Corporate Town of Port Augusta West

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Corporate Town of Port Augusta West
South Australia
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Corporate Town of Port Augusta West
Coordinates 32°29′03″S137°45′30″E / 32.484255°S 137.758361°E / -32.484255; 137.758361 Coordinates: 32°29′03″S137°45′30″E / 32.484255°S 137.758361°E / -32.484255; 137.758361
Population384 (1921) [1]
 • Density45.2/km2 (117.0/sq mi)
Established1887 [2]
Abolished1932 [3]
Area8.5 km2 (3.3 sq mi) [1]


The Corporate Town of Port Augusta West was a local government area in South Australia centred on the suburb of Port Augusta West. It was gazetted on 6 October 1887. [2] They met in council chambers in Loudon Road, which ceased to be used by its successor council upon its amalgamation, but remained in use by the community until their demolition in the 1940s, at which time the building was described as "definitely unsafe". [4] [5] [6] It was not uncommon for positions to be elected unopposed or without any nominations at all; in the election of November 1903, no one nominated for either mayor or councillor. [7]

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In 1923, the council controlled an area of 2,100 acres (8.5 km2), with a capital value of £59,710. It had a population of 384 at the 1921 census, residing in 90 dwellings. [1] On 28 April 1932, along with the Corporate Town of Davenport and part of the District Council of Woolundunga, it merged into the existing Corporate Town of Port Augusta, predecessor of the current City of Port Augusta. [3] Its second-last mayor, James Beerworth, would go on to serve as the first mayor of the amalgamated council, and subsequently serve in both houses of the Parliament of South Australia. [8]

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  1. 1 2 3 The Civic record of South Australia, 1921-1923. Associated Publishing Service. 1924. p. 223.
  2. 1 2 Ramsay, J.G. (6 October 1887). "Corporation of Port Augusta West" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. pp. 731–732. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  3. 1 2 Whitford, S.R. (28 April 1932). "LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS (RE-ARRANGEMENT) ACTS, 1929 AND 1931.—AREAS UNITED" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 745. Retrieved 29 March 2019. Unite the areas comprising the Municipalities of Port Augusta, Port Augusta West, and Davenport, and that portion of the District Council District of Woolundunga defined in the First Schedule
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