Hi Mary Ann, I believe that the house in Dry Creek area of which you are talking was and still is in the area East of the Yatala Male Prison and immediately West of the early release cottages on Grand Junction Road, Northfield. The house now has other buildings around and in front of it. If you google Grand Junction Road Northfield and then enlarge it to show five cottages with whitish roof's there are 3 driveways immediately West of those 5 cottages off Grand Junction Road next to each other The left (most Western) driveway has a vehicle on it, then the centre driveway leads to a large building in front of a tiled roof house which has other buildings now attached to and in front of it. I dont think that is the house the original poster was looking for as it is a very modest tiled roof house. After R.M. left SA, I understood a daughter lived in that house for some time. I dont think all of the land was compulsorarily acquired in Sir Thomas Playford 's days but the area of Walkley Heights suburb and some along Grand Junction Road known as River Walk, Walkley heights and including the house land were still owned by someone in the family till much later. R. M. Williams Drive is the horseshoe shaped road which are the only two entrances to the main portion of the suburb of Walkley heights off the Wright Road.. Freda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Ann Minor" <[email protected]> To: "'Brian & Amanda Williams'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 11:30 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-SAGEN] Governor Gawler's mansion > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._M._Williams this web page indicates that > RM > built his own home and lived in the Yatala/Dry Creek area north of > Adelaide. > When his land was compulsorily acquired by the Playford Government, RM > left > for Qld vowing never to return. Know this isn't answering your question, > but thought it might be of interest. > > Mary Ann > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Brian & Amanda Williams > Sent: Thursday, 27 February 2014 8:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [AUS-SAGEN] Governor Gawler's mansion > > Hello list, > > Can someone please tell me the location in Adelaide of the mansion of > Governor Gawler, which was later the home of R.M. Williams, who featured > in > the ABC documentary, Family Confidential, last night? > > It was a very handsome home and despite "googling", I have found little to > help me. > > Thanks in anticipation, > > Amanda Williams, > > Perth WA. > > > > AUS-SAGEN Archives are here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/AUS-SAGEN/ > > Websites of Interest on our Blog: > http://aus-sagen-genealogy-websites.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > AUS-SAGEN Archives are here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/AUS-SAGEN/ > > Websites of Interest on our Blog: > http://aus-sagen-genealogy-websites.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message