Municipality of Day Dawn

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The Municipality of Day Dawn was a local government area in Western Australia centred on the mining town of Day Dawn.

It was established on 21 December 1894. [1] It was placed under the Health Act and Building Act in 1896. [2] The municipality built specialist municipal buildings in 1897. [3]

It was responsible for managing the Day Dawn Recreation Ground and was responsible for instituting a system of electric lighting in the town. [4] [5] Health and sanitary issues were an ongoing problem for the municipality. [6]

The municipal boundaries were extended one and a half miles due to the growth of the town in October 1901 and again on 31 August 1904. [7] [8] The size of the council was increased from six to nine members in 1902. [9]

The municipality ceased to exist on 11 October 1912, when along with the nearby Municipality of Cue, it merged into the surrounding Cue Road District, which was in turn renamed the Cue-Day Dawn Road District. [1] [10] All councils ultimately supported the amalgamation, largely based on the need to improve their collective financial positions, despite a counter-push to redivide the three bodies as two new road districts. [11] [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Municipality Boundary Amendments Register" (PDF). Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "DAY DAWN MUNICIPAL COUNCIL". The Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette . Western Australia. 24 December 1896. p. 2. Retrieved 26 January 2020– via Trove.
  3. ↑ "NUGGETS". The Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette . Western Australia. 10 June 1897. p. 3. Retrieved 26 January 2020– via Trove.
  4. ↑ "Day Dawn Municipal Council". The Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette . Western Australia. 28 March 1907. p. 3. Retrieved 26 January 2020– via Trove.
  5. ↑ "Day Dawn Council". The Murchison Times And Day Dawn Gazette . Western Australia. 16 November 1911. p. 1. Retrieved 26 January 2020– via Trove.
  6. ↑ "DAY DAWN MUNICIPAL COUNCIL". The Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette . Western Australia. 24 October 1901. p. 2. Retrieved 26 January 2020– via Trove.
  7. ↑ "DAY DAWN". The West Australian . Western Australia. 24 October 1901. p. 4. Retrieved 26 January 2020– via Trove.
  8. ↑ "Friday, September 2, 1904" (PDF). Government Gazette of Western Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  9. ↑ "DAY DAWN MUNICIPAL COUNCIL". The Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette . Western Australia. 25 September 1902. p. 2. Retrieved 26 January 2020– via Trove.
  10. ↑ "Friday, October 11, 1912" (PDF). Government Gazette of Western Australia. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  11. ↑ "Exit Councils". The Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette . Western Australia. 2 November 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 26 January 2020– via Trove.
  12. ↑ "General News". Mount Magnet Miner and Lennonville Leader . Western Australia. 19 October 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 26 January 2020– via Trove.

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