Corporate Town of Davenport

The Corporate Town of Davenport was a local government area in Davenport, South Australia that existed from 1888 to 1932.

The town was created on 25 August 1887, and gazetted in 1888. It was separate from the adjacent District Council of Davenport, which was renamed Woolundunga in 1893 to avoid confusion between the two.[1][2]

In 1923, it had a reported population of 1,128, residing in 239 dwellings, with the municipality having a capital value of £126,600.[3]

On 28 April 1932 it merged into the existing Corporate Town of Port Augusta, along with the Corporate Town of Port Augusta West and part of the District Council of Woolundunga.[1]

Mayors

  • D. J. Brown (1888–1889) [4][5][6][7]
  • J. E. Leckey (1890–1892) [8][9][10]
  • D. J. Brown (1893–1895) [11][12]
  • T. Hunter (1895) [13]
  • J. N. Conway (1908) [14]
  • A. G. Pappin (1910) [15]
  • R. Mullen (1915) [16]
  • Nicholas Mulhall (1920–1921) [17]
  • Sidney James Rowland Bidgood (1921–1922) [17]
  • Emmanuel James Holder (1922–1923) [17]
  • Herbert Richard Holds (1923–1932) [17]

References

  1. 1 2 Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "The Government Policy". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle. SA. 30 June 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ The Civic record of South Australia, 1921-1923. Associated Publishing Service. 1924. p. 224.
  4. ↑ "A NEW CORPORATION AT PORT AUGUSTA". Adelaide Observer. SA. 5 March 1887. p. 36. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "MUNICIPAL NOMINATIONS". Evening Journal. Adelaide. 26 November 1888. p. 4 Edition: SECOND EDITION. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Davenport Town Council". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle. SA. 30 August 1889. p. 4. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "Davenport Corporation". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle. SA. 15 February 1889. p. 4. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "Davenport Town Council". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle. SA. 7 March 1890. p. 5. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "Davenport Town Council". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle. SA. 28 August 1891. p. 4. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ↑ "THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS". South Australian Chronicle]]. Adelaide. 10 December 1892. p. 21. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ↑ "COUNTRY CORPORATIONS". South Australian Chronicle. Adelaide. 9 December 1893. p. 8. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ↑ "Municipal Elections". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle. SA. 30 November 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ↑ "The Balaklava Tragedy". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle. SA. 8 November 1895. p. 2. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ↑ "DAVENPORT CORPORATION". The Observer. Adelaide. 12 December 1908. p. 47. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. ↑ "Davenport Corporation". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle. SA. 29 July 1910. p. 6. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. ↑ "Corporation of Davenport". Transcontinental. Port Augusta, SA. 6 November 1915. p. 4. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  17. 1 2 3 4 Hosking, P. (1936). The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. p. 355.

Coordinates: 32°29′S 137°47′E / 32.48°S 137.79°E / -32.48; 137.79

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