District Council of Snowtown

The District Council of Snowtown was a local government area in South Australia from 1888 to 1987.

District Council of Snowtown
South Australia
District Council of Snowtown
Coordinates33°46′58″S 138°12′55″E
Established1888
Abolished1987
Council seatSnowtown
LGAs around District Council of Snowtown:
Broughton/Redhill (1888-1892)
Mundoora/Port Broughton (1892-1987)		 Broughton/Redhill (1888-1987) Georgetown (1888-1987)
Ninnes/Bute (1888-1987) District Council of Snowtown Hutt and Hill Rivers (1888-1935)
Blyth (1888-1987)
Ninnes/Bute (1888-1987)
Kulpara (1888-1932)		 Port Wakefield (1888-1983)
Wakefield Plains (1983-1987)		 Hall (1888-1935)
Balaklava (1888-1987)

History

The District Council of Snowtown was officially proclaimed on 5 January 1888 by the District Councils Act 1887 as constituting the Hundreds of Barunga and Boucaut.[1]

Map of District of Snowtown boundaries within the state's Mid North as at 1909

The council was headquartered at the new government town of Snowtown and six inaugural councillors were appointed by proclamation on 19 January 1888: Joseph Turner, William Henry Hall, David Edward Paterson, Joseph Harris, Daniel Painter, and John Shepherd, junior.[2]

In 1889 and 1890 the council expanded south, gaining the Hundred of Everard from the District Council of Blyth on 26 September 1889[3] and the Hundred of Cameron from the District Council of Port Wakefield on 6 February 1890.[4]

On 8 April 1909 the council expanded slightly east to gain the south west portion of the Hundred of Hart (land west of the Gladstone-Brinkworth rail line) from the District Council of Hutt and Hill Rivers.[5][6]

On 8 December 1987, the council was amalgamated with the District Council of Blyth to form the new District Council of Blyth-Snowtown.[7]

Neighbouring local government

The following adjacent local government bodies co-existed with the Snowtown council:

References
  1. "The District Councils Act 1887 No. 419". Flinders University. p. 90. Retrieved 28 June 2017. DISTRICT OF SNOWTOWN.—Comprising the Hundreds of Barunga and Boucaut.
  2. "Proclamations—Districts Councils Act of 1887—Districts, councillors, and auditors appointed under" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette (3 ed.). 1888: 104. 19 January 1888. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. "Proclamations—Snowtown, District—Boundaries enlarged" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette (44 ed.). Government of South Australia. 1889: 1351. 26 September 1889. Retrieved 26 June 2017. [...] the whole of the hundred of Everard heretofore forming the North Everard ward and the South Everard ward of the district of Blyth shall be severed from the said district of Blyth and annexed to the district of Snowtown [...]
  4. "Proclamations—Snowtown, district—Boundaries enlarged" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette (7 ed.). Government of South Australia. 1890: 402. 6 February 1890. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  5. Marsden, Susan (2012). "LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA: A HISTORY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COUNCILS to 1936" (PDF). p. 49. Retrieved 28 June 2017. Hutt and Hill Rivers (DC) [...] On 8 April 1909, 16 square miles were severed and added to DC of Snowtown.
  6. "PORTIONS OF THE DISTRICT OF HUTT AND HILL RIVERS ANNEXED TO THE DISTRICT OF SNOWTOWN" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette (19 ed.). 1909: 648. 8 April 1909. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  7. "LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1934: SECTION 7: AMALGAMATION OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF BLYTH AND THE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF SNOWTOWN" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette (38 ed.). 1987: 57. 9 July 1987. Retrieved 28 June 2017. [...] the District Council of Blyth and the District Council of Snowtown ("the existing councils") will be amalgamated to [...] the amalgamation will take effect on 8 December, 1987. [...]
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