[5][6][7]

Population and size

Elevation above sea level
+57[23]
Female population
+358[20]
Male population
+295[21]
Population
29k (650–29k, n=5)[11][12][13][14][15]

Codes

Postal code
5118[9]
More facts +4
Capital of
Gawler[18]
Associated electoral district
Light, Wakefield, Spence[24][25]
Described by source
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16][17]
Named after
George Gawler[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en Gawler, South Australia en Gawler, South Australia, Australia en Gawler ar جاولر el Γκάουλερ es Gawler (Australia) fa گاولر hi गॉलर ja ガーラー ja ゴーラー (南オーストラリア) ko 가웰러 ru Голер th กอว์เลอร์ uk Говлер zh 歌拿 zh 高勒 zh-hant 歌拿
🔖 Identifiers · 18
VIAF cluster ID
140779553
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n85046925
Australian Standard Geographic Classification 2006 ID
UCL407600, SSC41556
Australian Statistical Geography 2011 ID
UCL412001, SSC40218
Australian Statistical Geography 2016 ID
SSC40469, UCL412001
Australian Statistical Geography 2021 ID
SAL40474, UCL412001
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Gawler
FAST ID
1231431
Freebase ID
/m/02vtrz
GNS Unique Feature ID
-1574656
GeoNames ID
2071059
INaturalist place ID
19266
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J9U entity ID
987007567174105171
OpenStreetMap relation ID
6675274
Quora topic ID
Gawler
UN/LOCODE
AUGXN
Who's on First ID
101936023
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJwHdGKKj9HYXTj64rqxXd
📚 Sources · 1
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Located in time zoneP421
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Source
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Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
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Credit
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People born here 7
Justin Kurzel, Lisa Martin, Callum Scotson, Darren Lehmann, Jed Kurzel, Wes Carr, Jack Lyons
Instance of 2
town, suburb/locality of Australia
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
South Australia, Gawler
Located in time zone 2
UTC+09:30, UTC+10:30
Associated electoral district 1
Wakefield
Capital of 1
Gawler
Country 1
Australia
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Named after 1
George Gawler
Named after 1
Gawler Aerodrome
People who died here 1
John McKinlay
← Capital 1
Gawler
← Place of publication 1
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Cultural Significance

Things named for Gawler include Gawler Aerodrome[26], an airport[27], in Australia[28], founded in 1941[29].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Gawler include Gawler Aerodrome[26], an airport[27], in Australia[28], founded in 1941[29].

Related Entities

Australia

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . linked.data.gov.au. linked.data.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [1] ↑ . quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . censusdata.abs.gov.au. censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . abs.gov.au. Retrieved . abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . abs.gov.au. Retrieved . abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . abs.gov.au. Retrieved . abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . censusdata.abs.gov.au. censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . censusdata.abs.gov.au. censusdata.abs.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . electorate.aec.gov.au. Retrieved . electorate.aec.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · CheWikibot bot · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item"
  2. 10w ago · Astro.furball · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Gawler around 1869.jpg, Gawler Murray Street in 2018.jpg
    "Changed claim: Image: Gawler station November 25.jpg"
  3. 11w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Female population → 358
    Associated electoral district → Light, Wakefield, Spence
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → South Australia, Gawler
    Coordinate location → -34.598°, 138.745°
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #48912: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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