City of Port Lincoln

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City of Port Lincoln
South Australia
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Port Lincoln Civic Hall
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Location of the City of Port Lincoln LGA
Coordinates 34°43′13″S135°51′29″E / 34.7203°S 135.858°E / -34.7203; 135.858
Population14,404 (LGA 2021) [1]
 • Density435.30/km2 (1,127.4/sq mi)
Established1880
Area30.4 km2 (11.7 sq mi)
MayorDiana Mislov [2]
Council seat Port Lincoln
Region Eyre Western [3]
State electorate(s) Flinders [4]
Federal division(s) Grey [4]
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Website City of Port Lincoln
LGAs around City of Port Lincoln:
District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula
City of Port Lincoln

The City of Port Lincoln is a local government area located on the southern tip of the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. It consists of one suburb - Port Lincoln. [5] It is surrounded on land by the District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula, which also has offices in Port Lincoln. [6] [7]

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History

The area was discovered and mapped by Matthew Flinders in 1802, who named the body of water Port Lincoln after his home county of Lincolnshire in England. [8]

The first white settlers in the area arrived in 1839, travelling from Port Adelaide on the Abeona. The settlement at Port Lincoln grew from 150 in the immediate aftermath of their arrival to 270 by 1840, and on 29 June 1839, Port Lincoln was designated as an official port for trade. [9] The town experienced strong development, and by 1936 was regarded as "the principal seaport town of the Eyre Peninsula, as well as being a "favourite holiday resort" with sea connections from Port Adelaide. [10]

The district first gained local government in 1880, when the District Council of Lincoln was created for the Port Lincoln area, holding its first meeting in the Pier Hotel in July. [11] It was variously referred to in period newspapers as either the "Port Lincoln" or "Lincoln" council, but the landmark District Councils Act 1887 , which undertook a major reorganisation of South Australian local government, referred to it as the District Council of Lincoln. [12]

The City of Port Lincoln municipality was created when the town of Port Lincoln incorporated and seceded from the district council in 1921, becoming the Corporate Town of Port Lincoln. It gained its present name when it was granted city status on 21 January 1971. [10] [13] The former District Council of Lincoln was renamed the District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula in 1988, and continues to serve the rural areas surrounding Port Lincoln.

Localities

The boundaries of the City of Port Lincoln are almost contiguous with the town of Port Lincoln itself; a small portion of western Port Lincoln falls into the District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula, while a very small section of adjacent Boston falls within the Port Lincoln municipality. [6]

Elected Members

WardCouncillorNotes
Mayor [2]  Diana Mislov [14]
Unsubdivided [2]  Andrea Broadfoot [15]
 Dylan Cowley [16]
 Karen Hollamby [17]
 Peter Linn [18]
 Lillian Poynter [19]
 Shania Richards [20]
 Jack Ritchie [21] Deputy Mayor 2022-Present
 Robyn Rowsell [22]
 Valerie Staunton [23]

The City of Port Lincoln has a directly-elected mayor. [24]

Mayors of Port Lincoln

Related Research Articles

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Port Lincoln is a city on the Lower Eyre Peninsula in the Australian state of South Australia. It is situated on the shore of Boston Bay, which opens eastward into Spencer Gulf. It is the largest city in the West Coast region, and is located approximately 280 km as the crow flies from the State's capital city of Adelaide. In June 2019 Port Lincoln had an estimated population of 16,418, having grown at an average annual rate of 0.55% year-on-year over the preceding five years. The city is reputed to have the most millionaires per capita in Australia, as well as claiming to be Australia's "Seafood Capital".

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cummins, South Australia</span> Town in South Australia

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References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Port Lincoln (Local Government Area)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 3 "Current Elected Members". City of Port Lincoln. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Eyre Western SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  4. 1 2 "2014 Suburbs, Districts, and Postcodes List". South Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Search result(s) for Port Lincoln LOCB (Record No.SA0040601) with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Local Government Areas", "Counties" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Location SA Map Viewer". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Contact Us". District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  8. ↑ Flinders, Matthew (1814). "A Voyage To Terra Australias". G. and W. Nichol. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "Port Lincoln Celebrates its Centenary". The Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954) . Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 11 March 1939. p. 16. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hosking, P. (1936). The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. pp. 370, 654.
  11. ↑ "COUNTRY TELEGRAMS". The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) . Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 9 July 1880. p. 6. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  12. ↑ "District Councils Act 1887". Flinders University. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  13. ↑ "Council History". City of Port Lincoln. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  14. ↑ "Council Member Profile- Mislov, Diana". City of Port Lincoln. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  15. ↑ "Council Member Profile- Broadfoot, Andrea". City of Port Lincoln. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  16. ↑ "Council Member Profile- Cowley, Dylan". City of Port Lincoln. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  17. ↑ "Council Member Profile- Hollamby, Karen". City of Port Lincoln. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  18. ↑ "Council Member Profile- Linn, Peter". City of Port Lincoln. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  19. ↑ "Council Member Profile- Poynter, Lillian". City of Port Lincoln. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  20. ↑ "Council Member Profile- Richards, Shania". City of Port Lincoln. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  21. ↑ "Council Member Profile- Ritchie, Jack". City of Port Lincoln. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  22. ↑ "Council Member Profile- Rowsell, Robyn". City of Port Lincoln. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  23. ↑ "Council Member Profile- Staunton, Valerie". City of Port Lincoln. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  24. ↑ "Election Results 2014" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2007. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  25. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "Elected Members of Council As at November 2022" (PDF). City of Port Lincoln. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
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