Copper Coast Council

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Copper Coast Council
South Australia
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Copper Coast Council shown within South Australia
Population15,050 (LGA 2021) [1]
Established6 February 1997 [2] :824
Area773 km2 (298.5 sq mi)
MayorRoslyn Talbot [3]
Council seat Kadina
Region Yorke and Mid North [4]
State electorate(s) Narungga [5]
Federal division(s) Grey [5]
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Website Copper Coast Council
LGAs around Copper Coast Council:
Spencer Gulf Barunga West Barunga West
Spencer Gulf Copper Coast Council Barunga West
Yorke Peninsula Council Yorke Peninsula Council Yorke Peninsula Council

The Copper Coast Council is a local government area in the Australian state of South Australia located at the northern end of the Yorke Peninsula. It was established in 1997 and its seat is in Kadina.

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Description

The Copper Coast Council is located at the northern end of Yorke Peninsula adjoining the coastline with Spencer Gulf between the settlement in Tickera in the north and the northern boundary of Nalyappa in the south. [5] The council seat is located at Kadina where its head office is located, while it maintains sub-offices at Moonta and Wallaroo. [6]

It covers an area of about 773 square kilometres (298 sq mi) of which 97.5% is used for agricultural purposes and with the remaining 2.5% (i.e. 19 square kilometres (7.3 sq mi)) being associated with three urban areas centred on the former government towns of Kadina, Moonta and Wallaroo. A fourth settlement, Paskeville, is located on the Copper Coast Highway in the east of the local government area. [7] [5] The area's population counted at the 2016 census was 12,949. [8]

History

The District Council of the Copper Coast was formed on 6 February 1997 through the amalgamation of the former District Council of Northern Yorke Peninsula and the Corporation of the Town of Wallaroo. [2] :826 In July 2017, the name was changed to the present designation. [9]

Geography

The council includes the towns and localities of Boors Plain, Cross Roads, Cunliffe, East Moonta, Hamley, Jericho, Jerusalem, Kadina, Kooroona, Matta Flat, Moonta, Moonta Bay, Moonta Mines, New Town, North Beach, North Moonta, North Yelta, Paramatta, Port Hughes, Thrington, Wallaroo, Wallaroo Mines, Wallaroo Plain, Warburto, Willamulka and Yelta, and parts of Paskeville and Tickera. [5]

Councillors

The Copper Coast Council has a directly elected mayor. [10] [7]

WardCouncillorNotes
Unsubdivided [3]  Roslyn TalbotMayor [3]
 David Woodforde
 Dean Rodda
 Tim Love
 Neil Sawley
 Peter Oswald
 Bruce Schmidt
 Margaret PopeDeputy Mayor
 Cathy Vluggen
 Brent Walker

Mayors

See also

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

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

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

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Jerusalem is a suburb of the town of Kadina on the Yorke Peninsula. It is located in the Copper Coast Council. The boundaries were formally gazetted in January, 1999, although the name had long been in use for the area.

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Wallaroo Mines is a suburb of the inland town of Kadina on the Yorke Peninsula in the Copper Coast Council area. It was named for the land division in which it was established in 1860, the Hundred of Wallaroo, as was the nearby coastal town of Wallaroo. The boundaries were formally gazetted in January 1999 for "the long established name".

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North Yelta is a rural locality in the Australian state of South Australia at the northern end of the Yorke Peninsula.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Corporate Town of Wallaroo</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hundred of Wallaroo</span> Cadastral in South Australia

The Hundred of Wallaroo is a cadastral unit of hundred located on the Copper Coast of South Australia. It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Daly. It was named in 1862 by Governor Dominick Daly after the indigenous term wadla warru presumed to mean wallaby urine.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hundred of Kadina</span> Cadastral in South Australia

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hundred of Kulpara</span> Cadastral in South Australia

The Hundred of Kulpara is a cadastral unit of hundred located on the northern Yorke Peninsula in South Australia and centred on the township of Kulpara. It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Daly and was proclaimed by Governor Dominick Daly on 12 June 1862.

References

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  2. 1 2 Kotz, D.C. (6 February 1997). "LLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1934 SECTIONS 7 AND 14: AMALGAMATION OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF NORTHERN YORKE PENINSULA AND THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF WALLAROO" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. South Australian government. pp. 825–826. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
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  4. "Yorke and Mid North SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
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  6. "Contact us". District Council of the Copper Coast. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
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  9. "Copper Coast Council renamed". Yorke Peninsula Country Times . 18 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017. The name change, which was recommended as part of council’s elector representation review, was gazetted by the state government on Tuesday, July 4.
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