City of Glenelg

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City of Glenelg
South Australia
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Glenelg town centre, from the jetty, circa 1883
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City of Glenelg
Coordinates 34°58′55″S138°30′58″E / 34.982°S 138.516°E / -34.982; 138.516 Coordinates: 34°58′55″S138°30′58″E / 34.982°S 138.516°E / -34.982; 138.516
Population9,816 (1930) [1]
 • Density2,890/km2 (7,480/sq mi)
Established1855
Abolished1997
Area3.4 km2 (1.3 sq mi)(1930) [1]
Council seat Glenelg
LGAs around City of Glenelg:
Henley and Grange West Torrens
City of Glenelg Marion
Brighton Marion

The City of Glenelg was a local government area in South Australia seated at the Adelaide sea-side township of Glenelg from 1855 until 1997.

Local government in Australia

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South Australia State of Australia

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History

The Corporate Town of Glenelg was proclaimed on 23 August 1855 by severance from the District Council of West Torrens and District Council of Brighton. [2] [3] When first proclaimed, the corporate town extended over sections 184, 204 and 205 of the Hundred of Noarlunga. At the time, section 204 was already bisected west to east by the "main road leading from Adelaide to Glenelg", which ultimately was called Anzac Highway. The initial town boundaries extended from approximately the modern Kibby Avenue and Margaret Street (Glenelg North), in the north, to the modern Boundary Road and Yarrum Grove (Somerton Park), in the south. [2]

Hundred of Noarlunga Cadastral in South Australia

The Hundred of Noarlunga is a cadastral unit of hundred in South Australia covering the far south-western Adelaide metropolitan area south and west of the Sturt River and north and west of the Onkaparinga River. It is one of the eleven hundreds of the County of Adelaide stretching from Glenelg in the northwest to Port Noarlunga in the southwest; and spanning inland between the Sturt and Onkaparinga to Bridgewater in the Adelaide foothills. It was named in 1846 by Governor Frederick Robe, Noarlunga being likely derived from 'nurlongga', an indigenous word referring to the curvature in the Onkaparinga River at Old Noarlunga, dubbed Horseshoe Bend by European settlers.

Anzac Highway, Adelaide highway in Adelaide

The Anzac Highway is an 8.7-kilometre-long (5.4 mi) main arterial road heading southwest from the city of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, to the beachside suburb of Glenelg.

Glenelg North, South Australia Suburb of Adelaide, South Australia

Glenelg North is a seaside suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in both the City of Holdfast Bay and the City of West Torrens.

Five years later, the Corporate Town of Brighton was proclaimed immediately to the south of Glenelg council.

In the half century from 1900 the Glenelg council was enlarged by four separate annexations of portions of the District Council of West Torrens, its north eastern neighbour.

The municipality of Glenelg ultimately became the City of Glenelg when it crossed the required population threshold in the early 1900s.

Glenelg and its southern coastal neighbour, the City of Brighton, were amalgamated in 1997 to become the City of Holdfast Bay, which retained the two civic centres at Glenelg and Brighton.

City of Holdfast Bay Local government area in South Australia

The City of Holdfast Bay is a local government area in the south-western coastal suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia.

Brighton, South Australia Suburb of Adelaide, South Australia

Brighton is a coastal suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, situated between Seacliff and Glenelg and aside Holdfast Bay. Some notable features of the area are the Brighton-Seacliff Yacht Club, the Brighton Surf Lifesaving Club, the Brighton Jetty, and a beach. The Windsor Theatre constructed in 1925 is a long-standing institution, showing cinema to the locals usually two films per night.

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References

  1. 1 2 The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. 1936. pp. 126–127.
  2. 1 2 "Proclamation" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette (40 ed.). 1855: 637. 23 August 1855. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  3. ↑ Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. p. 13. Retrieved 30 May 2016.


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