Hammer & Gad Eating House
Hammer and Gad Eating House - Peake ruins
The Hammer and Gad Eating House at the Peake historic site is one
of the more mysterious ruins along the Oodnadatta Track. No one
really knows when it was constructed or what its original purpose
was.
An 1886 application for a hotel at the Peake ruins was rejected
by Government and it is likely that the building existed then. As
the Bullocky Road (ref.) passed directly
by the front door of the Hammer and Gad it is likely that it functioned
as a wayside inn from around 1872 until about 1891 when the old
road was displaced by the Ghan Railway.
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Hammer and Gad Eating House (Inn) - Peake ruins
Photo - Philip Gee (2000) |
