Corporate Town of Gladstone
The Corporate Town of Gladstone was a local government area in South Australia, centred on the town of Gladstone. It was proclaimed on 8 March 1883, separating the township from the surrounding District Council of Gladstone. It was divided into three wards at its inception (North, East and West), each represented by two councillors.[1] In 1923, it covered an area of 2,243 acres, with a capital value of £137,740.[2] In 1924, it transferred ownership of the Town Hall and the Soldiers' Memorial to the Gladstone Institute.[3] It ceased to exist on 15 May 1933 when it merged back into the District Council.[4] It was expressed at the time that there was local regret at the loss of the distinct town council, but that a decline in rates and reductions in state government expenditure had made it a necessity.[5]
Mayors
- Oliver Horner (1883–1884) [6]
- J. J. Bonnar (1884–1885) [6]
- C. W. Hamilton (1885–1886) [6]
- B. J. Knight (1886–1889) [6]
- R. McDougall (1889–1891) [6]
- A. C. Catt (1891–1895) [6]
- H. Crabb (1895–1896) [6]
- D. Coe (1896–1897) [6]
- W. Hancock (1897–1902) [6]
- J. R. Creber (1902–1904) [6]
- C. Budge (1904–1905) [6]
- P. R. Lee (1905) [6]
- W. Odgers (1906–1909) [6]
- C. H. Chancellor (1909–1910) [6]
- J. H. Sargent (1910–1912) [6]
- J. A. Gallasch (1912–1913) [6]
- J. Eley (1913–1914) [6]
- Walter Langdon Parsons (1914–1916) [6]
- F. C. Grubb (1916–1917) [6]
- E. A. Gale (1917–1920) [6]
- R. E. Lines (1920–1921) [6]
- E. A. Gale (1921–1923) [6]
- W. Odgers (1923–1924) [6]
- C. O. Bennett (1924–1927) [6]
- H. T. Harslett (1927–1929) [6]
- J. W. MacNamee (1929–1932) [6]
- F. C. Grubb (1932–1933) [6][7]
References
- ↑ "Thursday, March 8, 1883" (PDF). The Government Gazette of South Australia. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ↑ The Civic record of South Australia, 1921-1923. Associated Publishing Service. 1924. p. 303.
- ↑ "GLADSTONE.". Recorder (7,822). South Australia. 3 March 1924. p. 4. Retrieved 9 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. p. 41. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ↑ "CHANGE-OVER AT GLADSTONE". The News. XX, (3,066). South Australia. 17 May 1933. p. 6. Retrieved 9 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Hosking, P. (1936). The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. p. 596.
- ↑ "GLADSTONE CORPORATION". The Areas' Express. LVII, (3588). South Australia. 10 March 1933. p. 2. Retrieved 9 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
Coordinates: 33°16′0″S 138°21′0″E / 33.26667°S 138.35000°E