District Council of Wilmington

The District Council of Wilmington was a local government area in South Australia, centred on the town of Wilmington. It was gazetted on 5 January 1888 under the provisions of the District Councils Act 1887. It was renamed the District Council of Hammond on 25 May 1893, but resumed the Wilmington name on 16 February 1933, when it merged with the District Council of Woolundunga and a section of the District Council of Port Germein.[1] In 1936, it was described as a farming and grazing district, with the part that had been known as Hammond having "not progressed to any great extent" "owing to the long dry spells common to districts in the far north".[2] In 1980, Wilmington merged with the District Council of Port Germein to form the District Council of Mount Remarkable.[3]

Chairmen

References

  1. ↑ Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. p. 11. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  2. ↑ Hosking, P. (1936). The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. p. 955.
  3. ↑ "Annual Report 2004/2005" (PDF). District Council of Mount Remarkable. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "MR. E. N. TWOPENY.". Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 3 March 1932. p. 49. Retrieved 13 November 2015.

Coordinates: 32°31′06″S 137°50′18″E / 32.5182°S 137.8384°E / -32.5182; 137.8384

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