One of the early 'fathers' of Gawler, Reverend William Henry Coombs came to the town from England in 1846 and ministered at St George's Church until his death in 1896, reports the Gawler History Team.
At the next Gawler History Team meeting on August 7, Joyce Mendrik will give a talk on Canon Coombs – 'His Life and Death and The Case Against Him'.
Joyce was born in Holland and moved to Austral...
