District Council of Woolundunga

The District Council of Woolundunga was a local government area in South Australia. It was created on 5 January 1888 as the District Council of Davenport under the provisions of the District Councils Act 1887, but was renamed Woolundunga on 8 June 1893 to avoid confusion with the adjacent Corporate Town of Davenport, a separate municipality.[1][2] The principal township was Stirling North.[3] The council constructed purpose-built chambers at Stirling North in 1894, and operated out of them for the remainder of their existence.[4][5][4]

It controlled an area of approximately 212,000 acres in 1923, with 32 miles of main roads. It had an estimated 472 persons in 200 dwellings, with the capital value of ratable property in that year being £142,280. In the ten years prior, the area had transitioned "almost entirely" from wheat to sheep farming.[6] It was reported to have retained a similar population in 1936.[3] On 28 April 1932, part of Woolundunga, along with the Corporate Town of Davenport and the Corporate Town of Port Augusta West, merged into the existing Corporate Town of Port Augusta. Most of the remaining sections of the municipality merged with the District Council of Hammond and part of the District Council of Port Germein as the recreated District Council of Wilmington on 16 February 1933; a section of Woolundunga was also merged into the District Council of Kanyaka as its Mundallio Ward.[1][7]

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References

  1. 1 2 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. ↑ "The Government Policy.". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle. SA. 30 June 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. 1 2 Hosking, P. (1936). The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. p. 955.
  4. 1 2 "The Agricultural Outlook.". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle. SA. 23 February 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "PORT AUGUSTA.". Adelaide Observer. SA. 10 March 1894. p. 11. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ The Civic record of South Australia, 1921-1923. Associated Publishing Service. 1924. p. 223.
  7. ↑ "Local Government Areas Re-arrangement.". Transcontinental. Port Augusta, SA. 2 September 1932. p. 1. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "District Council of Woolundunga.". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle. SA. 14 July 1911. p. 4. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "Woolundunga District Council.". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle. SA. 13 February 1914. p. 4. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ↑ "Ratepayers' Meeting.". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle. SA. 27 August 1915. p. 4. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ↑ "WOOLUNDUNGA COUNCIL.". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle. SA. 7 April 1916. p. 2. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ↑ "Woolundunga District Council.". Transcontinental. Port Augusta, SA. 15 December 1916. p. 2. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ↑ "Woolundunga District Council.". Transcontinental. Port Augusta, SA. 16 March 1917. p. 5. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ↑ "District Council of Woolundunga.". Transcontinental. Port Augusta, SA. 19 July 1918. p. 4. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. ↑ "DISTRICT COUNCIL NOMINATIONS.". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 19 June 1917. p. 9. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. ↑ "District Council of Woolundunga.". Transcontinental. Port Augusta, SA. 10 June 1921. p. 3. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  17. ↑ "District Council of Woolundunga.". Transcontinental. Port Augusta, SA. 17 December 1920. p. 3. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  18. ↑ "District Council of Woolundunga.". Transcontinental. Port Augusta, SA. 19 August 1921. p. 1 Supplement: SUPPLEMENT TO THE TRANSCONTINENTAL. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  19. ↑ "District Council of Woolundunga.". Transcontinental. Port Augusta, SA. 20 January 1922. p. 3. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  20. ↑ "District Council of Woolundunga.". Transcontinental. Port Augusta, SA. 8 September 1922. p. 3. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  21. ↑ "District Council of Woolundunga.". Transcontinental. Port Augusta, SA. 18 May 1923. p. 4. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

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

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