Templers (postcode 5371) is a small town on the
Horrocks Highway
Main North Road is the major north-south arterial route through the suburbs north of the Adelaide City Centre in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. It continues north through the settled areas of South Australia and is a total of long, fro ...
north of
Gawler, South Australia
Gawler is the oldest country town on the Australian mainland in the state of South Australia. It was named after the second Governor (British Vice-Regal representative) of the colony of South Australia, George Gawler. It is about north of the ...
. The town was named after William Templer who, with his wife Martha, was the licensee of the ''North Star'' hotel in the area from 1846 to 1878.
The Templers Primary School opened in 1873, but has since closed.
The Mount Bethel Wesleyan Jubilee chapel was built in 1863 (completed 1864) by a people who had been meeting regularly in homes and sheds for worship since the early 1850s. It was initially part of the
Gawler
Gawler is the oldest country town on the Australian mainland in the state of South Australia. It was named after the second Governor (British Vice-Regal representative) of the colony of South Australia, George Gawler. It is about north of the ...
circuit. From 1870 it was part of a circuit consisting of Templers,
Wasleys,
Freeling and
Sheaoak Log, with
Stockport added from 1880.
References
North Star Hotel
TemplersGeoscience Australia
TemplersPlacenames
Towns in South Australia
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