District Council of Carrieton

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District Council of Carrieton
South Australia

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The former offices of the District Council of Carrieton, adjoining the Memorial Hall, in 2011
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District Council of Carrieton
Coordinates 32°26′S138°32′E / 32.433°S 138.533°E / -32.433; 138.533 Coordinates: 32°26′S138°32′E / 32.433°S 138.533°E / -32.433; 138.533
Established 1888
Abolished 1997
Council seat Carrieton
LGAs around District Council of Carrieton:
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Kanyaka
Wilmington/ Hammond 		District Council of Carrieton
Wilmington/ Hammond Orroroo Coglin
Peterborough

The District Council of Carrieton was a local government area in South Australia, centred on the town of Carrieton from 1888 until 1997.

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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History

The council was established on 5 January 1888 as the District Council of Eurelia under the provisions of the District Councils Act 1887 . The name of the municipality was changed to Carrieton on 31 May 1894, and was divided into six wards in 1896. [1]

The District Councils Act 1887 was an act of the Parliament of South Australia. It received assent on 9 December 1887, and its provisions came into effect when proclaimed by Governor William C. F. Robinson on 5 January 1888.

In 1923, the municipality covered 491,200 acres, 33 miles in length and 26 miles in breadth. It had consisted of the Hundreds of Bendleby, Eurelia, Eurilpa, McCulloch, O'Laddie, Uroonda, Yalpara and Yanyarrie since 1896, when two earlier additional hundreds (Minburra and Waroonce, together comprising the council's Minburra Ward) were severed. [2] In 1923, it included the towns of Belton, Carrieton, Eurelia and Johnburgh, with 107 of the municipality's 847 residents living in Carrieton. [3]

Belton, South Australia Town in South Australia

Belton is a rural locality in South Australia, located in the District Council of Orroroo Carrieton. It is traversed by the Carrieton-Barata Road, the Carrieton-Belton Road and the Weira Creek. The locality was established on 26 April 2013 in respect to “the long established local name.”

Johnburgh, South Australia Suburb of District Council of Orroroo Carrieton, South Australia

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Council chambers for the municipality were built in 1892 in Carrieton. On 10 August 1920, the council office, adjacent to the chambers, burnt down in a catastrophic fire, with the loss of all of the council's records to that date, and the death of the incumbent council clerk. The chambers were saved but the offices were completely gutted. A coronial inquest found that the clerk "came to his death...of his own act, but the evidence does not show whether such taking was accidental or incidental." [4] [1] [5]

The municipality ceased to exist in March 1997, when it merged with the adjacent District Council of Orroroo to create the District Council of Orroroo Carrieton. [6] [7]

District Council of Orroroo Local government area in South Australia

The District Council of Orroroo was a local government area in South Australia, centred on the town of Orroroo. It was gazetted on 5 January 1888 under the provisions of the District Councils Act 1887 and included all the land defined by the hundreds of Black Rock Plain, Coomooroo, Erskine, Pekina, and Walloway in the County of Dalhousie.

District Council of Orroroo Carrieton Local government area in South Australia

The District Council of Orroroo Carrieton is a local government area in the Yorke and Mid North region of South Australia. The principal towns are Orroroo and Carrieton; it also includes the localities of Belton, Black Rock, Coomooroo, Erskine, Eurelia, Johnburgh, Minburra, Pekina, Walloway, Yalpara and Yanyarrie, and part of Cradock, Hammond, Moockra, Morchard, Tarcowie and Yatina.

Chairmen of the District Council of Carrieton

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References

  1. 1 2 Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. p. 11. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE". South Australian Register . Adelaide. 19 June 1896. p. 7. Retrieved 1 February 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ The Civic record of South Australia, 1921-1923. Associated Publishing Service. 1924. p. 249.
  4. 1 2 Hosking, P. (1936). The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. pp. 513–516.
  5. ↑ "The Carrieton Tragedy". The Times and Northern Advertiser, Peterborough, South Australia . 20 August 1920. p. 1. Retrieved 1 February 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Orroroo Carrieton (S.A.). Council." National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "District Council of Orroroo Carrieton" . Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "THE SEED WHEAT QUESTION". The Advertiser . Adelaide. 8 September 1900. p. 8. Retrieved 1 February 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "CARRIETON". Quorn Mercury . Adelaide. 9 December 1905. p. 15. Retrieved 1 February 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  10. ↑ "KADINA MODEL PARLIAMENT". The Chronicle . Adelaide. 30 April 1910. p. 14. Retrieved 1 February 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  11. ↑ "CARRIETON". The Register . Adelaide. 3 August 1915. p. 10. Retrieved 1 February 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  12. ↑ "DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CARRIETON". Quorn Mercury . SA. 29 March 1918. p. 3. Retrieved 1 February 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  13. ↑ "CARRIETON". The Times and Northern Advertiser, Peterborough, South Australia . 1 August 1919. p. 2. Retrieved 1 February 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  14. ↑ "DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CARRIETON". The Times and Northern Advertiser, Peterborough, South Australia . 23 July 1920. p. 3. Retrieved 1 February 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  15. ↑ "CARRIETON DISTRICT COUNCIL". Quorn Mercury . SA. 10 September 1920. p. 3. Retrieved 1 February 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  16. ↑ "DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CARRIETON". The Times and Northern Advertiser, Peterborough, South Australia . 4 March 1921. p. 3. Retrieved 1 February 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  17. ↑ "DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CARRIETON". The Times and Northern Advertiser, Peterborough, South Australia . 31 March 1922. p. 5. Retrieved 1 February 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  18. ↑ "ORROROO AND DISTRICT". The Register . Adelaide. 16 November 1926. p. 7. Retrieved 1 February 2016– via National Library of Australia.
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Matthews, Penny (1986), South Australia, the civic record, 1836-1986, Wakefield Press, p. 149, ISBN   978-0-949268-82-2
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