District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula

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District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula
South Australia
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Location of the District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula
Population5,910 (LGA 2021) [1]
Established1 July 1880
Area4,771 km2 (1,842.1 sq mi)
MayorJo-Anne Quigley [2]
Council seat Cummins
Region Eyre Western [3]
State electorate(s) Flinders [4]
Federal division(s) Grey [5]
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Website District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula
LGAs around District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula:
Southern Ocean District Council of Elliston District Council of Tumby Bay
Southern Ocean District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula City of Port Lincoln
Southern Ocean Southern Ocean Spencer Gulf

The District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula is a local government area located on Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. The district covers the southern tip of the peninsula, except for the small area taken up by the City of Port Lincoln. [6]

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The main council offices are in Cummins, with a branch office in Port Lincoln, even though Port Lincoln is actually in its own council area, not encompassed by the council. [7]

History

The District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula traces its history back to 1880 when a district council was first created for the Port Lincoln area. The District Council of Lincoln was established in on 1 July 1880. [8] Its boundaries were exactly those of the Hundred of Lincoln and included Boston and Grantham islands. [8] Council members, listed as "Messrs. William Brooke Carlin, Gustave Möller, John Garrett, Henry Walter Owen, and Robert Duddlestone", first met at the Pier Hotel in July of that year and William Carlin was elected chairman. [9] [8] The new district council was greatly expanded less than eight years later by the enactment of the District Councils Act 1887 [10] which saw the boundaries of the district extended to cover the entire County of Flinders (southern Eyre Peninsula up to a line north of Cummins) in January 1888. The boundaries were extended again in 1890 when it gained the hundreds of Kiana, Mitchell and Shannon to the north in the County of Musgrave. [11]

In 1906, the north east of the district was removed to form the new District Council of Tumby Bay and, in 1921, Port Lincoln itself was severed to create the Corporate Town of Port Lincoln. The district regained an area from the Corporate Town in 1935 and, in 1936, the District Council of Lincoln controlled thirteen hundreds, amounting to approximately 1,300,000 acres; its population in that year was estimated at 1,486. The district boundaries underwent further alterations in 1981 and 1982. In 1988, it assumed its current name when the District Council of Lincoln was renamed the District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula. [12] [11]

Economy

The area's economy is reliant mostly on agriculture, with cereal crops and sheep being prominent in the district, as in much of the Eyre Peninsula. Fishing and aquaculture are a large part of the economy also, with Coffin Bay Oysters gaining statewide recognition. [13]

The district, particularly coastal towns such as Coffin Bay are ever popular with tourists, with fishing and a variety of other water based activities a major attraction. The Coffin Bay National Park is also a major attraction, as well as an area of natural habitat conservation. [14]

Localities

The district has two major towns; Cummins and Coffin Bay, but the district covers a large area, including a large number of rural localities: Boston, Charlton Gully, Coomunga, Coulta, Duck Ponds, Edillilie, Farm Beach, Fountain, Green Patch, Hawson, Kapinnie, Karkoo, Kellidie Bay, Kiana, Lincoln National Park, Little Douglas, Louth Bay, Mitchell, Mount Drummond, Mount Dutton Bay, Mount Hope, North Shields, Pearlah, Point Boston, Poonindie, Sleaford, Tiatukia, Tootenilla, Tulka, Uley, Wangary, Wanilla, Whites Flat, Whites River, and Yeelanna, and part of Port Lincoln. [6]

Councillors

WardCouncillorNotes
Unsubdivided [2]  Margaret Fahy
 Isaac Taylor
 Brett Howell
 Steve WoolleyDeputy Mayor
 Neville Trezise
 Peter Mitchell
 Jo-Ann QuigleyMayor

Chairmen and mayors

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Lower Eyre Peninsula (Local Government Area)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "Elected Members". District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Eyre Western SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "District of Flinders Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Federal electoral division of Grey" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Location SA Map Viewer". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Contact Us". District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  8. 1 2 3 "Lincoln District Council proclaimed" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette (27 ed.). 1800: 7–8. 1 July 1880. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  9. ↑ "COUNTRY TELEGRAMS". The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 – 1889) . Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 9 July 1880. p. 6. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  10. ↑ "The District Councils Act 1887 No. 419" . Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  11. 1 2 "Council History". District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  12. ↑ Hosking, P. (1936). The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. p. 654.
  13. ↑ Tourism Eyre Peninsula, Coffin Bay, archived from the original on 5 May 2007, retrieved 15 May 2007
  14. ↑ Department of Environment and Heritage, Coffin Bay National Park (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2007, retrieved 15 May 2007 Scholar search
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Matthews, Penny (1986), South Australia, the civic record, 1836–1986, Wakefield Press, ISBN   978-0-949268-82-2
  16. ↑ "Annual Report 2007 / 08" (PDF). District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  17. ↑ "Annual Report 2008 / 09" (PDF). District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  18. ↑ "Annual Report 2009/ 10" (PDF). District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula. Retrieved 20 November 2016.

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