District Council of Ceduna

The District Council of Ceduna is a local government area located on the far west coast of the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. The district has a diverse business and industry with an estimated 240,000 tourists passing through every year.^[3] The township of Ceduna is the focal point of the district.

District Council of Ceduna South Australia
Ceduna Jetty
Location of the District Council of Ceduna
Established	1896
Area	5,427.1 km2 (2,095.4 sq mi)
Mayor	Perry Will[1]
Council seat	Ceduna
Region	Eyre and Western[2]
State electorate(s)	Flinders
Federal division(s)	Grey
Website	District Council of Ceduna
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Industry and history

The land in the district has long been used for agricultural purposes, in fact, between the 1850s and 1880s, much of the land was one large sheep station. Now most blocks are around 9,000 acres (36 km²) and mostly farming cereal crops such as wheat, oats and barley; as well as livestock, particularly sheep.^[4]

Port Thevenard has been an exporter of gypsum, salt, Grain and mineral sand, with up to 1.2 million tonnes of gypsum being exported per year.

Smoky Bay and Denial Bay have been growing oysters using aquaculture for over ten years now, with Denial and Smoky Bay now the second and third largest producing areas in the state respectively.

Tourism is also a large part of the districts economy, with Smoky Bay and Ceduna attracting the largest crowds. The area's attractions are largely to do with the marine environment, with fishing and whale watching popular.

The council was first established in 1925 as the District Council of Murat Bay.^[5] It was renamed the District Council of Ceduna in 1994.^[6]

Localities

The town of Ceduna is the major town of the district; it also includes the localities of Ceduna Waters, Charra, Chinbingina, Denial Bay, Kalanbi, Koonibba, Laura Bay, Maltee, Merghiny, Mudamuckla, Nadia, Nunjikompita, Puntabie, Smoky Bay, Thevenard, Uworra, Wandana, Watraba, White Well Corner, and part of Carawa, Pimbaacla, Pureba and Yumbarra.^[7]

Facilities

Ceduna contains all essential facilities including shopping centres, fuel stations, a hospital, an area school and a variety of accommodation. The smaller towns contain much less, with most having only a roadhouse and possibly a caravan park.

Recreational facilities include

• Library
• Boat Ramps & Marina
• Jetties

Council

The District Council of Ceduna has a directly-elected mayor.^[8]

2022 election results

2022 South Australian local elections: Ceduna^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robert Sleep (elected)	238	21.6
	Independent Liberal	Paul Brown (elected)	160	14.5
	Independent Liberal	Anthony Nicholls (elected)	117	10.6
	Independent	Michele Jacobsen (elected)	114	10.3
	Independent Liberal	Geoff Ryan (elected)	104	9.4
	Independent	Janet Evans (elected)	104	9.4
	Independent	Joyce Brewster (elected)	89	8.1
	Independent	Hayley Nicholls (elected)	69	6.3
	Independent One Nation	Melanie Samsonenko	52	4.7
	Independent	Terena Evans	32	2.9
	Independent	Jane McGuinness	24	2.2
Total formal votes			1,103	96.5
Informal votes			40	3.5
Turnout			1,143
Party total votes
	Independent		670	60.7
	Independent Liberal		381	34.5
	Independent One Nation		52	4.8

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 South Australian local elections § Ceduna.[edit]

Chairmen and Mayors of Murat Bay/Ceduna

• C. A. Tonkin (1925) ^[10]
• George Owen Lovelock (1932-1941) ^[11]
• Denis Edward Maloney (1941-1943) ^[11]
• Edward Morley Borlase (1944-1946) ^[11]
• Peter Sides Morrison (1946-1959) ^[11]
• Clive Keitel (1959-1970) ^[11]
• Jeffrey Charles Bergmann (1970-1981) ^[11]
• Desmond Robert Whitmarsh (1981-1983) ^[11]
• Jeffrey Charles Bergmann (1983-?) ^[11]
• Malcolm Puckridge (1987-1998) ^[10][12]
• Allan Suter (2006–present) ^[13]

See also

• List of parks and gardens in rural South Australia

References

1. "Elected Members". District Council of Ceduna. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
2. "Eyre Western SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
3. "Council website". District Council of Ceduna. Retrieved 2 March 2007.
4. Ceduna Council. "Industry". Archived from the original on 16 February 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2007.
5. Hosking, P. (1936). The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. p. 751.
6. "Local Government Coastal Boundary Reform Issues Paper" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
7. "Location SA Map Viewer". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
8. "Election Results 2014" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
9. "2022 Local Government Elections". District Council of Ceduna.
10. "Commonwealth Cost Shifting Inquiry Submission" (PDF). District Council of Ceduna. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
11. Matthews, Penny (1986), South Australia, the civic record, 1836-1986, Wakefield Press, ISBN 978-0-949268-82-2
12. "Ceduna mayor resigns". The Advertiser. 3 July 1998.
13. "Board Profiles". Regional Development Australia. Retrieved 12 November 2016.

External links

• LGA: District Council of Ceduna
• Council website

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