District Council of Peterborough

This article is about the council in Australia. For the district council in England, see Peterborough City Council.

District Council of Peterborough
South Australia
Location of District Council of Peterborough
Population1,638 (LGA 2021)[1]
Established1935
Area3,020 km2 (1,166.0 sq mi)
MayorRuth Whittle[2]
Council seatPeterborough
RegionYorke and Mid North[3]
State electorate(s)Stuart[4]
Federal division(s)Grey[5]
WebsiteDistrict Council of Peterborough
LGAs around District Council of Peterborough:
Orroroo Carrieton Outback Communities Outback Communities
Orroroo Carrieton Peterborough Outback Communities
Northern Areas Goyder Outback Communities

The District Council of Peterborough is a local government area in the Yorke and Mid North region of South Australia.[3] The principal town and council seat is Peterborough; it also includes the localities of Cavenagh, Dawson, Hardy, Minvalara, Nackara, Oodla Wirra, Paratoo, Parnaroo, Sunnybrae, Ucolta and Yongala.[6]

It was formed on 21 March 1935, when the District Council of Coglin and the District Council of Yongala merged with part of the Corporate Town of Peterborough to create the new council.[7] The remainder of the Corporate Town of Peterborough continued on as an independent municipality surrounded by the District Council until the two were amalgamated in 1997.[8] It still operates out of the heritage-listed 1927 Peterborough Town Hall.[9]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Peterborough (Local Government Area)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Elected Members". District Council of Peterborough. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Yorke and Mid North SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  4. ^ "District of Stuart Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Federal electoral division of Grey, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Location SA Map Viewer". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  7. ^ Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. p. 11. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Cabinet Documents February 1997". Department of Premier and Cabinet. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  9. ^ "Buildings". Peterborough Festival. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.