District Council of Birkenhead
| District Council of Birkenhead South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  District Council of Birkenhead | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°50′11″S 138°30′00″E / 34.8365°S 138.5°E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1877 | ||||||||||||||
| Abolished | 1886 | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Birkenhead | ||||||||||||||
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The District Council of Birkenhead was a local government area in South Australia centred on the suburb of Birkenhead. It was gazetted on 22 February 1877 from areas formerly part of the District Council of Lefevre's Peninsula.[1] The council chambers were based out of the Birkenhead Hotel.[2] It absorbed the remainder of the Lefevre's Peninsula council, which had been severely reduced in size by the creation of the Corporate Town of Semaphore, on 7 August 1884. It ceased to exist when it merged with the Corporate Town of Port Adelaide on 7 December 1886 as the Birkenhead Ward, a move supported by the council and the local population.[1][2][3]
Chairmen[edit]
- G. Playfair (1877–1878) [4][5]
- T. Cruickshank (1879–1883) [6][7][8][9][10]
- J. K. Charleston (1884–1886) [11][12][13]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. p. 11. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ a b "THE SHIRE COUNCILS BILL". The South Australian Advertiser. Adelaide. 28 August 1886. p. 6. Retrieved 31 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Annexation Of Birkenhead". Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser. SA. 17 December 1886. p. 1. Retrieved 31 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE PORT ADELAIDE STEAM FERRY". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 3 November 1877. p. 4 Supplement: Supplement to the South Australian Register. Retrieved 31 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE LABOUR QUESTION IN AMERICA". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 29 November 1877. p. 4. Retrieved 31 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE BIRKENHEAD FERRY". Evening Journal. Adelaide. 24 November 1879. p. 2 Edition: SECOND EDITION. Retrieved 31 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Port Adelaide News". Port Adelaide News. SA. 31 December 1880. p. 4. Retrieved 31 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Birkenhead District Council". Port Adelaide News. SA. 15 July 1881. p. 5. Retrieved 31 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "BIRKENHEAD DISTRICT COUNCIL". Port Adelaide News. SA. 25 August 1882. p. 8. Retrieved 31 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "BIRKENHEAD DISTRICT COUNCIL". Port Adelaide News. SA. 22 May 1883. p. 5. Retrieved 31 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "BIRKENHEAD DISTRICT COUNCIL". Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser. SA. 22 July 1884. p. 4. Retrieved 31 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "BIRKENHEAD DISTRICT COUNCIL". Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser. SA. 24 July 1885. p. 5. Retrieved 31 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "BIRKENHEAD DISTRICT COUNCIL". Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser. SA. 30 April 1886. p. 5. Retrieved 31 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.