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THE GAWLER RIVER

On June 11, 2020   /   History   /   Leave a comment
Tags: Floods, Gawler, Gold, Gold mines, Great Depression., social history, Tasmania
THE  GAWLER RIVER

Gawler is a tiny rural community, several kilometres inland from Ulverstone, on Tasmania’s north-west coast. On April 4 1929 a tragic event left residents of Gawler in a state of utter grief. During widespread flooding in northern Tasmania, eight young people drowned when their covered Ford truck

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