Corporate Town of Laura

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The Corporate Town of Laura was a local government area in South Australia, centred on the town of Laura. It was proclaimed on 22 June 1882, separating the township of Laura itself from the surrounding District Council of Booyoolie. [1] [2] It held its first meeting at the Laura Hotel on 24 June. One of their first acts was to undertake a program of plantings in streets and local parks. [3] [4] The council acquired the Laura Institute in 1887; from then onwards, the building served as the Laura Town Hall. [5] [6] The former council chambers was subsequently let as a dwelling and then to the R.S.S.I.L.A. [7] [8] In 1910, the council's responsibilities included maintenance of roads, kerbing and paving, sanitary inspection, street lighting, maintenance of the town hall and sports oval pavilion and local parklands. [9] It ceased to exist on 30 April 1932, when it amalgamated with the Booyoolie council to form the new District Council of Laura. [1] [10]

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  2. ↑ "THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE". South Australian Register . XLVII (11, 110). 23 June 1882. p. 7. Retrieved 8 April 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Laura's Jubilee". Laura Standard and Crystal Brook Courier . XLI (2157). South Australia. 11 March 1932. p. 5. Retrieved 8 April 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Laura's Local Government Activities". Laura Standard and Crystal Brook Courier . XLI (2165). South Australia. 13 May 1932. p. 1. Retrieved 8 April 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "LAURA CORPORATION LOAN". The Areas' Express . XI (1, 066). South Australia. 26 August 1887. p. 4. Retrieved 8 April 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "The Holiday in the Country". The Express and Telegraph . XXIV (7, 170). South Australia. 10 November 1887. p. 5. Retrieved 8 April 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "Laura Corporation". The Laura Standard . II (85). South Australia. 21 November 1890. p. 3. Retrieved 8 April 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "LAURA DISTRICT COUNCIL". Laura Standard and Crystal Brook Courier . XLV (2620). South Australia. 19 June 1936. p. 96. Retrieved 8 April 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "LAURA CORPORATION". The Laura Standard . XXI (1, 086). South Australia. 2 December 1910. p. 3. Retrieved 8 April 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  10. ↑ "LAURA TOWN COUNCIL CEASES TO EXIST". The Chronicle . LXXIV (3, 936). South Australia. 12 May 1932. p. 44. Retrieved 8 April 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  11. ↑ "LAURA". The Areas' Express . XVI (1, 323). South Australia. 25 November 1892. p. 3. Retrieved 8 April 2016– via National Library of Australia.
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  15. ↑ "Advertising". The Laura Standard . XV (782). South Australia. 12 February 1904. p. 2. Retrieved 5 June 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  16. ↑ "THE A.R.C. KING'S ACCESSION MEETING. THE NOMINATIONS". The Register . LXIX (17, 835). South Australia. 12 January 1904. p. 7. Retrieved 5 June 2016– via National Library of Australia.

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