Gawler

Angus Park
Named after George Fife Angas, it was also known as Gum Park.. It is now called Nuriootpa, about 80 km north east of Adelaide.

Alec H. Chisholm, The Australian Encyclopaedia : in ten volumes, vol. 6, Sydney, 1963, p.375.


Bethanien
Changed to Bethany during the first world war. It is a village in the Barossa Valley.

Praite, R.and and Tolley, Place names of South Australia, Adelaide, 1970, p.11.


Blumberg
Renamed Birdwood after the Field Marshall during World War I. About 40km north east of Adelaide. 34°49' 138°58'

Camm, J.C.R. and McQuilton, John(ed.), Australians, a Historical Atlas, Sydney, 1987, p.229.


Buchfelde
Renamed Loos, after the battle of that name during World War I ; about 50km north east of Adelaide. 34"37' 138"42'

Ramson, W.S, Australian English, an Historical Study of the Vocabulary, 1788-1898, Canberra, 1966, p.156.


Bultawilta
Originally and now known as Siegersdorf, Bultawilta was adopted during World War I. In the Barossa Valley.

Camm, J.C.R. and McQuilton, John(ed.), Australians, a Historical Atlas, Sydney, 1987, p.229.


Duck Ponds
Now called Moculta, in the Barossa Valley.

Martin, A. E., Twelve hundred and more place names in South Australia, Western Australia & the Northern Territory, Sydney, 1943.


German Pass
Since 1857 known as Angaston in the Barossa Valley. Named after George Fife Augas,

Reader's Digest, Illustrated Guide to Australian Places, Sydney, 1993, p.514.


Hoffnungstal
Renamed Karrawirra during World War I; a village in the Barossa Valley.
34°37′ 138°54′

Ramson, W.S, Australian English, an Historical Study of the Vocabulary, 1788-1898, Canberra, 1966, p.156.


Langmeic
A village in the the Barossa Valley beside which another village had been founded called Bethany. Between the two the township of Tanunda grew up in the early 1850s.

Reader's Digest, Book of Historic Australian Towns, Sydney, 1982, p.302.

Leichhardt
Renamed Kaldukee during World War I. In the Barossa Valley.

Camm, J.C.R. and McQuilton, John(ed.), Australians, a Historical Atlas, Sydney, 1987, p.229


Mount Damnable
Changed by Charles Sturt to the less blasphemous Mount Terrible, in the Lofty Ranges.

Waterhouse, Jill (ed.), Journal of the Central Australian Expedition 1844-5, London, 1984, p.3.


Neuschlesien
The early German name for the Barossa Valley.

Reader's Digest, Book of Historic Australian Towns, Sydney, 1982, p.302.


New Mecklenburg
Renamed Gomersal during World War I; a village in th Barossa Valley.

Ramson, W.S, Australian English, an Historical Study of the Vocabulary , 1788-1898, Canberra, 1966, p.156.


Victoria Creek
Was renamed Williamstown in 1858 when Lewis Johnstone renamed it for his eldest son, William. It is 10 km or so south east of Gawler.

Reader's Digest, Reader's Digest Book of the Road, Sydney, 1999, p.57.


Warre
Originally called Schreiberhau; Warre was adopted during World War I. Now called Schreiberaus. In the Barossa Valley.

Camm, J.C.R. and McQuilton, John(ed.), Australians, a Historical Atlas, Sydney, 1987, p.229