City of Enfield

City of Enfield
South Australia
Second Enfield council chamber, Regency Road
City of Enfield
Coordinates 34°51′9″S 138°36′3″E / 34.85250°S 138.60083°E / -34.85250; 138.60083Coordinates: 34°51′9″S 138°36′3″E / 34.85250°S 138.60083°E / -34.85250; 138.60083
Established 1868
Abolished 1996
Area 47.3 km2 (18.25 sq mi)[1] (1930)
Council seat Enfield
LGAs around City of Enfield:
Port Adelaide Yatala North
Salisbury		 Highercombe
Tea Tree Gully
Woodville
Hindmarsh Woodville		 City of Enfield Payneham/
Campbelltown
Hindmarsh
Hindmarsh Woodville		 Adelaide
Prospect		 Walkerville
Payneham/
Campbelltown

The City of Enfield (formerly District Council of Yatala South) was a local government area of South Australia from 1868 to 1996. It was known as Yatala South up until 1933, which was named for its local government area predecessor, the District Council of Yatala, and known as Enfield thereafter.

The seat of the City of Enfield was the township of Enfield, approximately 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north of Adelaide's centre, named after Enfield Town in the London borough of same name.[2] In 1868, the council area ranged approximately from Dry Creek in the north to the Torrens River in the south east and Torrens Road (unrelated to the river) in the south west.

History

Early years

Map showing the boundaries of Yatala North and Yatala South immediately after the 1868 split, with relation to the Hundred of Yatala (shaded in green and yellow) and the Hundred of Port Adelaide (shaded in cyan and orange)

The District Council of Yatala South was established on 18 June 1868 when the District Council of Yatala was divided at Dry Creek and the Dry Creek-Port Adelaide railway line into Yatala South and Yatala North.[3][4] The council office was located near Gepps Cross intersection at the northern end of the suburb of Enfield.[5]

In August 1872 the District Council of Prospect was established by severance from Yatala South,[3][6] reducing the latter in area by about 3 square miles (7.8 km2).

In 1927 the second Enfield council chamber, located on Regency Road, Enfield, pictured above, was erected.

In 1930, the recorded population of Yatala South was 4,979.[1]

Well over half a century since its establishment, on 22 June 1933, Yatala South was renamed to be the District Council of Enfield following lobbying from residents.[4] The district council was now named after its major population centre and council seat, the township of Enfield.

Municipality

In April 1944 the Enfield council was granted municipal status, becoming the Town of Enfield. In January 1953, the population had reached a point where the municipality was granted city status and known thereafter as the City of Enfield.[3] The chairman of the council became the mayor from 1944.[7]

In March 1996 the City of Enfield merged with the City of Port Adelaide to form the City of Port Adelaide Enfield.[3]

Chairmen and mayors of Enfield

  • Thomas Keith Shutter (1931–1938)[7]
  • Arthur George Owen Gray (1938–1943)[7]
  • Keith Teller (1943–1944)[7]
  • Harold Frank Stevens (1944–1947)[7]
  • Thomas Keith Shutter (1947–1955)[7]
  • Thomas Turner (1955–1964)[7]
  • Joseph Robert Chaplin (1964–1968)[7]
  • Roy Donald Amer (1968–1971)[8][7]
  • Ray J Norton (1971–1974)[9]
  • (1974–1976) ?
  • Ray J Norton (1976–1988)[8][9]
  • Ronald Henry Charles Bonner (1988–1989)[8]
  • Roy Donald Amer (1989–1993)[8]
  • Michael Charles Stock (1993–1996)[8]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. 1936. p. 126-127.
  2. ↑ "Search for 'Enfield, SUB'". Property Location Browser. SA0022644. Previous Name: Poor Mans Section; Derivation of Name: A town near London; Other Details: Originally a private subdivision of Section 340. In 1943 portions of the area identified as Enfield were added to Clearview & Broadview.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Our History: Enfield History". City of Port Adelaide Enfield. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  4. 1 2 Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. Retrieved 23 February 2016. Formed on 18 June 1868 when the original Yatala Council (see Yatala) was divided into DCs of Yatala North and Yatala South. On 22 June 1933 Yatala South was renamed DC of Enfield.
  5. ↑ Marsden, Susan (2012). "LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA: A HISTORY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COUNCILS to 1936" (PDF). [In 1868,] Prospect ratepayers [...] believed they were not getting their fair share of roadworks, and that the council office was too far away at Gepps Cross.
  6. ↑ "Historical Timeline". City of Prospect. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Matthews, Penny (1986). South Australia, the civic record, 1836-1986. Wakefield Press. p. 159. ISBN 978-0-949268-82-2.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "Those Who Served:1853 – 2014" (PDF). City of Port Adelaide Enfield. pp. 6–12. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  9. 1 2 "Mayor's Message". Pen 2 Paper (3 ed.). City of Port Adelaide Enfield. 18: 2. June 2013. Ray Norton the Mayor of Enfield 1971-1974 and 1976-1988 at his 80th birthday on 28 April
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