Barossa Council

Barossa District Council
South Australia
Barossa District Council; South Australia
	Location of the Barossa Council in blue
Population	23,558 (2016 census)
• Density	25.831/km2 (66.90/sq mi)
Established	1996
Area	912 km2 (352.1 sq mi)
Mayor	Michael "Bim" Lange
Council seat	Nuriootpa
Region	Barossa Light and Lower North
State electorate(s)	Schubert
Federal division(s)	Barker; Spence;
Website	Barossa District Council
	LGAs around Barossa District Council:

Barossa Council is a local government area in the Barossa Valley in South Australia. The council area covers 912 square kilometres and had a population of over 23,000 as at the 2016 Census.

History[]

It was proclaimed on 1 July 1996 following the amalgamation of the , the and the . It also gained a portion of the former District Council of Mount Pleasant on 1 July 1997.^[4]

Description[]

Townships in the council area include

Mayors[]

Brian Hurn - 1996-2014
Bob Sloane - 2014-2018
Michael "Bim" Lange - 2018 - present

References[]

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Barossa (DC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
^ "Your Elected Members". Barossa Council. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
^ "Barossa, Light and Lower North SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
^ "About Council Fact Sheet" (PDF). Barossa Council. Retrieved 31 March 2016.

External links[]

Coordinates: 34°30′S 139°03′E / 34.500°S 139.050°E / -34.500; 139.050

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[Census2016-1] Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Barossa (DC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

[elected-2] "Your Elected Members". Barossa Council. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

[region-3] "Barossa, Light and Lower North SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.

[4] "About Council Fact Sheet" (PDF). Barossa Council. Retrieved 31 March 2016.

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v t Towns and localities of the Barossa Council
Towns and localities	Angaston Barossa Goldfields Bethany Cockatoo Valley Concordia Cromer Eden Valley Flaxman Valley Kalbeeba Krondorf Light Pass Lyndoch Moculta Mount Crawford (part) Mount McKenzie Mount Pleasant Nuriootpa Penrice Pewsey Vale Rosedale Rowland Flat Sandy Creek Springton Stockwell Tanunda Taunton Truro Williamstown
Geographic features	Barossa Valley Kaiserstuhl Mount Crawford Barossa Reservoir South Para Reservoir Warren Reservoir

v t Local government areas of South Australia
Metropolitan Adelaide	Adelaide Adelaide Hills Burnside Campbelltown Charles Sturt Gawler Holdfast Bay Marion Mitcham Norwood Payneham & St Peters Onkaparinga Playford Port Adelaide Enfield Prospect Salisbury Tea Tree Gully Unley Walkerville West Torrens
Eyre Peninsula	Ceduna Cleve Elliston Franklin Harbour Kimba Lower Eyre Peninsula Port Augusta Port Lincoln Streaky Bay Tumby Bay Wudinna Whyalla
Central	Adelaide Plains Barossa Barunga West Clare and Gilbert Valleys Copper Coast Flinders Ranges Goyder Light Mount Remarkable Northern Areas Orroroo Carrieton Peterborough Port Pirie Wakefield Yorke Peninsula
Southern and Hills	Alexandrina Kangaroo Island Mount Barker Victor Harbor Yankalilla
Murray Mallee	Berri Barmera Coorong Gerard Karoonda East Murray Loxton Waikerie Mid Murray Murray Bridge Renmark Paringa Southern Mallee
Southeast	Grant Kingston Mount Gambier Naracoorte Lucindale Robe Tatiara Wattle Range
Outback	Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Coober Pedy Maralinga Tjarutja Nepabunna Outback Communities Authority Roxby Downs Yalata

Barossa Council

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Description[]

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