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- ↑ "Local Government Areas (Re-arrangement) Act (No 1908 of 1929)". Government of South Australia. 21 March 1935. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ↑ "Local Government Areas (Re-arrangement) Act (No 2016 of 1931)". Government of South Australia. 21 March 1935. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ↑ "Local Government Areas (Re-arrangement) Acts, 1929 and 1931" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette (13 ed.). Government of South Australia. 1935: 824–877. 21 March 1935. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ↑ "LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS (RE-ARRANGEMENT) ACTS, 1929 AND 1931" (PDF). Government of South Australia. 1932. Retrieved 5 January 2020.