City of Happy Valley

The City of Happy Valley, formerly the District Council of Meadows, was a local government area in South Australia from 1935 until 1997.

History

The District Council of Meadows was established on 1 May 1935 by amalgamation of most of the District Council of Clarendon with parts of the councils of District Council of Echunga, District Council of Kondoparinga and District Council of Macclesfield.^[1] It was seated at the town of Meadows at the time of its establishment, utilising the resources of the former Kondoparinga council.^[2] The council was divided into 9 wards, each ward being represented by a single councillor except Echunga ward which had two.^[1] The wards were named Happy Valley, Coromandel, Clarendon, Kangarilla, Meadows, Echunga, Battunga, Macclesfield and Ashbourne.

In 1983 it changed its name from the "Corporation of the Town of Meadows" to the "Corporation of the City of Happy Valley".^[3][4]

In 1997 the Happy Valley council was amalgamated with the City of Noarlunga and District Council of Willunga to form the City of Onkaparinga.^[3]

See also

• Hundred of Noarlunga

References

1. "LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS (RE-ARRANGEMENT) ACTS, 1929 AND 1931" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. 1935 (13 ed.): 835–849. 21 March 1935. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
2. 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
3. Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
4. "LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1934: SECTION 48—NAME OF 'THE CITY OF HAPPY VALLEY' ASSIGNED TO CORPORATE TOWN OF MEADOWS" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. 1983 (48 ed.): 1277. 3 November 1983. Retrieved 15 December 2017.

• Paul B. Stark, B.Arch. (July 1983). "Meadows Heritage" (PDF). District Council of Meadows. pp. 155–200. ISBN 0 9591205 0 5. Retrieved 30 October 2018 – via Environment SA.

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