Corporate Town of Semaphore

The Corporate Town of Semaphore was a local government area in South Australia. It was created on 20 December 1883, and re-gazetted on 17 January 1884, from areas which had been part of the District Council of Lefevre's Peninsula and District Council of Glanville. The separation of Semaphore would make both its former municipalities unviable, with Lefevre's Peninsula subsequently merging into the District Council of Birkenhead and Glanville with the District Council of Woodville.^[1][2] In 1889, the municipality acquired the Semaphore Institute building for use as the Semaphore Town Hall; the building survives today as the heritage-listed Semaphore Library.^[3][4] It amalgamated with the Corporate Town of Port Adelaide on 11 November 1900.^[1]

Mayors

• J. C. Lovely (1886) ^[5]
• Philip Sansom (1891-1894) ^[6][7][8]
• Thomas Todd (1894-1896) ^[9][10][11]
• William E. Deslandes (1896-1898) ^{[12][13][14][15]}
• Richard Bray (1898-1900) ^[16][17]
• Elijah Branford (1900) ^[18][19]

References

1. Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
2. "The Government Policy.". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle (SA : 1885 - 1916). SA: National Library of Australia. 30 June 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
3. "A Chronology of Semaphore". Semaphore Mainstreet Association. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
4. "Semaphore Library & Shops". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
5. "SEMAPHORE.". Evening Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1869 - 1912). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 24 November 1886. p. 2 Edition: SECOND EDITION. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
6. "SEMAPHORE.". Evening Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1869 - 1912). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 3 December 1892. p. 6. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
7. "SEMAPHORE.". South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 25 November 1893. p. 7. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
8. "ELECTION MEETING AT THE SEMAPHORE.". Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA : 1883 - 1897). SA: National Library of Australia. 23 November 1894. p. 1. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
9. "THE MAYOR OF THE SEMAPHORE.". Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904). SA: National Library of Australia. 1 June 1895. p. 16. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
10. "THE MAYOR OF THE SEMAPHORE.". Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904). SA: National Library of Australia. 1 June 1895. p. 16. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
11. "SEMAPHORE.". South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 2 December 1896. p. 6. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
12. "SEMAPHORE.". Weekly Herald (Adelaide, SA : 1894 - 1898). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 4 December 1896. p. 6. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
13. "SEMAPHORE.". The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA : 1867 - 1922). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 24 November 1896. p. 2 Edition: ONE O'CLOCK EDITION. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
14. "Mr. W. F. Deslandes.". Evening Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1869 - 1912). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 25 September 1897. p. 5. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
15. "SEMAPHORE SPORTS DAY.". South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 24 September 1898. p. 4. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
16. "SEMAPHORE.". Evening Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1869 - 1912). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 2 December 1898. p. 3 Edition: ONE O'CLOCK EDITION. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
17. "MAYORALTY OF THE SEMAPHORE.". Evening Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1869 - 1912). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 14 August 1900. p. 2 Edition: ONE O'CLOCK EDITION. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
18. "MAYORALTY OF THE SEMAPHORE.". Evening Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1869 - 1912). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 14 August 1900. p. 2 Edition: ONE O'CLOCK EDITION. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
19. "Last Mayor Of Semaphore Dead.". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 30 October 1935. p. 6. Retrieved 12 November 2015.

Coordinates: 34°50′19″S 138°28′53″E / 34.838679°S 138.481337°E