District Council of Hawker

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District Council of Hawker
South Australia
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District Council of Hawker
Coordinates 31°53′26″S138°25′23″E / 31.890640°S 138.423187°E / -31.890640; 138.423187 Coordinates: 31°53′26″S138°25′23″E / 31.890640°S 138.423187°E / -31.890640; 138.423187
Established 1888
Abolished 1997
Council seat Hawker
LGAs around District Council of Hawker:
District Council of Hawker
Davenport/ Woolundunga Kanyaka
Kanyaka-Quorn 		Eurelia/ Carrieton

The District Council of Hawker was a local government area in South Australia from 1888 to 1997, centred on the town of Hawker. At its creation it was the northernmost local government area in the state.

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.

Hawker, South Australia Suburb of Flinders Ranges Council, South Australia

Hawker is a town and a locality in the Flinders Ranges area of South Australia, 365 kilometres (227 mi) north of Adelaide. It is in the Flinders Ranges Council, the state Electoral district of Stuart and the federal Division of Grey. At the 2016 census, the locality had a population of 341 of which 237 lived in its town centre.

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History

It was established on 5 January 1888 under the provisions of the District Councils Act 1887 . It comprised the hundreds of Arkaba in the County of Hanson, Barndioota and Wonoka in the County of Blachford, and Wirreanda and Yednalue in the County of Granville. [1] In 1936, it was reported to have an estimated population of 975 across an area of 300 square miles. In that year, the council elected a member from five wards, one for each of the initial hundreds. The main industry of the district was wool growing, replacing wheat farming, which had been popular in earlier days. [2] It amalgamated with the District Council of Kanyaka-Quorn to form the Flinders Ranges Council on 1 January 1997. [3]

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.

Hundred of Wonoka

The Hundred of Wonoka is a cadastral unit of hundred in the County of Blachford, South Australia.

County of Blachford Cadastral in South Australia

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References

  1. ↑ "The District Councils Act 1887 No. 419". Government of South Australia . Retrieved 14 November 2015– via Flinders University. District of Hawker.—Comprising the Hundreds of Arkaba, Barndioota, Wirreanda, Wonoka, and Yednalue.
  2. ↑ Hosking, P. (1936). The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. p. 615.
  3. ↑ "Council". Flinders Ranges Council. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Hawker". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle . SA. 3 February 1888. p. 3. Retrieved 3 December 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Hawker District Council". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle . SA. 12 June 1888. p. 3. Retrieved 3 December 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Hawker". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle . SA. 27 July 1888. p. 2. Retrieved 3 December 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "Hawker". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle . SA. 19 October 1888. p. 3. Retrieved 3 December 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "HAWKER DISTRICT COUNCIL". The Advertiser . Adelaide. 6 June 1889. p. 6. Retrieved 3 December 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "Hawker". Kapunda Herald . Adelaide. 22 June 1912. p. 18. Retrieved 3 December 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  10. ↑ "EVOLUTION OF A CHAPEL". The Register . Adelaide. 7 July 1913. p. 10. Retrieved 3 December 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  11. ↑ "MAIN ROADS COMMISSION". Daily Herald . Adelaide. 20 November 1914. p. 3. Retrieved 3 December 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  12. ↑ "HAWKER. DISTRICT COUNCIL". Petersburg Times . Adelaide. 21 July 1917. p. 10. Retrieved 3 December 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  13. ↑ "BAZAAR AT HAWKER". The Southern Cross . Adelaide. 31 May 1918. p. 15. Retrieved 3 December 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  14. ↑ "PERSONAL". The Chronicle . Adelaide. 27 July 1918. p. 32. Retrieved 3 December 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Matthews, Penny (1986), South Australia, the civic record, 1836-1986, Wakefield Press, pp. 208–212, ISBN   978-0-949268-82-2
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