National Trust - Gawler Branch
We are situated on the main street in the Old Telegraph station c.1860. Focusing the history of the building and towns history. McKinlays artefacts (explorer)
Address:
59 Murray Street, Gawler, SA
Tel:
0885222548
Hours:
Tues - Friday 1pm-4pm, 1pm-4pm Sun
Admission:
Adults $3, Concession $2.50, children $1.50
Facilities:
Toilets, guided tours by request, education programs for schools
Collection:
Small archival records, small collection of photographs, telegraphic memorabilia, household items. Gawler's early industrial era. General items of the towns businesses.
Subject:
- Archive
- Historic Display
- Historic Site
- Social History Museum
- Photographs
- Drawings and Prints
- Furniture
- Glass
- Industrial Design
- Jewellery
- Metalwork
- Painting
- Paper
- Portraits
- Pottery and Ceramics
- Textiles, Spinning and Weaving
- Archives
- Armed Forces
- Childhood
- Numismatics, Coins and Currency
- Domestic Items
- EducationAndSchools
- Exploration
- Historic Buildings
- Historic People
- Local History
- Medals and Badges
- Professionals and Trades
- Rural Life
- Social History
- Agriculture
- Clothing, Fashion, Costume
- Communications
- Engineering
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Medicine and Health
- Photography
- Postal Services
- Railways or Tramways
- Steam Machinery
- Telecommunications
- Tools
- Seashells
- Dolls
- Ephemera
- Literature
- Music
- Toys and Games
Items
McKinlay (explorer)
Map Case, Travelling Trunks, Compass
Description:
Travelling trunk used by McKinlay on his explorations across Australia.
Date:
1830 - 1872
Item Id Number:
95-57