District Council of Dublin

The District Council of Dublin was a local government area in South Australia from 1873 to 1935, seated at Dublin.

District Council of Dublin
South Australia
Dublin Institute, built 1884
District Council of Dublin is located in South Australia
District Council of Dublin
District Council of Dublin
Coordinates34°27′07″S 138°20′54″E / 34.4520°S 138.3482°E / -34.4520; 138.3482
Established1873
Abolished1935
Council seatDublin
LGAs around District Council of Dublin:
Port Wakefield Balaklava Dakley
District Council of Dublin Grace
Port Gawler Port Gawler

History

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The council was proclaimed on 27 November 1873.[1][2] Its jurisdiction consisted of the whole Hundred of Dublin as well as that portion of the Hundred of Port Gawler north of the River Light. The inaugural councillors in 1873 were proclaimed as Noble Johnson, Weatherall Lindsay, William Wilson, John Lines, Richard J Loveday, and George Arnold.[1][2]

On 1 May 1935, it was amalgamated with the district councils of Port Gawler (to the south) and Grace (to the east) to create the District Council of Light. The new district council was subsequently renamed as the District Council of Mallala in 1937 and again as the Adelaide Plains Council in 2016.[3][4][5][6]

Chairmen

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The following persons were elected to serve as chairman of the district council for the following terms:[7]

  • Not known 1873-75
  • R.J. Loveday 1875-76
  • N. J. W. Lindsay 1876-77
  • J. Porter 1877-80
  • W. Simmons 1880-82
  • N. J. W. Lindsay 1882-84
  • H. White 184-87
  • F. Diment 1887-88
  • W. Chapman 1888-90
  • W.H. Baker 1890-92
  • G.M. Johnson 1892-94
  • W.H. Baker 1894-98
  • D. Parker 1898-99
  • W.H. Baker 1899-1907

References

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  1. ^ a b "PROCLAMATION. District of Dublin" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. 1873 (52 ed.). Government of South Australia: 2011. 27 November 1873. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b Marsden, Susan (2012), A history of South Australian Councils to 1936 (PDF), Local Government Association of South Australia, p. 43
  3. ^ "ALTERATION OF BOUNDARIES". The Chronicle. Vol. LXXVII, no. 40, 182. South Australia. 7 February 1935. p. 47. Retrieved 3 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ Hosking, P. (1936), The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936, Universal Publicity Company, pp. 650–651, retrieved 16 November 2015
  5. ^ Matthews, Penny (1986), South Australia, the civic record, 1836-1986, Wakefield Press, pp. 305–306, ISBN 978-0-949268-82-2
  6. ^ "DISTRICT COUNCIL OF MALLALA, Council Name Change" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia: 3874. 24 September 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  7. ^ Two Wells, Mallala and District History Book Committee (1985), Life around the Light : a history of the Mallala District Council area, Community Development Board of the Council District of Mallala, p. 47, ISBN 978-0-9588959-0-3