| District Council of Port Wakefield South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  District Council of Port Wakefield | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°11′02″S138°09′01″E / 34.18389°S 138.15028°E Coordinates: 34°11′02″S138°09′01″E / 34.18389°S 138.15028°E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1878 | ||||||||||||||
| Abolished | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Port Wakefield | ||||||||||||||
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The District Council of Port Wakefield was a local government area seated at Port Wakefield in South Australia from 1878 to 1983.
The District Council of Port Wakefield was officially proclaimed along with its new neighbouring councils, Kulpara and Clinton, on 28 November 1878. It incorporated the entire Hundred of Inkerman as well as the western two thirds of the Hundred of Goyder and a small coastal portion of the Hundred of Clinton near the Wakefield port. [1] The five inaugural councillors appointed on the date of the proclamation were John Rumble, John Smart, Richard Forrest, George Mayfield, and George F. Mills. [1]
In 1888 the council annexed the previously unincorporated Hundred of Cameron as part of the District Councils Act 1887, but it was severed and annexed by the Snowtown council just two years later. [2] [3]
In 1983 the Port Wakefield council ceased to exist when it amalgamated with the councils of Balaklava and Owen to form the District Council of Wakefield Plains.
The following adjacent local government bodies co-existed with the Port Wakefield council:
Wakefield Regional Council is a local government area in the Yorke and Mid North region of South Australia. The council seat is at Balaklava.
The District Council of Wakefield Plains was a local government area in South Australia from 1983 to 1997, seated at Balaklava.
Wooroora was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian colony of South Australia.
Everard Central is a locality in South Australia's Mid North. The locality is situated in approximately the southern two thirds of the cadastral Hundred of Everard.
The Hundred of Inkerman is a cadastral unit of hundred located on the northern Adelaide Plains in South Australia and bounded on the north by the Wakefield River. It is one of the eight hundreds of the County of Gawler. It was named in 1856 by Governor Richard MacDonnell after the Crimean War Battle of Inkerman.
The Hundred of Balaklava is a cadastral unit of hundred located on the northern Adelaide Plains in South Australia immediately south of the Wakefield River. It is one of the eight hundreds of the County of Gawler. It was named in 1856 by Governor Dominick Daly after the Crimean War Battle of Balaklava. The township of Balaklava is at the extreme north east corner of the hundred.
The Hundred of Cameron is a cadastral unit of hundred located in the Mid North of South Australia centred on Lake Bumbunga. The northern Hummock Range occupies much of the western half of the area and the Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line runs near and parallel to the eastern boundary. It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Daly. It was named in 1869 by Governor James Fergusson for early pioneer Hugh Cameron.
The District Council of Bute was a local government area in South Australia from 1885 to 1997.
The Hundred of Dalkey is a cadastral unit of hundred located on the northern Adelaide Plains in South Australia immediately south of the Wakefield River. It is one of the eight hundreds of the County of Gawler. It was named in 1856 by Governor Richard Graves MacDonnell for his hometown Dalkey, a seaside resort in Ireland.
The Hundred of Stow is the cadastral unit of hundred on the northern Adelaide Plains. It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Stanley. It was named in 1867 by Governor Dominick Daly after Randolph Isham Stow (1828–1878), twice Attorney-General of South Australia. Parts of the localities of Mount Templeton, Stow, Whitwarta, Watchman and Balaklava are within the hundred.
The District Council of Snowtown was a local government area in South Australia from 1888 to 1987.
The District Council of Blyth-Snowtown was a local government area in South Australia from 1987 until 1997.
The District Council of Hall was a local government area in South Australia from 1878 to 1935.
The Hundred of Hall is the cadastral unit of hundred on the northern Adelaide Plains centred on the town of Halbury. It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Stanley. It was named in 1860 after parliamentarian George Hall (1851-1867). The main localities in the hundred are Halbury and Hoyleton with parts of Balaklava, Stow, Watchman and Kybunga also within the hundred bounds.
South Hummocks is a locality in the Mid North of South Australia at the head of Gulf St Vincent adjacent to Yorke Peninsula on the southeastern slopes of the Hummock Range.
The District Council of Yorke Peninsula was a local government area on the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia from 1888 to 1969.
The District Council of Blyth was a local government area in South Australia from 1872 to 1987 seated at Blyth in the Mid North.
The Hundred of Goyder is the cadastral unit of hundred on the northern Adelaide Plains centred on the locality of Goyder. It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Stanley. It was named in 1862 by Governor Dominick Daly after George Goyder, famed South Australian surveyor. In addition to the localities of Goyder and Beaufort, most of Nantawarra lies within the Hundred of Goyder. The portions of Port Wakefield and Bowmans north of the Wakefield River are also inside the hundred, and small parts of the localities of South Hummocks and Mount Templeton cross the western and eastern of boundaries of the hundred, respectively.
The District Council of Balaklava was a local government area seated at Balaklava in South Australia from 1877 to 1983.
The District Council of Dalkey was a local government area seated at Owen in South Australia from 1875 to 1932.
[...] the Hundred of Inkerman, and portions of the Hundreds of Goyder and Clinton, comprised within the boundaries set forth in the schedule hereto, shall constitute a district, to be called the District of Port Wakefield [...] And I hereby appoint Messrs. John Rumble, John Smart, Richard Forrest, George Mayfield, and George F. Mills, to be the first Councillors for the District of Port Wakefield aforesaid [...]