District Council of Lucindale explained

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]

Chairmen

The following persons were elected to serve as chairman of the council for the following terms:

  1. J.McCallum (1878-?)
  2. G. Copping (? - ?)
  3. A. Robson (? - ?)
  4. E. Hall (? - ?)
  5. S. Tavender (? - ?)
  6. E. Feurheerdt (? - ?)
  7. D. Findlater (? - ?)
  8. P.J. Burke (? - 1923)
  9. Aitchison Grieve (1923-49)
  10. Ratcliffe George Nosworthy (1949-52)
  11. Geoffrey Trafford Cowan (1952-57)
  12. Peter William Robertson Daw (1957-63)
  13. Horace William Mason (1963-77)
  14. Kenneth Ralph James OAM (1977-85)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Boucaut . James. P.. Untitled proclamation re the constitution of District of Lucindale . The South Australian Government Gazette . Government of South Australia . 434 . 16 November 1911. 15 October 2022.
  2. Web site: Thursday, 17 September 1998 . The Government Gazette of South Australia . Government of South Australia . 22 November 2016.
  3. Web site: Search result for 'Lucindale, LOCB' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities','Counties', 'Government Towns', 'Local Government areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'. Location SA Map Viewer. South Australian government. 17 June 2019.