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The District Council of Orroroo was a local government area in South Australia, centred on the town of Orroroo. It was gazetted on 5 January 1888 under the provisions of the District Councils Act 1887.[1]

In 1923, the municipality covered an area of 322,880 acres, approximately 500 square miles, and comprising the Hundreds of Black Rock Plains, Coomooroo, Erskine, Pekina and Walloway, each hundred having its own ward. It was responsible for 89½ miles of main roads and 530 miles of district roads. The council's responsibilities also included water supply, leasing a local reservoir from the state government, and operating a tree-planting program in Orroroo, Pekina, Morchard, Yatina and Black Rock, and an electric lighting system in Orroroo.[2] In 1936 it was reported to have approximately 2,000 residents, 700 of them in Orroroo township.[3]

In 1987, the council published a book on their history, One Hundred Years of Local Government: A History of the District Council of Orroroo 1887-1987 by Gerald J. Kuerschner, June A. Chapman and Jonathan W. Oliver.[4] The municipality to exist in March 1997, when it merged with the adjacent District Council of Carrieton to create the District Council of Orroroo Carrieton; the council seat remained in Orroroo.[5][6]

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  1. ^ "The District Councils Act 1887 No. 419". Flinders University. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  2. ^ The Civic record of South Australia, 1921-1923. Associated Publishing Service. 1924. p. 223.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Hosking, P. (1936). The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. pp. 764–767.
  4. ^ "One hundred years of local government : a history of the District Council of Orroroo 1887-1987". Trove. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Orroroo Carrieton (S.A.). Council". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  6. ^ "District Council of Orroroo Carrieton". Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Advertising". The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA : 1867 - 1922). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 1 February 1888. p. 1. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Advertising". South Australian Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1895). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 18 May 1889. p. 1. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  9. ^ "Advertising". The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA : 1867 - 1922). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 11 February 1890. p. 1 Edition: Second Edition. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  10. ^ "DISTRICT COUNCILS". Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904). SA: National Library of Australia. 2 August 1890. p. 16. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  11. ^ "DEPUTATIONS". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 27 July 1892. p. 7. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  12. ^ "ORROROO". Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 28 March 1896. p. 11. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  13. ^ "Orroroo District Council". Quorn Mercury (SA : 1895 - 1954). SA: National Library of Australia. 8 August 1919. p. 4. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  14. ^ "ORROROO DISTRICT COUNCIL". Quorn Mercury (SA : 1895 - 1954). SA: National Library of Australia. 16 August 1918. p. 3. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  15. ^ "ORROROO DISTRICT COUNCIL". Quorn Mercury (SA : 1895 - 1954). SA: National Library of Australia. 2 November 1917. p. 3. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  16. ^ "GRATEFUL FARMERS". The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 17 February 1916. p. 9. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  17. ^ "ORROROO DISTRICT COUNCIL". Quorn Mercury (SA : 1895 - 1954). SA: National Library of Australia. 12 December 1919. p. 1. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  18. ^ "DISTRICT COUNCIL OF ORROROO". Quorn Mercury (SA : 1895 - 1954). SA: National Library of Australia. 5 November 1920. p. 2. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  19. ^ "ORROROO DISTRICT COUNCIL". Quorn Mercury (SA : 1895 - 1954). SA: National Library of Australia. 3 December 1920. p. 3. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  20. ^ "ORROROO DISTRICT COUNCIL". The Times and Northern Advertiser, Peterborough, South Australia (SA : 1919 - 1950). SA: National Library of Australia. 11 February 1921. p. 3. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  21. ^ "Orroroo District Council". The Times and Northern Advertiser, Peterborough, South Australia (SA : 1919 - 1950). SA: National Library of Australia. 12 August 1921. p. 4. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  22. ^ "Meeting: At Orroroo Convened". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 13 February 1935. p. 18. Retrieved 12 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  23. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Matthews, Penny (1986), South Australia, the civic record, 1836-1986, Wakefield Press, pp. 417–418, ISBN 978-0-949268-82-2
  24. ^ "Goyder's Line Gazette" (PDF). District Council of Orroroo Carrieton. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2016.

32°26′S 138°22′E / 32.44°S 138.36°E / -32.44; 138.36

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