District Council Of Willunga
History
The District Council of Willunga was established on 18 August 1853 to govern the Hundred of Willunga and the southernmost portion of the Hundred of Kuitpo, one of the sets of earliest local government bodies to be created in the state. The district was bounded on the north-west by the Onkaparinga River up to the present-day boundary between Blewitt Springs and Clarendon. It was bounded on the north-east by straight lines passing to the Wickam Hill and North Mount Magnificent trig stations. The ridgelines making up the southern borders of the hundreds of Kuitpo and Willunga formed the southern boundary of the district, passing through the South Mount Magnificent trig station, Willunga Hill and Sellicks Hill. The council area thus included all of the present-day McLaren Vale wine region and the forestry area known as Lower Meadows or Dingabledinga.
By 1856, residents on the northern boundary at Noarlunga had seceded from the council along with parts of Morphett Vale council over the Onkaparinga River to form the District Council of Noarlunga. The following year, residents of Aldinga successfully lobbied for their own independent local governance and the coastal District Council of Aldinga was formed to the south. Upon completion of these boundary adjustments Willunga comprised three wards; namely Willunga, McLaren Vale and Lower Meadows.
In 1932 Aldinga was dissolved and the land absorbed back into Willunga council.
In 1997 the council was amalgamated with Noarlunga and Happy Valley councils to form the City of Onkaparinga.
References
- ^ Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ^ "Proclamation - District of Willunga" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. 1853 (33 ed.). Government of South Australia. 18 August 1853. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
On the north the said district of Willunga is bounded by the Onkaparinga River from the mouth thereof, up to the south-east boundary line of the Hundred of Kuitpo; from thence the said district is bounded by the south-east boundary line of the said Hundred of Kuitpo, till the same reaches the Trigonometrical Station at Wickham's Hill; from thence the said district is bounded by a straight line running from the last mentioned Station to North Magnificent Trigonometrical Station; from thence the said district abuts on the boundary line of the Counties of Adelaide and Hindmarsh, from the North Magnificent Trigonometrical Station to the sea; and from thence the said district is bounded on the west by the sea to the Onkaparinga River
- ^ Hosking, P.; Universal Publicity Company (1936), The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936, Universal Publicity Company, p. 682, retrieved 21 July 2017
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