Kangaroo Island Council
Kangaroo Island Council South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Location of Kangaroo Island Council | |||||||||||||||
Population | 4,702 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 1.06861/km2 (2.7677/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1996 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 4,400.1 km2 (1,698.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Mayor | Peter Clements[2] | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Kingscote | ||||||||||||||
Region | Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[3] | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Mawson [4] | ||||||||||||||
Federal Division(s) | Mayo[5] | ||||||||||||||
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Website | Kangaroo Island Council | ||||||||||||||
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The Kangaroo Island Council is a local government area in South Australia that covers the entirety of Kangaroo Island, 13 km off the coast of the mainland. The council was formed in 1996 by the amalgamation of the District Council of Kingscote and the District Council of Dudley.[6]
The seat of the council is located in the island's largest town, Kingscote. The district's population at the 2016 Census was approximately 4,700.[1]
Elected members
Mayor: Peter Clements CEO: Andrew Boardman
- Peter Denholm
- Sharon Kaupilla
- Ken Liu
- Pip Masters
- Graeme Ricketts
- Larry Turner
- Cathie Tydeman
- Joy Willson
Economy
The district's economy is based around agriculture, with grazing, crops, viticulture and forestry prevalent. Fishing, and more recently, aquaculture has been established as an economic viability on the island. Tourism is also a contributor to the economy, with tourists coming to the island for its natural environment and history.
Localities
Localities within the jurisdiction of the Kangaroo Island Council are as follows: American Beach, American River, Antechamber Bay, Ballast Head, Baudin Beach, Bay of Shoals, Birchmore, Brown Beach, Brownlow KI, Cape Borda, Cassini, Cuttlefish Bay, Cygnet River, De Mole River, D'Estrees Bay, Dudley East, Dudley West, Duncan, Emu Bay, Flinders Chase, Gosse, Haines, Island Beach, Ironstone, Kangaroo Head, Karrata, Kingscote, Kohinoor, MacGillivray, Menzies, Middle River, Muston, Nepean Bay, Newland, North Cape, Parndana, Pelican Lagoon, Penneshaw, Porky Flat, Sapphiretown, Seal Bay, Seddon, Stokes Bay, Stun'Sail Boom, Vivonne Bay, Western River, Willoughby, Willson River, and Wisanger.[7]
See also
References
- 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Kangaroo Island (DC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ↑ "Elected Members". Kangaroo Island Council. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ↑ "Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ↑ "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ↑ Kangaroo Island Council. "About Council". Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ↑ "Search result for " Kangaroo Island (IS)" (Record no SA0033933) with the following layers selected – "Suburbs and Localities" and "Local Government Areas"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 22 May 2016.