Concordia. The old school house built in 1861 as a Lutheran School and also used for church services. Became a state school in 1876 and closed in 1886.
Concordia and the Wheatsheaf Inn.
Just east of Gawler where the historic Wheatsheaf Inn is located on a rail crossing (the rail line only came through in 1911) the road veers northwards to the locality of Concordia. Thomas Henry established the Wheatsheaf Inn in 1849 to catch trade from the passing bullock teams going to or coming from the copper mines at Burra and Kapunda. The bullock teams were able to ford the North Gawler River nearby. Today The wheatsheaf Inn is no longer licensed but it operates as a restaurant. Beyond the Inn is Concordia a very German district settled in the 1850s. It was an important district as it had a ford across the North Para River which took people to Greenock and districts north such as Burra. A small Lutheran school and church was opened at Concordia in 1861. But student numbers were low and it became a state school in 1876 rather than Lutheran. The school closed in 1886 and little remains of that early building. Nearby is a small Lutheran cemetery. These old heritage items are now under threat as the state government has plans for a 5,000 hectare estate with 6,000 houses and 20,000 residents at Concordia in the next 15 years and a railway station and a Gawler bypass road that will pass through Concordia on its way to meet up with the four lane Sturt Highway. So in a few years’ time the old Concordia will have disappeared.
Concordia. The old school house built in 1861 as a Lutheran School and also used for church services. Became a state school in 1876 and closed in 1886.
Concordia and the Wheatsheaf Inn.
Just east of Gawler where the historic Wheatsheaf Inn is located on a rail crossing (the rail line only came through in 1911) the road veers northwards to the locality of Concordia. Thomas Henry established the Wheatsheaf Inn in 1849 to catch trade from the passing bullock teams going to or coming from the copper mines at Burra and Kapunda. The bullock teams were able to ford the North Gawler River nearby. Today The wheatsheaf Inn is no longer licensed but it operates as a restaurant. Beyond the Inn is Concordia a very German district settled in the 1850s. It was an important district as it had a ford across the North Para River which took people to Greenock and districts north such as Burra. A small Lutheran school and church was opened at Concordia in 1861. But student numbers were low and it became a state school in 1876 rather than Lutheran. The school closed in 1886 and little remains of that early building. Nearby is a small Lutheran cemetery. These old heritage items are now under threat as the state government has plans for a 5,000 hectare estate with 6,000 houses and 20,000 residents at Concordia in the next 15 years and a railway station and a Gawler bypass road that will pass through Concordia on its way to meet up with the four lane Sturt Highway. So in a few years’ time the old Concordia will have disappeared.