GAWLER, SA: A Jubilee parade described as celebrating local government, photographed passing the Gawler Institute where Sir George Le Hunte, Governor of South Australia, .

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Back to top. Often as a basis for shelter, they used a fallen tree and hollowed out beneath it, a practice hazardous when floods and heavy rain destroyed their fires and flooded their sleeping places.

GAWLER, SA: A Jubilee parade described as celebrating local government, photographed passing the Gawler Institute where Sir George Le Hunte, Governor of South Australia, .

So, this one time, heard bout this chick, Calamity Jane - badass broad, maybe fucked for cash, maybe didn’t. Historians fight over it like dogs. Pisses me off, man! Why’s it matter? She was tough, slingin drinks or tricks, whatever paid. Kinda admire that hustle. Gets me thinkin - prostitutes ain’t just bodies, they’re survivors, dodgin law, pimps, and judgy pricks.

Some locals were convinced it was the end of the world. There is a generation of Australians who remember the 'flying fox', a wonderful device which took money from the counter to an accounts section usually on a mezzanine level where the change was provided. The new town was named Gawler after the then Governor of South Australia.