City of Munno Para
City of Munno Para South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 34°41′09″S 138°41′13″E / 34.685833°S 138.686944°ECoordinates: 34°41′09″S 138°41′13″E / 34.685833°S 138.686944°E | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1933 | ||||||||||||||
Abolished | 1997 | ||||||||||||||
Council seat | Smithfield | ||||||||||||||
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The City of Munno Para, formerly the District Council of Munno Para, was a local government area of South Australia from 1933 to 1997, seated at the township of Smithfield.
Early years[]
The council was formed in 1933 by the amalgamation of the District Council of Munno Para East and a major central portion of the District Council of Munno Para West.[1][2] The council bounds approximated an area known as the northern Para Plains, so called due to the proximity of the North Para, South Para and Little Para rivers.
Council Chambers and Office[]
The District Council of Munno Para East used the old Chapel on Uley Road at Uleybury as it Council Chamber. During the 1950s the Council Office was at 34 Murray Street Gawler until it moved to new building adjacent the Shopping Centre on Crittenden Road, Smithfield Plains.
Prior to the 1950s, most of the area surrounding the township of Smithfield was farming estates. In the post-war boom the Adelaide satellite city of Elizabeth was established about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of the Smithfield Township (subdivided by John Smith in 1853), boosting the population and urbanising the latter.[1]
In 1988, the District Council of Munno Para was renamed to City of Munno Para.[citation needed]. The Council moved into a new Office Building and a Library located on Warooka drive, Smithfield.
In 1997 the City of Munno Para merged with the City of Elizabeth to form the new City of Playford.[1]
See also[]
- Hundred of Munno Para
- Munno Para, South Australia
- Munno Para railway station
- Munno Para Downs, South Australia
- Munno Para West, South Australia
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "History of Playford". City of Playford. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- ^ Marsden, Susan (2012). "LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA: A HISTORY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COUNCILS to 1936" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- Populated places established in 1933
- 1933 establishments in Australia
- Former local government areas of South Australia
- 1997 disestablishments in Australia
- Australia government stubs
- Adelaide geography stubs