Light Regional Council Explained

Type:lga
Light Regional Council
State:sa
Density:12,36
Area:1277.6
Est:1996
Seat:Kapunda
Mayor:Bill O'Brien[1]
Region:Barossa Light and Lower North[2]
Url:http://www.light.sa.gov.au/
Stategov:Light, Schubert
Fedgov:Barker
Fedgov2:Grey
Fedgov3:Spence
Near-Nw:Wakefield Regional Council
Near-N:District Council of Clare and Gilbert Valleys
Near-Ne:Regional Council of Goyder
Near-E:Mid Murray Council
Near-W:Adelaide Plains Council
Near-Sw:City of Playford
Near-S:Town of Gawler
Near-Se:Barossa Council

Light Regional Council is a local government area north of Adelaide in South Australia. It is based in the town of Kapunda, and includes the towns of Freeling, Greenock, Hansborough, Hewett, Roseworthy and Wasleys.

The council is named for the River Light, the south bank of which forms much of the council area's northwest border.[3] The river is named after William Light, the first Surveyor-General of South Australia.

History

The council came into existence on 1 March 1996 as the District Council of Light and Kapunda by the amalgamation of the District Council of Light and the District Council of Kapunda. The council changed to the current name of Light Regional Council on 1 July 2000.[4] [5]

Geography

The council includes the localities of Allendale North, Bagot Well, Bethel, Daveyston, Ebenezer, Fords, Freeling, Gawler Belt, Gawler River, Gomersal, Greenock, Hamilton, Hewett, Kangaroo Flat, Kapunda, Kingsford, Koonunga, Linwood, Magdala, Marananga, Moppa, Morn Hill, Nain, Pinkerton Plains, Roseworthy, Seppeltsfield, Shea-Oak Log, St Johns, St Kitts, Stone Well, Tanunda, Templers, Ward Belt, Wasleys and Woolsheds, and parts of Hamley Bridge, Hansborough, Lyndoch, Nuriootpa, Reeves Plains, Rosedale, Rowland Flat, Stockwell and Truro.[6]

Transport

The council district is crossed by the Horrocks Highway, Thiele Highway and Sturt Highway, all radiating from the northern end of the Gawler Bypass Road which forms the boundary between Light Regional Council and the Town of Gawler. Light also contains the northern end of the Max Fatchen Expressway.

The council was also spanned by the Morgan railway line (Gawler, Roseworthy, Freeling, Kapunda toward Eudunda) and Peterborough railway line (from the junction at Roseworthy through Wasleys toward Hamley Bridge). Both lines closed in the early 21st century.

Councillors

WardCouncillorNotes
Mayor Bill O'Brien
Dutton Jason Grain
 Deane Rohrlach
 David Mosley
Laucke Sharron Lewis[7]
 Peter Kennelly
Light Mark Frankcom
 Lynette Reichstein
Mudla Wirra Bill Close
 Simon Zeller
 Samantha Mitchell

The Light Regional Council has a directly elected mayor.[8]

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elected Members . Light Regional Council . 31 March 2016.
  2. Web site: Barossa, Light and Lower North SA Government region. The Government of South Australia. 10 October 2014.
  3. Web site: Property Location Browser: Search for 'Light River, STRM' . 18 December 2015 . 10 January 2011 . SA0039327 . Government of South Australia.
  4. . LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1934 SECTIONS 7 AND 15: AMALGAMATION OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF KAPUNDA AND THE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF LIGHT . 25 January 1996 . 804–806.
  5. Web site: Welcome Pack . Light Regional Council . 31 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160331045630/http://www.light.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/Welcome%20Pack%20Sept%202015.pdf . 31 March 2016 . dead .
  6. Web site: Location SA Map Viewer . Government of South Australia . 31 March 2016.
  7. Web site: Light Regional Council - Current Elected Members. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150301131530/http://light.sa.gov.au/electedmember . 1 March 2015 .
  8. Web site: Election Results 2014 . Local Government Association of South Australia . 1 April 2016.