Gomersal is a locality on the western side of the
Barossa Valley
The Barossa Valley (Barossa German: ''Barossa Tal'') is a valley in South Australia located northeast of Adelaide city centre. The valley is formed by the North Para River. It is notable as a major list of wine-producing regions, wine-producin ...
in
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. It is between the
Sturt Highway
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(which mostly bypasses the valley to the west and north) and the
North Para River and town of
Tanunda on the valley floor. Prior to 1918, it was known as New Mecklenburg, but like many others, the
name was changed due to anti-German sentiment in World War I. The new name was derived from the town of
Gomersal, West Yorkshire.
Gomersal Road was developed in the 1990s as a freight bypass route to assist trucks to avoid the major town centres. It connects
Barossa Valley Way south of Tanunda near
Bethany
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of Lazarus (name), L ...
Road west over the hills to the Sturt Highway south of
Shea-Oak Log.
Gomersal school (opened 1929) and post office are both closed, as improved road transport provides connections to the surrounding towns. The Bethlehem Lutheran Church of Schoenborn is still active on Gomersal Road. The Gomersal (formerly Neu-Mecklenburg) Good Shepherd Lutheran church was first built in 1864, the building replaced in 1925, and closed in 1970 when the congregation merged into Trinity Church,
Rosedale.
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Barossa Valley
Towns in South Australia