District Council of Light (1867–1892)

For other uses, see District Council of Light.

Local government area in 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 / -34.38611; 138.80750
Established| 1867; 157 years ago (1867)
Abolished| 1892; 132 years ago (1892)
Council seat| Freeling
| LGAs around District Council of Light:

Stockport | Gilbert | Kapunda
Mudla Wirra North | District Council of Light | Belvidere
Mudla Wirra South | Nuriootpa | Nuriootpa

The District Council of Light was a local government area in South Australia from 1867 to 1892.

## History

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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.

## See also

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* Adelaide Plains Council
* District Council of Light (1977–1996)

## References

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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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Former local government areas in South Australia

Adelaide metropolitan|

* Birkenhead
* Brighton (Marion)
* Brighton (M)
* East Torrens
* Elizabeth
* Enfield/Yatala South
* Glanville
* Glenelg
* Henley and Grange
* Highercombe
* Hindmarsh
* Hindmarsh (M)
* Hindmarsh Woodville
* Lefevre's Peninsula
* Kensington and Norwood
* Morphett Vale
* Munno Para
* Munno Para East
* Munno Para West
* Noarlunga
* Payneham/Stepney
* Port Adelaide
* Portland Estate
* Queenstown and Alberton
* Rosewater
* Semaphore
* St Peters
* Thebarton
* Woodville
* Yatala
* Yatala North

Barossa and Mid North|

* Alma Plains
* Angaston
* Apoinga
* Auburn
* Balaklava
* Barossa East
* Barossa West
* Barossa
* Belvidere
* Black Springs
* Blyth
* Blyth-Snowtown
* Booborowie
* Burra Burra
* Burra
* Burra (M)
* Bute/Ninnes
* Clare
* Clare (M)
* Clare and Spalding
* Crystal Brook
* Crystal Brook-Redhill
* Dalkey
* Dublin
* English
* Eudunda
* Flaxman's Valley
* Freeling/Nuriootpa
* Gawler South
* Georgetown
* Gilbert
* Grace
* Hall
* Hamilton
* Hanson
* Hutt and Hill Rivers
* Julia
* Kapunda
* Kapunda (M)
* Light (1867–1892)
* Light (1977–1996)
* Mallala/Light (Adelaide Plains)
* Mount Bryan
* Mudla Wirra (1854–1867)
* Mudla Wirra (1933–1977)
* Mudla Wirra North
* Mudla Wirra South
* Narridy
* Neales
* Owen
* Port Broughton/Mundoora
* Port Gawler
* Port Wakefield
* Redhill/Broughton
* Rhynie
* Riverton
* Robertstown
* Saddleworth
* Saddleworth and Auburn
* Snowtown
* Spalding
* Stanley
* Stockport
* Tanunda
* Truro
* Upper Wakefield
* Wakefield Plains
* Waterloo

Eyre Peninsula|

* Lincoln (Lower Eyre Peninsula)
* Le Hunte/Minnipa (Wudinna)

Hills, Fleurieu and KI|

* Aldinga
* Alexandrina
* Angas
* Bremer
* Brinkley
* Clarendon
* Crafers
* Dudley
* Echunga
* Encounter Bay/Inman
* Goolwa
* Gumeracha
* Happy Valley/Meadows
* Keyneton/North Rhine
* Kingscote
* Kondoparinga
* Macclesfield
* Monarto
* Mount Crawford
* Mount Pleasant
* Myponga
* Nairne
* Onaunga
* Onkaparinga
* Para Wirra
* Port Elliot
* Port Elliot and Goolwa/Encounter Bay
* Rapid Bay
* Springton/South Rhine
* Stirling
* Strathalbyn
* Strathalbyn (M)
* Talunga
* Tungkillo
* Victor Harbor
* Willunga
* Yankalilla and Myponga

Murray/Murray Mallee|

* Barmera/Cobdogla
* Berri
* Brown's Well
* Caurnamont
* Coonalpyn Downs
* East Murray
* Karoonda
* Lameroo/Pinnaroo
* Loxton
* Mannum
* Marne
* Meningie
* Mobilong
* Morgan
* Murray Bridge
* Paringa
* Peake
* Pinnaroo/Pinnaroo East
* Renmark
* Renmark/Hamley (M)
* Ridley
* Ridley-Truro
* Sedan/Keyneton and Swan Reach
* Swan Reach/Blanchetown
* Waikerie

Southeast|

* Beachport
* Benara
* Kennion
* Millicent/Mayurra
* Mount Gambier (1863–1864)
* Mount Gambier East
* Mount Gambier West
* Mount Muirhead
* Naracoorte (M)
* Penola
* Port MacDonnell
* Lacepede (Kingston)
* Lucindale
* Naracoorte
* Tantanoola
* Wirrega

Upper and Far North|

* Belalie
* Booyoolie
* Caltowie
* Carrieton/Eurelia
* Coglin
* Davenport
* Gladstone/Yangya
* Gladstone (M)
* Hallett
* Hawker
* Jamestown
* Jamestown (M)
* Kanyaka
* Kanyaka-Quorn
* Laura
* Laura (M)
* Orroroo
* Peterborough/Petersburg
* Pirie
* Port Augusta West
* Port Germein
* Port Pirie
* Quorn
* Rocky River
* Terowie
* Wilmington/Hammond
* Woolundunga/Davenport
* Yongala

Yorke Peninsula|

* Central Yorke Peninsula
* Clinton
* Dalrymple
* Edithburgh
* Green's Plains
* Kadina
* Kadina (M)
* Kulpara
* Maitland
* Melville
* Minlaton
* Moonta
* Wallaroo
* Warooka
* Northern Yorke Peninsula
* Yorke Peninsula (1888–1969)
* Yorketown
* Yorketown (M)

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