Boundaries of the Corporate Town of Wallaroo within the Hundred of Wallaroo at its establishment in 1874
Map of the Hundred of Wallaroo, 1895, showing the township on the northern coast

The Corporate Town of Wallaroo was a local government area in South Australia from 1874 to 1997, centred on the town of Wallaroo.[1][2]

History

The municipality was proclaimed on 25 June 1874, following a petition from local residents that February, although there been had earlier opposition to incorporation.[1][3][4] It consisted of five members at its creation, with two seats from each of a North Ward and South Ward and a separate position for the mayor.[1]

The first town hall had originally been the Wallaroo Institute, but had subsequently been taken over by the council for use as a town hall.[5] This became too small for community purposes, and a new town hall was built in 1902 at a cost of £3,050.[6] The building was completely destroyed by fire on 26 December 1917, involving substantial loss of municipal records.[7][4] It was immediately rebuilt, with the new hall reopening in February 1919.[8]

Prior to the collapse of the Wallaroo and Kadina Mining Company in 1923, the Wallaroo council bought power from the company rather than producing it themselves, leaving them temporarily stranded when the company went into liquidation that year.[9] In 1936, the municipality covered an area of approximately two and three quarter square miles, and had a population of 4,000. It was responsible for 29 miles of streets and roads and 800 acres of parklands, and had undergone an active tree planting program.[4] It ceased to exist in 1997, when it merged with the District Council of Northern Yorke Peninsula to form the District Council of the Copper Coast.[2]

Mayors

References

  1. ^ a b c d "CORPORATION OF WALLAROO". The Wallaroo Times And Mining Journal. Vol. X, no. 962. South Australia. 27 June 1874. p. 3. Retrieved 9 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ a b "District Council of the Copper Coast - Council Profile". Archived from the original on 2007-08-30. Retrieved 2007-05-30.
  3. ^ "TOWN OF PORT WALLAROO". Adelaide Observer. Vol. XXXI, no. 1688. South Australia. 7 February 1874. p. 5. Retrieved 9 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ a b c Hosking, P. (1936). The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. pp. 442–448.
  5. ^ "MEETING AT WALLAROO". The Kadina And Wallaroo Times. Vol. XXXVI, no. 3935. South Australia. 8 June 1901. p. 2. Retrieved 9 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ a b "WALLAROO NEW TOWN HALL". The Kadina And Wallaroo Times. Vol. XXXVII, no. 4011. South Australia. 29 March 1902. p. 2. Retrieved 9 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "DISASTROUS FIRE AT WALLAROO". The Kadina And Wallaroo Times. Vol. LII, no. 5475. South Australia. 29 December 1917. p. 2. Retrieved 9 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "WALLAROO'S TOWN HALL". The Register (Adelaide). Vol. LXXXIV, no. 22, 551. South Australia. 18 February 1919. p. 4. Retrieved 9 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ Bailey, Keith (1990). Copper City Chronicle: A History of Kadina. p. 188.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab "10.1 ADOPTION OF COUNCIL POLICY – NAMING OF PUBLIC STREETS, ROADS, ETC" (PDF). District Council of the Copper Coast. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 January 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  11. ^ "MUNICIPAL CORPORATION". The Kadina And Wallaroo Times. Vol. XXXIX, no. 4156. South Australia. 30 January 1904. p. 3. Retrieved 20 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ "MR. J. F. HERBERT". Daily Herald. Vol. 2, no. 551. South Australia. 9 December 1911. p. 12. Retrieved 9 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ^ "Kadina & Wallaroo Times". The Kadina And Wallaroo Times. Vol. XLVIII, no. 5530. South Australia. 3 December 1913. p. 2. Retrieved 9 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Matthews, Penny (1986), South Australia, the civic record, 1836–1986, Wakefield Press, ISBN 978-0-949268-82-2
  15. ^ "Twelve months as DCBW mayor". Yorke Peninsula Country Times. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2016.

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