District Council of Kanyaka

The District Council of Kanyaka was a local government area in South Australia. It came into operation on 5 January 1888 under the provisions of the District Councils Act 1887.

On creation, the district of Kanyaka comprised the Hundreds of Boolcunda, Cudlamudla, Kanyaka, Moockra and Palmer, and eastern parts of the Hundreds of Pichi Richi, Yarrah and Wyacca.[1] These extend east and north from near Quorn most of the way to Hawker.

The District Council of Kanyaka was initially based out of the Quorn Town Hall, but later converted a house in Eighth Street, Quorn as an office. Both buildings were not actually within the municipality, but within the adjacent Corporate Town of Quorn. Both the hall and later office survive today; the latter building has reverted to residential use.[2][3] On 16 February 1933, it gained a section of the abolished District Council of Woolundunga, which became the new Mundallio Ward.[4] In 1936, it was described as one of the most northerly district councils in the state. In that year, it had seven wards (Pichi Richi, Suburban, Palmer, Boolcunda, Kanyaka, Mundallio and Yarrah), and was reported to have a population of approximately 1,000.[5] It merged with the Corporate Town of Quorn on 1 April 1969 to form the District Council of Kanyaka-Quorn.[6]

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References

  1. ↑ "The District Councils Act 1887 No. 419". Flinders University. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Population Of Quorn.". The Advertiser. Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 11 October 1954. p. 4. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Quorn Historic Buildings Walk" (PDF). Flinders Rangers Visitor Information Centre. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. p. 11. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Hosking, P. (1936). The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. p. 619.
  6. ↑ Aitchison, D. L. J. (1975). Statistical Register of South Australia, 1972-73. p. 17.
  7. ↑ "Kanyaka District Council.". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle. SA: National Library of Australia. 7 February 1888. p. 2. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "KANYAKA.". Petersburg Times. SA: National Library of Australia. 28 February 1902. p. 3. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "District Council.". Petersburg Times. SA: National Library of Australia. 8 September 1903. p. 1. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  10. ↑ "District Council.". Petersburg Times. SA: National Library of Australia. 23 February 1904. p. 1. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  11. ↑ "District Councils.". Petersburg Times. SA: National Library of Australia. 9 August 1904. p. 1. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  12. ↑ "District Council.". Petersburg Times. SA: National Library of Australia. 24 January 1905. p. 4. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  13. ↑ "KANYAKA COUNCIL ELECTIONS.". Transcontinental. Port Augusta, SA: National Library of Australia. 11 May 1934. p. 1. Retrieved 14 November 2015.

Coordinates: 32°10′S 138°10′E / 32.167°S 138.167°E / -32.167; 138.167

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