District Council of Streaky Bay
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District Council of Streaky Bay South Australia |
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Location of the District Council of Streaky Bay in blue |
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Population: | 2010 | ||||||||||||
Established: | 1887 | ||||||||||||
Area: | 6232 km² (2406.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
Mayor: | Ian Gunn | ||||||||||||
Council Seat: | Streaky Bay | ||||||||||||
Region: | Eyre Peninsula | ||||||||||||
State District: | Flinders | ||||||||||||
Federal Division: | Grey | ||||||||||||
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The District Council of Streaky Bay is a Local Government Area in South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula. The Council was established in 1887, at a time when there was a population 111 people.
Streaky Bay is the main population centre of about 1200 people serving an agricultural district based on farming wheat and other cereal crops, sheep, supplemented by fishing and tourism industries. The district covers an area of 6,251.1 square kilometres with a district population of 2010 in 2001, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
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[edit] Localities
As well as the districts focal town, Streaky Bay, the district covers a number of smaller towns including:
There are a number of other sparsely populated areas in the district include Calca, Capietha, Chandada, Courela, Cungena, EBA Anchorage, Emerald Rise, Fishermans Paradise,Inkster, Karcultaby, Mount Cooper, Perlubie, Piednippie, Smooth Pool, Witera, Yanerby and Yantanabie.
[edit] Elected Members
Mayor: Ian Gunn
CEO: John Rumbelow
- Angela Baldock
- Graham Pearce
- Karen Cotton
- Geoff Hull
- Trevor Kemp
- Gregor Schreiber
- John Wharff
Council meetings occur each month, with these meetings normally being held on the third Thursday of each month beginning at 9:30am
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