District Council of Kanyaka-Quorn

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The District Council of Kanyaka-Quorn was a local government area in South Australia that existed from 1969 to 1997.

The Council came into existence on 1 April 1969 following the merger of the Corporate Town of Quorn with the surrounding District Council of Kanyaka. [1] It operated out of the former Quorn council's offices. [2]

In 1983, the council published a book commemorating 100 years of local government in the district. [3]

The Council amalgamated with the District Council of Hawker to form the Flinders Ranges Council on 1 January 1997, which continues to meet out of its former offices. [4] [5]

Mayors of Kanyaka-Quorn

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References

  1. Aitchison, D. L. J. (1975). Statistical Register of South Australia, 1972-73. p. 17.
  2. "Quorn Historic Buildings Walk" (PDF). Flinders Rangers Visitor Information Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  3. "Flinders Ranges Bibliography" . Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  4. Ashenden, E.S. (12 December 1996). "LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1934 SECTIONS 7 AND 14: AMALGAMATION OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF HAWKER AND THE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF KANYAKA-QUORN" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. pp. 1850–1852. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  5. "Council". Flinders Ranges Council. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 Matthews, Penny (1986), South Australia, the civic record, 1836-1986, Wakefield Press, pp. 236–237, ISBN   978-0-949268-82-2

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