District Council of Julia explained

The District Council of Julia was a local government area in South Australia from 1874 to 1932.[1] The council seat was located at Hampden.[2]

The council was proclaimed on 3 September 1874, comprising the cadastral Hundred of Julia Creek.[3] There had been proposals that year to include Julia Creek in a new council for the Hundred of Neales, but these met with opposition in Julia Creek, and the separate District Council of Neales would not be created until 1878.[4] The first council chamber was a rented house.[5] It lacked permanent offices for many years, and in 1919 it was reported that they had been required to move offices four times in ten years.[6] A permanent office was subsequently built at Hampden in 1920.[7]

In 1923, it had a total area of 86 square miles, with a total population of 573, mostly on the land. It had 11 miles of main roads and 150 miles of district roads under its jurisdiction. The main railway siding was at Hampden, while there were schools at Hansborough, Julia and Ngapala.

It ceased to exist on 12 May 1932 when, as part of broad local government amalgamations in South Australia, it merged with the District Council of Neales to form the District Council of Eudunda, becoming the Julia Ward of the new council.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: A History of South Australian Councils to 1936 . Local Government Association of South Australia . 2012 . 30 October 2015 . Marsden, Susan . 11.
  2. News: Advertising . . LXIII . 4,421 . South Australia . 27 May 1927 . 8 May 2016 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. . . South Australia . 4 September 1874 . 8 May 2016 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: NEALES PLAINS, June 9. . . XVI . 826 . South Australia . 13 June 1874 . 8 May 2016 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
  5. News: DISTRICT COUNCILS. . . X . 654 . South Australia . 25 September 1874 . 8 May 2016 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  6. News: The Country. . . LXXVI . 5,782 . South Australia . 15 November 1919 . 8 May 2016 . 9 . National Library of Australia.
  7. Book: The Civic record of South Australia, 1921-1923 . Associated Publishing Service . 1924 . 476–477.
  8. News: NEW LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOUNDARIES . . LXXIV . 3,928 . South Australia . 17 March 1932 . 8 May 2016 . 41 . National Library of Australia.
  9. News: JULIA. . . LVII . 4,162 . South Australia . 5 May 1922 . 8 May 2016 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  10. News: DISTRICT COUNCILS. . . XXXII . 1762 . 10 July 1875 . 8 May 2016 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
  11. News: DISTRICT COUNCIL. . . XIX . 1561 . South Australia . 22 June 1883 . 8 May 2016 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  12. News: DISTRICT COUNCIL. JULIA. . . XXII . 1913 . South Australia . 12 November 1886 . 8 May 2016 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  13. News: The Kapunda Herald. . . XXV . 2,200 . South Australia . 13 August 1889 . 8 May 2016 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  14. News: BANQUET TO THE MEMBERS FOE LIGHT. . . XXVI . 2,259 . South Australia . 7 March 1890 . 8 May 2016 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  15. News: JULIA. . . LVII . 4,154 . South Australia . 10 March 1922 . 8 May 2016 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  16. News: COUNCILS. . . LVIII . 4,222 . South Australia . 6 July 1923 . 8 May 2016 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  17. News: COUNCILS. . . LXI . 4,341 . South Australia . 30 October 1925 . 8 May 2016 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  18. News: COUNCILS. . . LXIV . 4,455 . South Australia . 27 January 1928 . 8 May 2016 . 4 . National Library of Australia.

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