District Council of Streaky Bay

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District Council of Streaky Bay
South Australia
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The District Council office
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Location of the District Council in blue
Population2,165 (LGA 2021) [1]
Established1887
Area6,232 km2 (2,406.2 sq mi)
MayorTravis Barber [2]
Council seat Streaky Bay
Region Eyre Western [3]
State electorate(s) Flinders
Federal division(s) Grey
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Website District Council of Streaky Bay
LGAs around District Council of Streaky Bay:
District Council of Ceduna Outback Communities Authority Outback Communities Authority
Southern Ocean District Council of Streaky Bay Wudinna District Council
Southern Ocean Southern Ocean District Council of Elliston

The District Council of Streaky Bay is a local government area in South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula. Streaky Bay is the main population centre of about 1,200 people serving an agricultural district based on farming wheat and other cereal crops, sheep, supplemented by fishing and tourism industries. The district covers an area of 6,251.1 square kilometres with a population of 2,074 people in 2016, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. [4] Mayor of Streaky Bay is Travis Barber.

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History

The council was established by the District Councils Act 1887 on 5 January 1888. The bounds were defined in the act as "All that portion of the County of Robinson not included in the district of Elliston." [5] This meant that the Hundred of Downer, Hundred of Wallis, a large part of Hundred of Wright south of Venus Bay, and an unincorporated area approximately 100 square miles between the three (proposed to be Hundred of McBeath but never gazetted) within Robinson county were excluded from Streaky Bay council and proclaimed as part of Elliston council instead.

It was, until the creation of the neighbouring District Council of Murat Bay (now Ceduna) in 1925, the farthest outpost of local government in South Australia. In the same year, the District Council of Wudinna was established to the east, annexing the hundreds of Condada, Moorkitabie, Carina, Addison and Travers (about 549 sq mi (1,420 km2)) from Streaky Bay council to form the north western flank of the new council.

While the town of Streaky Bay was named Flinders until 1940, the municipality has been titled Streaky Bay since its inception. In 1936, it was the largest local government area in South Australia, covering 6,532.6 square kilometres (1,614,240 acres). [6] [7]

Localities

The district's focal point is the town of Streaky Bay; it also includes the localities of Baird Bay, Bockelberg, Calca, Chandada, Chilpenunda, Colley, Cungena, Eba Anchorage, Haslam, Inkster, Kaldoonera, Maryvale, Mortana, Mount Cooper, Petina, Perlubie, Piednippie, Poochera, Sceale Bay, Tyringa, Wallalla, Wirrulla, Westall, Witera, Yanerbie and Yantanabie, and parts of Carawa, Karcultaby, Koolgera, Pimbaacla and Pureba. [8]

Elected members

WardCouncillorNotes
Eyre [2]   Graham Gunn
 Trudy McGowan
 Philip WheatonDeputy Mayor
Flinders [2]  Travis BarberMayor
 Peter Hackett
 Lauren Karp
 Clifford J Pudney
 Neville Trezona

Chairmen and mayors of Streaky Bay

See also

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References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Streaky Bay (Local Government Area)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 3 "Elected Members". District Council of Streaky Bay. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  3. "Eyre Western SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  4. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Streaky Bay (DC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 10 April 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  5. "The District Councils Act 1887 No. 419". Government of South Australia. p. 51. Retrieved 13 October 2017 via Flinders University.
  6. Hosking, P. (1936). The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. pp. 872–874.
  7. Streaky Bay And Districts (23 March 2006). "History of Streaky Bay". Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 26 March 2007.
  8. "Location SA Map Viewer". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Matthews, Penny (1986), South Australia, the civic record, 1836-1986, Wakefield Press, pp. 568–569, ISBN   978-0-949268-82-2

Coordinates: 32°47′49″S134°12′40″E / 32.7969°S 134.211°E / -32.7969; 134.211