The District Council of Lucindale was a local government area in the Australian state of South Australia that existed from 1878 to 1998 on land in the state’s south-east.
| District Council of Lucindale South Australia | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The district originally consisted of the Hundred of Joyce | |
  District Council of Lucindale | |
| Coordinates | 36°59′0″S 140°22′0″E / 36.98333°S 140.36667°E[1] |
| Population | 1,700 (1985)[2] |
| • Density | 0.719/km2 (1.86/sq mi) |
| Established | 1878 [3] |
| Abolished | 1998 [4] |
| Area | 2,363.4 km2 (912.5 sq mi)(1985)[2] |
| Council seat | Lucindale |
It was proclaimed on 28 February 1878 with its seat being located in the town of Lucindale.[3]
At establishment, it consisted of the whole of the Hundred of Joyce. By 1985, the district's extent had grown by the addition of the following six hundreds - Coles, Conmurra, Fox, Spence, Townsend and Woolumbool. As of 1985, the population of each hundred was represented by a ward whose boundary aligned with the respective hundred, with an eighth ward representing the population of the Town of Lucindale.[3][2]
On 1 December 1998, it was amalgamated with the District Council of Naracoorte to create the Naracoorte Lucindale Council.[4]
Chairmen
editThe following persons were elected to serve as chairman of the council for the following terms:[5]: 660 [2]: 302
- J.McCallum (1878-?)
- G. Copping (? - ?)
- A. Robson (? - ?)
- E. Hall (? - ?)
- S. Tavender (? - ?)
- E. Feurheerdt (? - ?)
- D. Findlater (? - ?)
- P.J. Burke (? - 1923)
- Aitchison Grieve (1923-49)
- Ratcliffe George Nosworthy (1949-52)
- Geoffrey Trafford Cowan (1952-57)
- Peter William Robertson Daw (1957-63)
- Horace William Mason (1963-77)
- Kenneth Ralph James OAM (1977-85)
References
edit- ^ "Search result for 'Lucindale, LOCB' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities','Counties', 'Government Towns', 'Local Government areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian government. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ a b c d Matthews, Penny (1986), South Australia, the civic record, 1836-1986, Wakefield Press, pp. 301–304, ISBN 978-0-949268-82-2
- ^ a b c Boucaut, James. P. (16 November 1911). "Untitled proclamation re the constitution of District of Lucindale" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 434. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Thursday, 17 September 1998" (PDF). The Government Gazette of South Australia. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ Hosking, P. (1936), The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936, Universal Publicity Company, pp. 659–660, retrieved 8 April 2019