Edit Place: Finniss Street

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Finniss Street contains numerous homes and buildings that are in the Town of Gawler State, Local and Contributory Heritage list, including: *[[Finniss Street 13]] *[[Finniss Street 30]] *[[Finniss Street 31 Zion Lutheran Church & Wall]] *[[Finniss Street 41]] - Mrs Broderick’s Tuckshop c1950 *[[Gawler Wesleyan Chapel 93 Finniss Street]] To view photos of Finniss Street please [https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/sets/72157642184526465 click here] === Residents of Finniss Street === * 33 Finniss Street [this street number no longer exists] was the residence of Johns James Hill, electrician and his wife Dorothy Inez Hill (nee Dorothy Inez Bunting, daughter of Jabez Bunting) in 1939.<ref>Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 via Ancestry</ref> [See [[Bunting F T]] for more details about the Bunting family] * 42 Finnis Street [part Allotment 60, which extends all the way down to [[Jacob Street]]] was the residence of [[Cheek Philip and Olivia|Philip Cheek]], Gawler Corporation Inspector, from May 1886 (or earlier) until September 1920 when it was transferred to Ada Mary Llewelyn, of Gawler South, married woman.<ref>Certificate of Title 499/97</ref> . === Finniss Street Maps & Assessment Book Records === Finniss Street in maps 2 and 3, and in 1868 to 1890-91 rates books. Finnis Street in 1858-61 rates books '''Maps Used''' 2. “Frearson’s Plan of Gawler Town and its Suburban Townships” This map has no date but was probably done sometime in the 1890s or first decade of the 20th century. 3. “Plan of Gawlertown and its Suburban Townships; compiled by George Warren 1863; Taxation Department”. RATES BOOK INFORMATION Dr Helen Wilmore, Coordinator, Gawler Historical Rates Assessment Database Gawler Environment & Heritage Assoc. Inc. C/- 42 Finniss St Gawler SA 5118 Please note: The rates book information provided represents records as they were entered in the original rates assessment books, as best as we could ascertain. However, we cannot guarantee that mistakes have not been introduced. So, for strict research purposes, the original rates assessment books held at State Records must be taken as the most definitive source of information . The fields below can each contain multiple values. Separate them with a comma.

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