The District Council of Meningie was a local government area in the colony and then the Australian state of South Australia that existed from 1888 to 1997 on land in the state’s south-east.
| District Council of Meningie South Australia | |
|---|---|
  District Council of Meningie | |
| Coordinates | 35°41′27″S 139°20′15″E / 35.690929°S 139.337608°E[1] |
| Population | 2,100 (1936)[2] |
| • Density | 0.767/km2 (1.99/sq mi) |
| Established | 1888[3][4] |
| Abolished | 1997[5] |
| Area | 2,737.0 km2 (1,056.8 sq mi)1936[2] |
| Council seat | Meningie (1936)[2] |
It was proclaimed on 5 January 1888 under the District Councils Act 1887 with its seat being located in the town of Meningie.[3][4]
At establishment, it consisted of land in the hundreds of Baker, Bonney, Burdett, Coolinong, Glyde, Malcolm and Neville, Santo and Seymour and the part of the County of Cardwell located to the west of the hundreds of Glyde, Neville, and Santo.[3]
In 1936, it covered an area of 676,320 acres (2,737.0 km2; 1,056.75 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 2,100 people of which 575 were ratepayers.[2]
On 13 February 1997, it and the district councils of Coonalpyn Downs and Peake were amalgamated to create the Coorong District Council.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Search results for "Meningie, GTWN" with the following datasets selected - 'Government Towns', 'Hundreds' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d Hosking, P. (1936), The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936, Universal Publicity Company, pp. 686–687, retrieved 8 April 2019
- ^ a b c "The District Councils Act (No 419 of 50 and 51 Vic, 1887)". Government of South Australia. 5 January 1888. p. 91. Retrieved 23 January 2019 – via AustLII.
DISTRICT OF MENINGIE Comprising the Hundreds of Baker, Bonney, Burdett, Coolinong, Glyde, Malcolm, Neville, Santo, and Seymour, together with that portion of the County of Cardwell west of the Hundreds of Glyde, Neville, and Santo
- ^ a b Ramsay, J.G. (5 January 1888). "Proclamation re The District Councils Act, 1887" (PDF). The Government Gazette of South Australia. Government of South Australia. p. 2. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ a b Kerin, R.G. (13 February 1997). "LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1934 SECTIONS 7 AND 14: AMALGAMATION OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF MENINGIE, THE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF MENINGIE AND THE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF PEAKE" (PDF). The Government Gazette of South Australia. Government of South Australia. pp. 900–903. Retrieved 6 April 2019.