City of Woodville

City of Woodville
South Australia
City of Woodville; South Australia
	The Woodville council chambers were housed in the southern portion of the Woodville Town Hall complex from 1903 to 1993.
	City of Woodville
Coordinates	34°52′44″S 138°32′16″E / 34.8788°S 138.5379°ECoordinates: 34°52′44″S 138°32′16″E / 34.8788°S 138.5379°E
Established	1875
Abolished	1993
Area	39.5 km2 (15.25 sq mi) (1930)
Council seat	Woodville
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The City of Woodville was a local government area in South Australia from 1875 to 1993, seated at the inner north west Adelaide suburb of Woodville.

History[]

Map showing the boundaries of the District Council of Hindmarsh in relation to the Hundred of Yatala. The area was split between the Woodville council and the Town of Hindmarsh from 1874.

The District Council of Hindmarsh, covering the north west suburbs of Adelaide, had been established since 1853, providing local government to land that was to be Woodville council.^[2] In 1874 the most populous parts of the district council successfully lobbied to secede and formed the Town of Hindmarsh adjacent to the Adelaide parklands. The remainder, still called District Council of Hindmarsh, formed the boundaries of what would one day be the City of Woodville.

Late in the following year on 30 December 1875, at the request of ratepayers in order to distinguish itself from the newer corporate town, the name was changed to District Council of Woodville by state government proclamation.^[3]^[4]

The council offices relocated from Port Road to the present-day City of Charles Sturt civic centre on Woodville Road at Woodville in 1903.^[5]

As part of the District Councils Act 1887 consolidation of local government in the state, the rump of the District Council of Glanville was amalgamated into Woodville council as the Davenport ward in 1888. This closely following the creation of the Town of Semaphore which removed a significantly-populated portion of Glanville. This now meant that the Woodville council's western boundary was the coastline from the Torrens to Fort Glanville.

In December 1915, the seaside communities of Henley Beach and Grange seceded from Woodville council to form the Municipality of Henley and Grange.^[6]

The Woodville and Hindmarsh councils were reunited in 1993 as the City of Hindmarsh Woodville. Four years later, Henley and Grange council was also reunited to form the present-day City of Charles Sturt, in 1997.

Neighbouring local government[]

The following adjacent local government bodies co-existed with the Hindmarsh council:

District Council of Glanville (established 1860) lay west and north west until 1888 when it was merged into Woodville council as its Davenport ward. From this time the Town of Semaphore became Woodville council's north western neighbour until it was merged into the Town of Port Adelaide in 1900. In 1901, Port Adelaide attained municipality status and was known instead as the City of Port Adelaide.
District Council of Queenstown and Alberton (established 1864) lay immediately north until it also was merged into the Town of Port Adelaide in 1898.
District Council of Yatala South (established 1868) lay north east and east. From 1933, Yatala South was instead known as the District Council of Enfield, and, not much later, the City of Enfield.
Town of Hindmarsh lay immediately east and south east.
District Council of West Torrens (established 1853) lay immediately south, across the River Torrens. In 1950, West Torrens attained municipality status and was known instead as the City of West Torrens.
City of Henley and Grange lay south west from its establishment in 1915 out of Woodville and West Torrens councils.

References[]

^ The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. 1936. p. 126-127.
^ "Proclamations - District of Hindmarsh" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette (22 ed.). Government of South Australia. 1853: 357–358. 2 June 1853. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
^ "District of Woodville" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette (54 ed.). 1875: 2386. 30 December 1875. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
^ Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
^ "Local History Factsheet: A brief history of the suburb Woodville" (PDF). City of Charles Sturt. Retrieved 2 August 2017. In 1903, the Council offices relocated from Port Road to a new building on Woodville Road. This building now comprises part of the town hall complex.
^ "Municipality of Henley and Grange" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette (49 ed.). Government of South Australia. 1915: 1519. 2 December 1915. Retrieved 31 July 2017.

[Civic1936p126-1] The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. 1936. p. 126-127.

[2] "Proclamations - District of Hindmarsh" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette (22 ed.). Government of South Australia. 1853: 357–358. 2 June 1853. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

[3] "District of Woodville" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette (54 ed.). 1875: 2386. 30 December 1875. Retrieved 31 July 2017.

[MarsdenHindmarsh-4] Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2017.

[5] "Local History Factsheet: A brief history of the suburb Woodville" (PDF). City of Charles Sturt. Retrieved 2 August 2017. In 1903, the Council offices relocated from Port Road to a new building on Woodville Road. This building now comprises part of the town hall complex.

[6] "Municipality of Henley and Grange" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette (49 ed.). Government of South Australia. 1915: 1519. 2 December 1915. Retrieved 31 July 2017.

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v t 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 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 Apoinga Balaklava Belvidere Blyth Blyth-Snowtown Booborowie Burra Burra Burra Burra (M) Bute/Ninnes Clare Clare (M) Crystal Brook Crystal Brook-Redhill Dalkey Dublin English Eudunda Georgetown Gilbert Grace Hall Hanson Hutt and Hill Rivers Julia Kapunda Kapunda (M) Light (1867–1892) Light (1977–1996) Mallala/Light (Adelaide Plains) Mount Bryan Narridy Neales Port Broughton/Mundoora Port Gawler Port Wakefield Redhill/Broughton Robertstown Snowtown Spalding Stockport Truro Upper Wakefield Wakefield Plains
Eyre Peninsula	Lincoln (Lower Eyre Peninsula) Le Hunte/Minnipa (Wudinna)
Hills, Fleurieu and KI	Alexandrina Dudley Gumeracha Happy Valley/Meadows Kingscote Kondoparinga Mount Pleasant Nairne Onkaparinga Para Wirra Stirling Strathalbyn Willunga
Murray/Murray Mallee	Barmera/Cobdogla Brown's Well Caurnamont Coonalpyn Downs Karoonda Lameroo/Pinnaroo Loxton Mannum Meningie Mobilong Morgan Murray Bridge Peake Ridley Ridley-Truro Sedan/Keyneton and Swan Reach Swan Reach/Blanchetown Waikerie
Southeast	Millicent/Mayurra Mount Muirhead Port MacDonnell Lacepede (Kingston) 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 Green's Plains Kadina Kadina (M) Minlaton Moonta Wallaroo Northern Yorke Peninsula Yorke Peninsula (1888–1969)