Templers (postcode 5371) is a small town on the
Horrocks Highway
Horrocks Highway is a major north–south arterial route through regional South Australia, between Quorn in the Flinders Ranges, and Gawler, on the north-eastern fringe of suburban Adelaide.
Route
Horrocks Highway commences at the intersectio ...
north of
Gawler, South Australia
Gawler, established in 1839, is the oldest country town in the state of South Australia. It was named after the second Governor of South Australia, Governor (British Vice-Regal representative) of the colony of South Australia, George Gawler. ...
. 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, established in 1839, is the oldest country town 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 st ...
circuit. From 1870 it was part of a circuit consisting of Templers,
Wasleys,
Freeling and
Sheaoak Log, with
Stockport
Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt, Rivers Goyt and River Tame, Greater Manchester, Tame merge to create the River Mersey he ...
added from 1880.
References
North Star Hotel
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Towns in South Australia
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