City of Enfield

City of Enfield coat of arms
Second Enfield council chamber, located on Regency Road, Enfield, was erected in 1927 and demolished circa 1960.

The City of Enfield (formerly District Council of Yatala South) was a local government area of South Australia from 1868 to 1996. It was called Yatala South up until 1933, which was named for its local government area predecessor, the District Council of Yatala, and known as Enfield thereafter.

The seat of the City of Enfield was the township of Enfield, approximately 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north of Adelaide's centre. The original township was named after Enfield Town in the London borough of same name.[1] In 1868, the council area ranged approximately from Dry Creek in the north to the Torrens River in the south east and Torrens Road (unrelated to the river) in the south west.

Early years as Yatala South

Yatala South council was established in 1868 when the District Council of Yatala was divided at Dry Creek into the District Councils of Yatala South and Yatala North.[2][3]

In August 1872 the new District Council of Prospect split from Yatala South council.[2][4]

Well over half a century later, Yatala South was renamed to be the District Council of Enfield on 22 June 1933.[3]

1940s to 1996

In April 1944 the District Council of Enfield was upgraded to the Municipality of Enfield and again in January 1953 to be the City of Enfield.[2] The chairman of the council became the mayor from 1944.[5]

In March 1996 the City of Enfield merged with the much older City of Port Adelaide to form the new City of Port Adelaide Enfield.[2]

Chairmen and Mayors of Enfield

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Property Location Browser: Search for 'Enfield, SUB' (ID SA0022644)". Previous Name: Poor Mans Section; Derivation of Name: A town near London; Other Details: Originally a private subdivision of Section 340. In 1943 portions of the area identified as Enfield were added to Clearview & Broadview.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Our History: Enfield History". City of Port Adelaide Enfield. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  3. 1 2 Marsden, Susan (2012). "LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA: A HISTORY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COUNCILS to 1936" (PDF). Retrieved 23 February 2016. Formed on 18 June 1868 when the original Yatala Council (see Yatala) was divided into DCs of Yatala North and Yatala South. On 22 June 1933 Yatala South was renamed DC of Enfield.
  4. ↑ "Historical Timeline". City of Prospect. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Matthews, Penny (1986), South Australia, the civic record, 1836-1986, Wakefield Press, p. 159, ISBN 978-0-949268-82-2
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