Corporate Town of Davenport

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Corporate Town of Davenport
South Australia
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Corporate Town of Davenport
Coordinates 32°29′48″S137°46′09″E / 32.496744°S 137.769173°E / -32.496744; 137.769173 Coordinates: 32°29′48″S137°46′09″E / 32.496744°S 137.769173°E / -32.496744; 137.769173
Population1,128 (1923) [1]
Established1887
Abolished1932

The Corporate Town of Davenport was a local government area in South Australia that existed from 1887 to 1932 on land now located within the suburb of Port Augusta. [2] [3] [4]

Local government in the Australian state of South Australia describes the organisations and processes by which towns and districts can manage their own affairs to the extent permitted by section 64A of Constitution Act 1934 (SA).

South Australia State of Australia

South Australia is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of 983,482 square kilometres (379,725 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, and fifth largest by population. It has a total of 1.7 million people, and its population is the second most highly centralised in Australia, after Western Australia, with more than 77 percent of South Australians living in the capital, Adelaide, or its environs. Other population centres in the state are relatively small; Mount Gambier, the second largest centre, has a population of 28,684.

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A proposal to create a new local government area consisting of suburbs "annexed to the existing Corporation of Port Augusta" was discussed by residents interested in "the subject of local self-government" as recently as February 1887. On 1 March 1887, a meeting at the Pastoral Hotel agreed boundaries for a new corporation to be called Davenport which was to consist of three wards named First, Second and Third and signed a petition arguing for the creation of the new corporation. [4] The corporation was gazetted by the Government of South Australia on 25 August 1887. [3]

It was separate from the adjacent District Council of Davenport, which was renamed Woolundunga in 1893 to avoid confusion between the two. [5] [6]

In 1923, it had a reported population of 1,128, residing in 239 dwellings, with the municipality having a capital value of £126,600. [1] As recently as 1931, it operated from offices located in Stirling Road which is now located in the suburb of Port Augusta. [7] [2]

On 28 April 1932 it merged into the existing Corporate Town of Port Augusta, along with the Corporate Town of Port Augusta West and part of the District Council of Woolundunga. [8]

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