Type: | lga |
District Council of Lucindale | |
State: | sa |
Pop: | 1700 |
Pop Year: | 1985 |
Established: | 1878 [1] |
Abolished: | 1998 [2] |
Area: | 2363.4 |
Area Footnotes: | (1985) |
Seat: | Lucindale |
Map Type: | state |
Coordinates: | -36.9833°N 140.3667°W |
Coord Ref: | [3] |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
The District Council of Lucindale was a local government area in the Australian state of South Australia that existed from 1878 to 1998 on land in the state’s south-east.
It was proclaimed on 28 February 1878 with its seat being located in the town of Lucindale.[1]
At establishment, it consisted of the whole of the Hundred of Joyce. By 1985, the district's extent had grown by the addition of the following six hundreds - Coles, Conmurra, Fox, Spence, Townsend and Woolumbool. As of 1985, the population of each hundred was represented by a ward whose boundary aligned with the respective hundred, with an eighth ward representing the population of the Town of Lucindale.[1]
On 1 December 1998, it was amalgamated with the District Council of Naracoorte to create the Naracoorte Lucindale Council.[2]
The following persons were elected to serve as chairman of the council for the following terms: