District Council of Eudunda

The District Council of Eudunda was a local government area in South Australia from 1932 to 1997. The central town and council seat was Eudunda.^[1] It was established on 12 May 1932 with the amalgamation of the District Council of Julia and the District Council of Neales.^[2] By 1936, it was divided up into four wards: Brownlow, Eudunda and Neales (two councillors each) and Julia (three councillors).^[1][3] It met at the District Hall at Eudunda, which had formerly been owned by the Neales council, until 1963.^[4] The council existed until 1997, when it amalgamated with the District Council of Burra Burra, the District Council of Hallett and the District Council of Robertstown to form the Regional Council of Goyder.^[5]

Eudunda council building as used by the Regional Council of Goyder in 2010

District Council of Eudunda South Australia
Eudunda District Hall, pictured in 2010, housed council meetings until 1963
District Council of Eudunda
Coordinates	34°10′0″S 139°05′0″E
Established	12 May 1932
Abolished	23 January 1997
Council seat	Eudunda
LGAs around District Council of Eudunda: Riverton Robertstown Morgan Riverton District Council of Eudunda Morgan Kapunda Kapunda Truro Ridley-Truro Truro Ridley-Truro

Chairmen

• A. G. Wiesner (1932–1933) ^[3][1]
• Herbert Michael (1933–1941) ^[1][6][7]
• Clarence Albert Mann (1941–1947) ^[7]
• Hermann Oskar Leditschke (1947–1950) ^[7]
• Leslie Nicholson (1950–1951) ^[7]
• George Hambour (1951–1957) ^[7]
• George Carl Pfitzner (1957–1966) ^[7]
• Hedley Gordon Hambour (1966–1972) ^[7]
• Walter Theodor Hage (1972–1973) ^[7]
• Ralph Ewens Carter (1973–1985) ^[7]
• Frank Martin Mosey (1985–?) ^[7]

References

1. Hosking, P. (1936). The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. p. 852.
2. Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. p. 11. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
3. "From The Country". The Chronicle. Vol. LXXIV, no. 3, 939. South Australia. 2 June 1932. p. 15. Retrieved 4 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
4. "Minutes of Special Meeting 30 March 2011" (PDF). Regional Council of Goyder Heritage Advisory Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
5. Ashenden, E.S. (23 January 1997). "LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1934 SECTIONS 7 AND 14: AMALGAMATION OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF BURRA BURRA, THE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF EUDUNDA, THE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF HALLETT AND THE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF ROBERTSTOWN" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. pp. 644–645. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
6. "From The Country". The Chronicle. Vol. LXXVI, no. 4, 001. South Australia. 20 July 1933. p. 13. Retrieved 11 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
7. Matthews, Penny (1986), South Australia, the civic record, 1836-1986, Wakefield Press, ISBN 978-0-949268-82-2