District Council of Swan Reach

District Council of Swan Reach
South Australia
District Council of Swan Reach; South Australia
	District Council of Swan Reach
Coordinates	34°27′58″S 139°35′24″E / 34.466°S 139.590°ECoordinates: 34°27′58″S 139°35′24″E / 34.466°S 139.590°E
Established	1888
Abolished	1933
Council seat	Blanchetown; Swan Reach
	LGAs around District Council of Swan Reach:

The District Council of Swan Reach (formerly District Council of Blanchetown) was a local government area in the Murraylands of South Australia from 1888 to 1933.

History[]

The council was established in January 1888 by promulgation of the District Councils Act 1887. It occupied the hundreds of Skurray, Fisher, Nildottie and Paisley.^[1]

In 1898 the newly-gazetted hundreds of Murbko and Bakara (in the County of Albert) were added to the district.^[2]^[3]

In 1920 the council name was changed to 'Swan Reach'.

In September 1933 the amalgamated with Swan Reach to become new District Council of Keyneton and Swan Reach (later called Sedan).

References[]

^ "The District Councils Act 1887 No. 419". Flinders University. p. 90. Retrieved 28 June 2017. DISTRICT OF BLANCHETOWN.—Comprising the Hundreds of Skurray, Fisher, Nildottie and Paisley.
^ "COUNTRY NEWS". Adelaide Observer. Vol. LV, no. 2, 957. South Australia. 4 June 1898. p. 6. Retrieved 16 April 2019 – via National Library of Australia. Mr. W. Wilchs proposed and Mr. M. Corcoran seconded — "That the Hundreds of Backara and Murbko be added to the District Council of Blanchetown, and that the said Council be divided into five wards, with a Councillor for each ward." Carried unanimously.
^ "GENERAL NEWS". Adelaide Observer. Vol. L, no. 2, 698. South Australia. 17 June 1893. p. 31. Retrieved 16 April 2019 – via National Library of Australia. NEW HUNDREDS.—One of the last official acts of the Downer Ministry was to constitute another batch of new hundreds, which will go considerably towards more clearly locating geographical features in the Central District of the colony. The new hundreds have been named as follows:—In the County of Albert—Hundreds of Murbko, Waikerie, Holder, Moorook, Bakara, and Montung; In the County of Alfred—Hundreds of Pyap, Bookpurnong, Gordon, Paringa, and Murtho. Most of the hundreds have as a portion of their boundaries the banks of the River Murray, and they have all been added to the Central Land District.

This Australian government-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

[act-1] "The District Councils Act 1887 No. 419". Flinders University. p. 90. Retrieved 28 June 2017. DISTRICT OF BLANCHETOWN.—Comprising the Hundreds of Skurray, Fisher, Nildottie and Paisley.

[2] "COUNTRY NEWS". Adelaide Observer. Vol. LV, no. 2, 957. South Australia. 4 June 1898. p. 6. Retrieved 16 April 2019 – via National Library of Australia. Mr. W. Wilchs proposed and Mr. M. Corcoran seconded — "That the Hundreds of Backara and Murbko be added to the District Council of Blanchetown, and that the said Council be divided into five wards, with a Councillor for each ward." Carried unanimously.

[3] "GENERAL NEWS". Adelaide Observer. Vol. L, no. 2, 698. South Australia. 17 June 1893. p. 31. Retrieved 16 April 2019 – via National Library of Australia. NEW HUNDREDS.—One of the last official acts of the Downer Ministry was to constitute another batch of new hundreds, which will go considerably towards more clearly locating geographical features in the Central District of the colony. The new hundreds have been named as follows:—In the County of Albert—Hundreds of Murbko, Waikerie, Holder, Moorook, Bakara, and Montung; In the County of Alfred—Hundreds of Pyap, Bookpurnong, Gordon, Paringa, and Murtho. Most of the hundreds have as a portion of their boundaries the banks of the River Murray, and they have all been added to the Central Land District.

[1]

[2]

[3]

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)