Town of Thebarton

The Town of Thebarton was a local government area of South Australia from 1883 until 1997. It was seated at the village of Thebarton, now an inner west suburb of Adelaide.

Town of Thebarton South Australia
Former Thebarton Municipal Offices, pictured in 2014
Town of Thebarton
Coordinates	34.9153°S 138.5725°E / -34.9153; 138.5725
Established	1883
Abolished	1997
State electorate(s)	Peake (1970–1997) West Torrens (1956–1970, 1915–1938) Thebarton (1938–1956)
LGAs around Town of Thebarton: Woodville Hindmarsh-Woodville Hindmarsh Hindmarsh-Woodville Hindmarsh Hindmarsh-Woodville West Torrens Town of Thebarton Adelaide West Torrens West Torrens Adelaide

History

The township of Thebarton was split from the City of West Torrens and incorporated on 8 February 1883 as a municipality called the Corporation of Thebarton.^[1] The municipality was divided into four wards: Strangways, Musgrave, Torrens and Jervois. The inaugural mayor was proclaimed to be Benjamin Taylor and the councillors were proclaimed as Thomas Prichard, James Vardon, Edward Cunliffe Hemingway, William Pepper, James Bernard Broderick, Richard Wilson, Joseph Stevenson and James Manning.

At the time of incorporation, all of the modern suburb of Thebarton and most parts of the modern suburbs of Torrensville and Mile End defined the extent of the municipality of Thebarton. The town boundaries were formalised with the River Torrens and Adelaide parklands forming the northern and eastern borders. The town was bordered on the west by the modern Hardys Road, Rankine Road and Bagot Avenue, and the southern boundary was between one and two city blocks north of the modern Sir Donald Bradman Drive, running from Bagot Avenue to the parklands.

In March 1997, the municipality of Thebarton was amalgamated with the City of West Torrens to form the City of West Torrens Thebarton. Mere months later the name of the new body reverted to West Torrens.

Neighbouring local government

The following adjacent local government bodies co-existed with the Thebarton town council:

• District Council of Woodville lay northwest until 1993 when it amalgamated with the Town of Hindmarsh to form the City of Hindmarsh Woodville.
• Town of Hindmarsh lay north and northeast until 1993 when it amalgamated with the City of Woodville.
• City of Adelaide western parklands lay east and southeast.
• District Council of West Torrens lay immediately south, southwest and west. From 1944 it was called the Town of West Torrens and, from 1950, the City of West Torrens.

References

1. "Proclamations" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. 1883 (7 ed.): 430. 8 February 1883. Retrieved 24 July 2017. Benjamin Taylor, Esquire, shall be the first mayor of the said corporation, and that Messrs. Thomas Prichard and James Vardon shall be the first councillors for Strangways Ward; that Messrs. Edward Cunliffe Hemmingway and William Pepper shall be the first councillors for Musgrave Ward; that Messrs. James Bernard Broderick and Richard Wilson shall be the first councillors for Torrens Ward; and that Messrs. Joseph Stevenson and James Manning shall be the first councillors for Jervois Ward; and that Messrs. Vinrace Laurence and Edward Lowe shall be the first auditors for the corporation of Thebarton, aforesaid.