Flinders Ranges Council

Flinders Ranges Council
South Australia
Flinders Ranges Council; South Australia
	Location of The Flinders Ranges Council
Population	1,643 (2016 census)
• Density	0.39138/km2 (1.0137/sq mi)
Established	1 January 1997
Area	4,198 km2 (1,620.9 sq mi)[citation needed]
Mayor	Peter Slattery
Council seat	Quorn
Region	Far North
State electorate(s)	Electoral district of Giles
Federal Division(s)	Division of Grey
Website	Flinders Ranges Council
	LGAs around Flinders Ranges Council:

Flinders Ranges Council is a local government area (LGA) located in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia.

The LGA is approximately 100 km from north to south, and 45 km from east to west, with a total area of 4,198 square kilometres.^{[citation needed]}

The main towns within the council are Hawker and Quorn; it also includes the localities of Barndioota, Kanyaka and Stephenston, and part of Bruce, Cradock, Flinders Ranges, Moockra, Saltia, , Wilmington and Yarrah.^[5]

It was created on 1 January 1997 following the merger of the District Council of Kanyaka-Quorn and the District Council of Hawker.^[2]

The LGA adjoins the following to the south - City of Port Augusta, District Council of Mount Remarkable and District Council of Orroroo Carrieton, while the remainder of the adjoining land is within the unincorporated area of South Australia where municipal services are provided by the Outback Communities Authority.^[5]^[6]

Flinders Ranges Council is entirely in the state electorate of Giles and the federal Division of Grey.^[7]

Council[]

The Flinders Ranges Council has a directly-elected mayor.^[8]

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Flinders Ranges (DC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Ashenden, E.S. (12 December 1996). "LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1934 SECTIONS 7 AND 14: AMALGAMATION OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF HAWKER AND THE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF KANYAKA-QUORN" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. pp. 1850–1852. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Elected Members". Flinders Ranges Council. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
^ "Far North SA Government Region" (PDF). Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Location SA Map Viewer". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
^ "Communities". Outback Communities Authority. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
^ "2014 Suburbs, Districts, and Postcodes List". Electoral Commission of South Australia. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
^ "Election Results 2014" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. Retrieved 14 February 2016.

This South Australia geography article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

show 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