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District Council of Port Wakefield

Coordinates: 34°11′02″S 138°09′01″E / 34.18389°S 138.15028°E / -34.18389; 138.15028
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District Council of Port Wakefield
South Australia
District Council of Port Wakefield is located in South Australia
District Council of Port Wakefield
District Council of Port Wakefield
Coordinates34°11′02″S 138°09′01″E / 34.18389°S 138.15028°E / -34.18389; 138.15028
Established1878
Abolished1983
Council seatPort Wakefield
LGAs around District Council of Port Wakefield:
Kulpara (1878-1932)
Ninnes/Bute (1932-1983)
Snowtown (1888-1983) Blyth (1888)
Snowtown (1888-1983)
Clinton (1878-1983) District Council of Port Wakefield Balaklava
Dublin
Mallala
Dublin (1878-1935)
Mallala (1935-1983)
Dublin (1878-1935)
Mallala (1935-1983)

The District Council of Port Wakefield was a local government area seated at Port Wakefield in South Australia from 1878 to 1983.

History

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The District Council of Port Wakefield was officially proclaimed along with its new neighbouring councils, Kulpara and Clinton, on 28 November 1878. It incorporated the entire Hundred of Inkerman as well as the western two thirds of the Hundred of Goyder and a small coastal portion of the Hundred of Clinton near the Wakefield port.[1] The five inaugural councillors appointed on the date of the proclamation were John Rumble, John Smart, Richard Forrest, George Mayfield, and George F. Mills.[1]

In 1888 the council annexed the previously unincorporated Hundred of Cameron as part of the District Councils Act 1887, but it was severed and annexed by the Snowtown council just two years later.[2][3]

In 1983 the Port Wakefield council ceased to exist when it amalgamated with the councils of Balaklava and Owen to form the District Council of Wakefield Plains.

Neighbouring local government

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The following adjacent local government bodies co-existed with the Port Wakefield council:

References

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  1. ^ a b "Proclamations" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. 1878 (55 ed.). Government of South Australia: 1568. 28 November 1878. Retrieved 3 July 2017. [...] the Hundred of Inkerman, and portions of the Hundreds of Goyder and Clinton, comprised within the boundaries set forth in the schedule hereto, shall constitute a district, to be called the District of Port Wakefield [...] And I hereby appoint Messrs. John Rumble, John Smart, Richard Forrest, George Mayfield, and George F. Mills, to be the first Councillors for the District of Port Wakefield aforesaid [...]
  2. ^ "The District Councils Act 1887 No. 419". Flinders University. p. 90. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Proclamations—Snowtown, district—Boundaries enlarged" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. 1890 (7 ed.). Government of South Australia: 402. 6 February 1890. Retrieved 26 June 2017.