District Council of Snowtown South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 33°46′58″S 138°12′55″E / 33.7829°S 138.2152°E | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1888 | ||||||||||||||
Abolished | 1987 | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Snowtown | ||||||||||||||
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The District Council of Snowtown was a local government area in South Australia from 1888 to 1987.
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]
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]
The following adjacent local government bodies co-existed with the Snowtown council: