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District Council Of Tea Tree Gully
The City of Tea Tree Gully is a local council in the Australian state of South Australia, in the outer north-eastern suburbs of Adelaide. The major business district in the city is at Modbury, where Westfield Tea Tree Plaza, Modbury Hospital, the Civic Centre and the library are located.

Howard, Lord Florey, Australian pathologist and co-discoverer of penicillin, was a resident of the City of Tea Tree Gully.

History

The Tea Tree gully itself passes through the Adelaide foothills roughly marking the easiest path eastwards from Grand Junction Road to Gumeracha. The 1850s settlement at the entrance to the gully (approximately where North East Road enters the foothills) was known as the village of 'Steventon' after local resident and miller, John Stevens, who was a major landowner in the area. The name Steventon is retained as one of the electoral wards of the City of Tea Tree Gully.

The council was originally proclaimed in October 1858 as the District Council of Tea Tree Gully, when the northern half of the District Council of Highercombe, which had been created in 1853, successfully seceded to form its own municipality. In the early 1930s, the two councils were considered unviable, being very small in relative size and population. The District Council of Highercombe was included in a Local Government Commission list of 53 local councils with annual revenue of less than £2000. Following the commission recommendation, the two councils were recombined under the name Tea Tree Gully in May 1935.

It inherited the former 1855 Highercombe council chambers, which had been built in Tea Tree Gully, and used that building until 1967. The Old Tea Tree Gully Council Chambers survive today and are listed on the South Australian Heritage Register, having been the first purpose-built district council chambers in South Australia. In 1967 the Tea Tree Gully civic centre was opened, comprising a new council chamber and civic hall. The municipality was granted city status and proclaimed as the City of Tree Gully in 1968.

Gallery 1855

A council-owned colonial building was converted into a community art gallery, and is now known as Gallery 1855. The gallery hosts regular contemporary art and craft exhibitions and artist-led workshops.

From 1954 to 1971 the population of Tea Tree Gully council rose from just over 2,500 to almost 37,000, and in 1975 it had reached approximately 55,000 as urban residential development quickly expanded. By 2004 the population had exceeded 100,000.


Council

Council consists of 13 Elected Members comprising a Mayor, and 12 Ward Councillors. The Council area is divided into six wards, with two Counicllors elected from each ward.

The current council as of December 2022 is:

Ward Party Affiliation Councilor First Elected Notes
Mayor   Liberal Marijka Ryan 2022
Balmoral Ward   Liberal Rob Unger 2018 Deputy Mayor (2022-2024)
  Liberal Irena Zagladov 2022
Drumminor Ward   United Australia Kimberley Drozdoff 2022
  Liberal Lyn Petrie 2018 Lyn Petrie was elected by a recount of votes following the resignation in November 2023 of former Councillor Damian Wyld due to illness.
Hillcott Ward   Labor Kristianne Foreman 2021
  Independent Sandy Keane 2014
Pedare Ward   Independent Bernie Keane 1994
  Vacant 2024 On 8 October 2024 Cr Tammie Sinclair resigned from their position on council.
Steventon Ward   Independent Jessica Hawkvelt 2018 Deputy Mayor (2024-2025)
  Labor Lucas Jones 2008 Deputy Mayor (2025-2026)
Watergully Ward   Independent Marina Champion 2022
  Liberal Blake Lawrenson 2022

Chairmen and Mayors of Tea Tree Gully

  • William Henry Ind (1936–1943)
  • Albert George Dearman (1943-1951)
  • George Norman Lambert (1951-1954)
  • Albert George Dearman (1954-1955)
  • David Stanley Goodes (1955-1957)
  • Basil David Mitchell (1957–1960)
  • Viggo Ole Jacobsen (1960–1965)
  • William Green (1967–1969)
  • William Gilbert Brassington (1969–1972)
  • John Charles Burford (1972–1974)
  • John Garfield Tilley (1974–1981)
  • Donald David Stuart (1981–1982)
  • John Garfield Tilley (1982–1989)
  • Thomas Edward Loveland Milton (1989-1991)
  • Lesley Purdom (1991-1997)
  • Bernie Keane (1997-2000)
  • Lesley Purdom (2000-2006)
  • Miriam Smith (2006-2014)
  • Pat Trainor (2014)
  • Kevin Knight (2014-2022)
  • Marijka Ryan (2022-Current)

Geography

Aerial image of the Golden Grove and Greenwith areas, looking north. Greenwith is to the north, and the border is Cobbler Creek, which is straddled by a treeline indicated by the upper red arrow. The southern border of Golden Grove is indicated approximately by the southern treeline marked by the arrow. The triangle in the southwestern corner of the photo is Surrey Downs, and to the southeastern corner is Fairview Park. Little Para Reservoir is the body of water. The light patches on the eastern part of the image are quarries. This is the northern part of the City of Tea Tree Gully.

The gully to which the city name refers actually exists and is known to be sizable as it provided a gradient negotiable only by bullock wagons travelling through the Mt. Lofty Ranges. Additionally the gully had permanent freshwater springs which promoted the growth of tea trees in the area – thus the eventual name 'Tea Tree Gully'.

The 350-hectare (860-acre) Anstey Hill Recreation Park is adjacent to the suburbs of Vista and Tea Tree Gully.

Sister cities

The City of Tea Tree Gully, has two sister cities. They are:

Suburbs and post codes

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Tea Tree Gully (Local Government Area)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Elected Members". City of Tea Tree Gully. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Northern Adelaide SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Our History". www.teatreegully.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  5. ^ Marsden, Susan (2012). "Local Government Association of South Australia: A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). DC of Highercombe was the original local government area, established on 14 July 1853. The DC of Tea Tree Gully was detached on 7 October 1858, and Highercombe was absorbed into DC of Tea Tree Gully on 21 March 1935, returning the council to the 1853 boundaries.
  6. ^ "The First Council Chambers". Tea Tree Gully Historical Society. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Former Highercombe (subsequently Tea Tree Gully) Council Chambers". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  8. ^ "A Short History of Tea Tree Gully". Tea Tree Gully Historical Society. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  9. ^ "Gallery 1855". www.teatreegully.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  10. ^ Auhl, 1976
  11. ^ "2022 Council Elections". ECSA. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  12. ^ "Drumminor Ward election result". City of Tea Tree Gully. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Resignation of long-serving Tea Tree Gully councillor Damian Wyld". City of Tea Tree Gully. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  14. ^ Matthews, Penny (1986), South Australia, the civic record, 1836–1986, Wakefield Press, p. 585, ISBN 978-0-949268-82-2
  15. ^ "Modbury High School Student Award". Rotary Club of Modbury. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  16. ^ "Sister City Information". City of Tea Tree Gully. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-02.
  17. ^ "City of Tea Tree Gully signs sister city agreement with Ukrainian town". www.teatreegully.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
Reference
  • Auhl, Ian (1976). From settlement to city: a history of the district of Tea Tree Gully, 1836–1976. Blackwood, SA: Lynton Publications.
  • Auhl, Ian (1993). Tea Tree Gully Historical Society (ed.). From settlement to city: a history of the district of Tea Tree Gully, 1836–1976, 1976–1993. Modbury, SA: Tea Tree Gully Council. ISBN 9781742224770.

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