Munno Para West District Council Office – 9 Adelaide Road - Hidden Secrets.
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If you live in Gawler you’ve probably driven past the little building on the corner of Adelaide Road and Twelfth Street a thousand times but never given it a second thought.
Currently, the building is Creative Outdoors Display Centre, previously it has been used as a second-hand store and a tax agent, but none of these were its original purpose.
Bound in the south by the Little Para River, and in the North by the Gawler River, The District Council of Munno Para West Was formed in 1854, a year after the District Council of Munno Para East was formed.
The council included the towns of Virginia, Smithfield, Penfield, Angle Vale, St Kilda and Gawler Blocks. Gawler Blocks were later to be known as Gawler South and removed from the District Council of Munno Para West in 1899.
The District Councils of Munno Para East & West were united to become the City of Munno Para in 1933, with some sections going to the Town of Gawler, and others going to the District Council of Salisbury, the rest were merged with the Munno Para East Council.
The building that stands today was originally built to be a chapel in 1855, however, it was bought in 1861 to become the District Council of Munno Para West’s head office, whilst the District Council of Munno Para’s East office was in Murray Street Gawler – you may recognise it as the building currently next door to Elders.
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Since publishing this video, I have been informed that this small building was the home of a family of ten during the 1950/60s. It has also been used as a computer store (information supplied by Robby Cummins), a sex toy store, and a second-hand store.
In March 2019, Creative Outdoors ended their lease at the location. It now sits empty awaiting its next use.
In 2021 - the location is now a Real Estate Agent: Raine and Horne
Researched and written by Allen Tiller ©2019
