The Town of Gawler is the name of the Local Government Area containing Gawler and its suburbs north of Adelaide in South Australia. The Corporation of the Town of Gawler was established on 9 July1857 as the residents were not happy that the town area was covered by three different district councils. As of the 2001 census the Town of Gawler LGA was 1.0% Indigenous Australian and 76.3% of the population was born in Australia. The current Mayor of Gawler is Brian Sambell.