Corporate Town of Semaphore

Town of Semaphore
South Australia
Town of Semaphore is located in South Australia
Town of Semaphore
Town of Semaphore
Coordinates34°50′19″S 138°28′53″E / 34.8387°S 138.4813°E / -34.8387; 138.4813
Established1884
Abolished1900
LGAs around Town of Semaphore:
Birkenhead
Port Adelaide		 Birkenhead
Port Adelaide
Town of Semaphore Portland Estate
Port Adelaide
Glanville
Woodville		 Queenstown and Alberton
Port Adelaide

The corporate town of Semaphore was a local government area in South Australia. It was created on 20 December 1883, and re-gazetted on 17 January 1884, from areas which had been part of the District Council of Lefevre's Peninsula and District Council of Glanville. The separation of Semaphore would make both its former municipalities unviable, with Lefevre's Peninsula subsequently merging into the District Council of Birkenhead and Glanville with the District Council of Woodville.[1][2] In 1889, the municipality acquired the Semaphore Institute building for use as the Semaphore Town Hall; the building survives today as the heritage-listed Semaphore Library.[3][4]

Wards of Semaphore included Clairville, Exeter, Glanville, Largs and Scarborough,[5] several being recognisable as the names of present-day suburbs Largs Bay, Glanville and Exeter.

It amalgamated with the corporate town of Port Adelaide on 11 November 1900.[1]

  1. ^ a b Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  2. ^ "The Government Policy". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle. SA. 30 June 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "A Chronology of Semaphore". Semaphore Mainstreet Association. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Semaphore Library & Shops". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Semaphore". The Express and Telegraph. Vol. XXIV, no. 6, 885. South Australia. 1 December 1886. p. 4. Retrieved 15 December 2021 – via National Library of Australia.