| City of Woodville South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 The Woodville council chambers were housed in the southern portion of the Woodville Town Hall complex from 1903 to 1993. | |||||||||||||||
  City of Woodville | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°52′44″S138°32′16″E / 34.8788°S 138.5379°E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1875 | ||||||||||||||
| Abolished | 1993 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 39.5 km2 (15.25 sq mi) [1] (1930) | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Woodville | ||||||||||||||
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The City of Woodville was a local government area in South Australia from 1875 to 1993, seated at the inner north west Adelaide suburb of Woodville.
The District Council of Hindmarsh, covering the north west suburbs of Adelaide, had been established since 1853, providing local government to land that was to be Woodville council. [2] In 1874 the most populous parts of the district council successfully lobbied to secede and formed the Town of Hindmarsh adjacent to the Adelaide parklands. The remainder, still called District Council of Hindmarsh, formed the boundaries of what would one day be the City of Woodville.
Late in the following year on 30 December 1875, at the request of ratepayers in order to distinguish itself from the newer corporate town, the name was changed to District Council of Woodville by state government proclamation. [3] [4]
The council offices relocated from Port Road to the present-day City of Charles Sturt civic centre on Woodville Road at Woodville in 1903. [5]
As part of the District Councils Act 1887 consolidation of local government in the state, the rump of the District Council of Glanville was amalgamated into Woodville council as the Davenport ward in 1888. This closely following the creation of the Town of Semaphore which removed a significantly-populated portion of Glanville. This now meant that the Woodville council's western boundary was the coastline from the Torrens to Fort Glanville.
In December 1915, the seaside communities of Henley Beach and Grange seceded from Woodville council to form the Municipality of Henley and Grange. [6]
The Woodville and Hindmarsh councils were reunited in 1993 as the City of Hindmarsh Woodville. Four years later, Henley and Grange council was also reunited to form the present-day City of Charles Sturt, in 1997.
The following adjacent local government bodies co-existed with the Hindmarsh council:
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Woodville is a suburb of Adelaide, situated about 8 km (5 mi) north-west of the Adelaide city centre. It lies within the City of Charles Sturt. The postcode of Woodville is 5011. Woodville is bound by Cheltenham Parade to the west, Torrens Road to the north, Port Road to the south and Park Street to the east, excluding the area of Cheltenham Park Racecourse. The population was 2,180 at the 2021 Australian census.
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In 1903, the Council offices relocated from Port Road to a new building on Woodville Road. This building now comprises part of the town hall complex.