Barunga West Council Explained

Type:	lga
Barunga West Council
State:	sa
Area:	1528
Seat:	Port Broughton
Mayor:	Leonie Kerley ^[1]
Region:	Yorke and Mid North^[2]
Url:	http://www.barungawest.sa.gov.au
Stategov:	Frome^[3] Goyder^[4]
Fedgov:	Grey
Near-N:	Port Pirie Regional Council
Near-Ne:	Port Pirie Regional Council
Near-E:	Wakefield Regional Council
Near-Se:	Wakefield Regional Council
Near-S:	Yorke Peninsula Council
Near-Sw:	Copper Coast Council
Near-Nw:	Spencer Gulf

The Barunga West Council is a local government area in the Yorke and Mid North region of South Australia.^[2] The council seat is at Port Broughton, with a sub-office at Bute.^[5]

Description

The council takes its name from the Barunga Range in the eastern part of the council area.^[6] The council covers an area in the Mid North and bordering the top of the Yorke Peninsula which includes the towns and localities of Alford, Bute, Clements Gap, Fisherman Bay, Kulpara, Melton, Ninnes, Port Broughton, Thomas Plain, Wokurna and Ward Hill, and parts of Mundoora, Paskeville, South Hummocks, Tickera and Willamulka.^[7] The main industries are tourism and growing grain.

History

It was formed in 1997 from the amalgamation of the District Council of Bute and the District Council of Port Broughton.^[8] The council boundaries closely follow the boundaries of the six cadastral hundreds of the County of Daly which formed the original local governing bodies in the area in the late 1800s, namely the hundreds of Mundoora and Wokurna (District Council of Mundoora), and the hundreds of Ninnes, Wiltunga, Tickera and Kulpara (District Council of Ninnes).

Council

Current composition

Party		Councillors
		Labor	align=right	1
		Independents	align=right	8
	Total	align=right	9

Ward	Councillor		Notes
Unsubdivided
			Leonie Kerley	Mayor
			Cynthia Axford
			Kevin Beinke
			Peter Button	Deputy Mayor
			Dave Eason
			Kim Gregory
			Brian Lockyer
			Margaret McDonald
			Grant Rowlands

Mayors

• unknown (1997-????)
• Dean Dolling (2011-2013?)
• Cynthia Axford (2014–2018)

External links

• Council website
• Yorke Peninsula website

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Elected Members . 31 March 2016.
2. Web site: Yorke and Mid North SA Government region. The Government of South Australia. 10 October 2014.
3. Web site: District of Frome Background Profile. ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. 3 November 2014.
4. Web site: District of Goyder Background Profile. ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. 3 November 2014.
5. Web site: Council . District Council of Barunga West . 31 March 2016.
6. Web site: Explanatory Statement and Analysis . District Council of Barunga West . 31 March 2016.
7. Web site: Location SA Map Viewer . Government of South Australia . 31 March 2016.
8. News: Mid North locals honoured . The Flinders News . 26 January 2016 . 31 March 2016.