Corporate Town of Davenport explained

Type:lga
Corporate Town of Davenport
State:sa
Pop:1,128
Pop Year:1923
Pop Footnotes:[1]
Established:1887
Abolished:1932
Map Type:state
Coordinates:-32.4967°N 137.7692°W

The Corporate Town of Davenport was a local government area in South Australia that existed from 1887 to 1932 on land now located within the suburb of Port Augusta.

A proposal to create a new local government area consisting of suburbs "annexed to the existing Corporation of Port Augusta" was discussed by residents interested in "the subject of local self-government" as recently as February 1887. On 1 March 1887, a meeting at the Pastoral Hotel agreed boundaries for a new corporation to be called Davenport which was to consist of three wards named First, Second and Third and signed a petition arguing for the creation of the new corporation.[2] The corporation was gazetted by the Government of South Australia on 25 August 1887.[3]

It was separate from the adjacent District Council of Davenport, which was renamed Woolundunga in 1893 to avoid confusion between the two.[4] [5]

In 1923, it had a reported population of 1,128, residing in 239 dwellings, with the municipality having a capital value of £126,600.[1] As recently as 1931, it operated from offices located in Stirling Road which is now located in the suburb of Port Augusta.[6] [7]

On 28 April 1932 it merged into the existing Corporate Town of Port Augusta, along with the Corporate Town of Port Augusta West and part of the District Council of Woolundunga.[8]

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  1. Book: The Civic record of South Australia, 1921-1923 . Associated Publishing Service . 1924 . 224.
  2. News: A NEW CORPORATION AT PORT AUGUSTA. . . SA . 5 March 1887 . 12 November 2015 . 36 . National Library of Australia.
  3. Web site: Ramsay . J.G. . Corporation of Davenport. . The South Australian Government Gazette . Government of South Australia . 28 March 2019 . 441–442 . 25 August 1887.
  4. Web site: A History of South Australian Councils to 1936 . Local Government Association of South Australia . 2012 . 30 October 2015 . Marsden, Susan . https://web.archive.org/web/20160317082016/https://www.lga.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/LGA-89938_-_2011_18_-_FINAL_History_of_SA_Councils.pdf . 17 March 2016 . dead .
  5. News: The Government Policy. . . SA . 30 June 1893 . 12 November 2015 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  6. Web site: Abernethy . Lloyd W. . Town of Davenport . The South Australian Government Gazette . Government of South Australia . 29 March 2019 . 670 . 1 October 1931.
  7. Web site: Search results for 'Stirling Street, Port Augusta' with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas' and 'Gazetteer'. Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian Government. 29 March 2019.
  8. Web site: Whitford . S.R. . LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS (RE-ARRANGEMENT) ACTS, 1929 AND 1931.—AREAS UNITED . The South Australian Government Gazette . Government of South Australia . 29 March 2019 . 745 . 28 April 1932 . " Unite the areas comprising the Municipalities of Port Augusta, Port Augusta West, and Davenport, and that portion of the District Council District of Woolundunga defined in the First Schedule".
  9. News: MUNICIPAL NOMINATIONS. . . Adelaide . 26 November 1888 . 12 November 2015 . 4 Edition: SECOND EDITION . National Library of Australia.
  10. News: Davenport Town Council. . . SA . 30 August 1889 . 12 November 2015 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  11. News: Davenport Corporation. . . SA . 15 February 1889 . 12 November 2015 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  12. News: Davenport Town Council. . . SA . 7 March 1890 . 12 November 2015 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
  13. News: Davenport Town Council. . . SA . 28 August 1891 . 12 November 2015 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  14. News: THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. . . Adelaide . 10 December 1892 . 12 November 2015 . 21 . National Library of Australia.
  15. News: COUNTRY CORPORATIONS. . . Adelaide . 9 December 1893 . 12 November 2015 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
  16. News: Municipal Elections. . . SA . 30 November 1894 . 12 November 2015 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  17. News: The Balaklava Tragedy. . . SA . 8 November 1895 . 12 November 2015 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  18. News: DAVENPORT CORPORATION. . . Adelaide . 12 December 1908 . 12 November 2015 . 47 . National Library of Australia.
  19. News: Davenport Corporation. . . SA . 29 July 1910 . 12 November 2015 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
  20. News: Corporation of Davenport. . . Port Augusta, SA . 6 November 1915 . 12 November 2015 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  21. Book: The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936 . Universal Publicity Company . Hosking, P. . 1936 . Adelaide . 355.

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