District Council of Caurnamont
| District Council of Caurnamont South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  District Council of Caurnamont | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°45′09″S 139°33′23″E / 34.7526°S 139.5565°ECoordinates: 34°45′09″S 139°33′23″E / 34.7526°S 139.5565°E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 25 June 1885 | ||||||||||||||
| Abolished | 21 March 1935 | ||||||||||||||
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The District Council of Caurnamont was a local government area in South Australia seated at on the right bank of the Murray River from 1885 until 1935.
The council was gazetted on 25 June 1885 as comprising the Hundred of Ridley in the County of Russell.[1] The early council meetings were held at a house in the riverside township of until a council chamber was built at Walker's Flat in 1896.
In 1935 the council was abolished with the southern part of the Hundred of Bowhill annexed by District Council of Karoonda and the remainder amalgamated with the to form the new .[2]
References[]
- ^ "Proclamations" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. 1885 (28): 2151. 25 June 1885. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ Marsden, Sue (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. p. 40. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
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