District Council of Light (1867–1892)

District Council of Light
South Australia
District Council of Light; South Australia
	District Council of Light
Coordinates	34°23′10″S 138°48′27″E / 34.38611°S 138.80750°E
Established	1867; 157 years ago
Abolished	1892; 132 years ago
Council seat	Freeling
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The District Council of Light was a local government area in South Australia from 1867 to 1892.

History

The council was proclaimed on 28 March 1867 and included most of the Hundred of Light, County of Light, with the exclusion of that part north-west of the Light River and the main road north, which was already locally governed by the District Council of Stockport.^[1] The only township of note within the council area was Freeling, straddling the southern boundary of the council area.

On 2 August 1892 the council was abolished and the council area was split between the District Council of Nuriootpa to the south and the District Council of Kapunda to the northeast, both of the latter having been established at a similar time to the Light council.

References

^ "District of Light" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. 1867 (13 ed.). Government of South Australia: 298–299. 28 March 1867. Retrieved 22 September 2017. [...] And I do hereby define the boundaries of the said district to be as follows, that is to say— Bounded on the north by the District of Gilbert; on the north-east and east by the Districts of Kapunda and Belvidere; on the south by the north-western boundary of the Hundred of Nuriootpa; on the west and north-west br the Districts of Mudla Wirra and Stockport: And I do hereby further order, direct, and proclaim that Messrs. Robert Rankine, James Neilson Smith, Robert Bald, William Green, Deitrich Bormann shall be the first District Councillors for the District of Light, aforesaid.

[Gazette-1] "District of Light" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. 1867 (13 ed.). Government of South Australia: 298–299. 28 March 1867. Retrieved 22 September 2017. [...] And I do hereby define the boundaries of the said district to be as follows, that is to say— Bounded on the north by the District of Gilbert; on the north-east and east by the Districts of Kapunda and Belvidere; on the south by the north-western boundary of the Hundred of Nuriootpa; on the west and north-west br the Districts of Mudla Wirra and Stockport: And I do hereby further order, direct, and proclaim that Messrs. Robert Rankine, James Neilson Smith, Robert Bald, William Green, Deitrich Bormann shall be the first District Councillors for the District of Light, aforesaid.

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District Council of Light (1867–1892)

History

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