District Council of Kapunda

The District Council of Kapunda was a local government area in South Australia from 1866 to 1996. The Kapunda town corporation was formed a year earlier in 1865 and ultimately amalgamated into the district council.

District Council of Kapunda South Australia
Kapunda Institute
District Council of Kapunda
Coordinates	34°20′20″S 138°55′00″E
Established	5 July 1866
Abolished	1 March 1996
Area	276.83 km2 (68,406 acres) (1936)
Council seat	Kapunda
LGAs around District Council of Kapunda: Gilbert (1866–1932) Riverton (1932-1996) Hamilton (1868–1932) Riverton (1932-1996) Julia (1874–1932) Eudunda (1932–1996) Freeling (1867–1977) Light (1977–1996) Kapunda Julia (1874–1932) Truro (1932–1991) Ridley-Truro (1991–1996) Freeling (1867–1977) Light (1977–1996) Belvidere (1866–1932) Angaston (1932–1996) Belvidere (1866–1932) Angaston (1932–1996)

History

The Corporate Town of Kapunda was proclaimed on 13 July 1865. The inaugural mayor was Matthew Blood and councillors were John Mullen, Richard Rowett, Richard Day, James Crase, Joseph Tuckfield, Stephen Bennett, James Pearce and William Lewis.^[1]

The following year on 5 July 1866 the District Council of Kapunda was established immediately north of the corporate town boundaries, bringing local governance to the remainder of the Hundred of Kapunda.^[2] The inaugural district councillors were John Ford, William Oldham, Thomas Duell, James Stokes, and Henry Kelly.

On 12 May 1932, by promulgation of the Local Government Areas (Re-arrangement) Acts 1929 and 1931, Kapunda annexed the south-easterly adjacent District Council of Belvidere as well as parts of the northerly adjacent District Council of Gilbert and District Council of Hamilton, more than doubling the council area. By 1936 the Kapunda district spanned 67,840 acres (27,450 ha) while the corporate township occupied 566 acres (229 ha).^[3]

On 1 March 1996 the council was abolished when Kapunda and Light councils were amalgamated to form the new District Council of Kapunda and Light.

References

1. "Corporation of the Town of Kapunda" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. 1865 (29 ed.): 623—624. 13 July 1865. Matthew Henry Smyth Blood, Esquire, J.P., shall be the first Mayor of the said Corporate township; that Messrs. John Mullen and Richard Rowett shall be the first Councillors for North Ward that Messrs. Richard John Day and James Crase shall be the first Councillors for East Ward; that Messrs Joseph Tuckfield and Stephen Bennett shall be the first Councillors for South Ward; and that Messrs. James Pearce and William Lewis shall be the first Councillors for West Ward, for the time being respectively.
2. "District of Kapunda" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. 1866 (29 ed.): 635. 5 July 1866. Messrs. John Ford, William Oldham, J.P., Thomas Duell, James Stokes, and Henry Kelly, J.P., shall be the first District Councillors for the District of Kapunda, aforesaid.
3. Hosking, P.; Universal Publicity Company. (1936), The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936, Universal Publicity Company, p. 284, retrieved 29 May 2019