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District Council of Woolundunga South Australia
District Council of Woolundunga
Coordinates	32°31′06″S 137°50′18″E / 32.5182°S 137.8384°E / -32.5182; 137.8384
Established	1888
Abolished	1933
Council seat	Stirling North
LGAs around District Council of Woolundunga: Davenport Quorn Kanyaka Kanyaka Port Augusta District Council of Woolundunga Wilmington/Hammond Port Augusta Port Germein Wilmington/Hammond Port Germein

The District Council of Woolundunga was a local government area in South Australia from 1888 until 1933.

History

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. The principal township was Stirling North. The council constructed purpose-built chambers at Stirling North in 1894, and operated out of them for the remainder of their existence.

At its creation, the council area was more than 1,000 km (400 sq mi), including all the formerly unincorporated parts of the County of Newcastle west of the Dutchmans Range and Middle Range ridge line (Kanyaka council west border) as well as the Hundred of Winninowie and parts of the hundreds of Davenport and Woolundunga remaining unincorporated in the County of Frome. By 1923, the council 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. It was reported to have retained a similar population in 1936. 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.

Chairmen

• W. G. Pryor (1911–1916)
• W. Drennan (1916–1918)
• F. H. Lehmann (1918–1921)
• J. H. Prosser (1921–1922)
• F. H. Lehmann (1922–1923)

References

1. ^ "The District Councils Act (No 419 of 50 and 51 Vic, 1887)". Government of South Australia. 5 January 1888. p. 91. Retrieved 23 January 2019 – via AustLII. District of Davenport.—Comprising the Hundreds of Crozier and Winninowie; that portion of the Hundred of Davenport not included in the Corporate Towns of Port Augusta and Davenport; that portion of the Hundred of Woolundunga west of the District of Wilmington; those portions of the Hundreds of Pichi Richi, Yarrah, and Wyacca west of the District of Kanyaka; and that portion of the County of Newcastle not included in any hundred.
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.
3. "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.
4. ^ Hosking, P. (1936). The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. p. 955.
5. "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.
6. "PORT AUGUSTA". Adelaide Observer. SA. 10 March 1894. p. 11. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
7. The Civic record of South Australia, 1921-1923. Associated Publishing Service. 1924. p. 223.
8. "Local Government Areas Re-arrangement". Transcontinental. Port Augusta, SA. 2 September 1932. p. 1. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
9. "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.
10. "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.
11. "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.
12. "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.
13. "Woolundunga District Council". Transcontinental. Port Augusta, SA. 15 December 1916. p. 2. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
14. "Woolundunga District Council". Transcontinental. Port Augusta, SA. 16 March 1917. p. 5. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
15. "District Council of Woolundunga". Transcontinental. Port Augusta, SA. 19 July 1918. p. 4. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
16. "DISTRICT COUNCIL NOMINATIONS". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 19 June 1917. p. 9. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
17. "District Council of Woolundunga". Transcontinental. Port Augusta, SA. 10 June 1921. p. 3. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
18. "District Council of Woolundunga". Transcontinental. Port Augusta, SA. 17 December 1920. p. 3. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
19. "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.
20. "District Council of Woolundunga". Transcontinental. Port Augusta, SA. 20 January 1922. p. 3. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
21. "District Council of Woolundunga". Transcontinental. Port Augusta, SA. 8 September 1922. p. 3. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
22. "District Council of Woolundunga". Transcontinental. Port Augusta, SA. 18 May 1923. p. 4. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

• Populated places established in 1888
• 1888 establishments in Australia
• Former local government areas of South Australia
• 1933 disestablishments in Australia