District Council of Alexandrina
District Council of Alexandrina
Seat of the former District Council of Alexandrina in South Australia
The District Council of Alexandrina was a local government area in rural South Australia from 1856 to 1888.
Based at Point Sturt on the western shore of Lake Alexandrina, it was formed in 1856 by secession from the District Council of Bremer when residents of the Hundred of Alexandrina area lobbied strongly for their own council. 32 years later in 1888 it was amalgamated back into the DC of Bremer.[1]
Modern namesake
[edit]The name "Alexandrina" was revived for local government in South Australia in 1997 when the district councils of Strathalbyn, Port Elliot and Goolwa, and part of the District Council of Willunga were amalgamated to form the Alexandrina Council.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Marsden, Susan (2012). "Local Government Association of South Australia: A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. p. 9. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
Created on 22 May 1856 when severed from DC of Bremer, following petitions and counter-petitions between Hundred of Alexandrina settlers requesting their own council and memorialists in DC of Bremer. [...] Council discontinued when re-merged with DC of Bremer (Act 419 of 1887, gazetted 5 January 1888).