Ross T. Reid
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Ross Thompson Reid was a pastoralist in South Australia and New South Wales. He is remembered in South Australia as the founder of Rostrevor Hall.
Reid's mansion "Rostrevor" after renovation c. 1890 by (unrelated) J. S. Reid, to resemble "Romsdal" in Toorak, Victoria.
Gawler
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Gawler, established in 1839, is an old country town in the state of South Australia. It was named after the second Governor of the colony of South Australia, George Gawler. It is about 40–44 km north
Ross T. Reid
…agent, selected a property at a junction of NorthPara and South Para rivers. They engaged surveyor William Jacob to lay out the township now known as Gawler and divided the rest among themselves. Reid's portion of 630 acres (250 ha), which he named "Clonlea", was on the north side of the North Para. John…
Gawler Primary School
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Gawler in around 1869
Modern-day Murray Street in Gawler, 2018