City of Munno Para
The City of Munno Para (earlier called District Council of Munno Para East and District Council of Munno Para) was a local government area of South Australia in seated at the township of Smithfield from 1853 to 1997.
Early years
The District Council of Munno Para East was established in 1853 to govern the eastern half of the cadastral Hundred of Munno Para.[1][2] The District Council of Munno Para West was established the following year to bring local government to the western half of the hundred. The combined area was bounded on the south by the Little Para River (which derives its name from the aboriginal term pari meaning "stream of flowing water") and on the north by the Gawler River and was also known as the northern Para Plains. In 1899 a part of the council of Munno Para West was severed to be the District Council of Gawler South and later merged with the Corporate Town of Gawler in 1933.[2] In 1933, the council of Munno Para West was abolished, with part going to the Town of Gawler, part to the new District Council of Salisbury and the remainder merging with the expanded Munno Para East council.[2]
1950s to 1997
Prior to the 1950s, most of the area surrounding the township of Smithfield was farming estates. In the post-war boom the Adelaide satellite city of Elizabeth was established about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of the Munno Para township, boosting the population and urbanising the latter.[1]
In 1988, the District Council of Munno Para was renamed to City of Munno Para.
In 1997 the City of Munno Para merged with the City of Elizabeth to form the new City of Playford.[1]
See also
- Hundred of Munno Para
- Munno Para, South Australia
- Munno Para railway station
- Munno Para Downs, South Australia
- Munno Para West, South Australia
Notes
- 1 2 3 "History of Playford". City of Playford. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- 1 2 3 Marsden, Susan (2012). "LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA: A HISTORY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COUNCILS to 1936" (PDF). Retrieved 23 February 2016.