| District Council of Yankalilla South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Location of the District Council of Yankalilla | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 5,834 (LGA 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 7,77/km2 (2,010/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1856 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 750.6 km2 (289.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Darryl Houston | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Yankalilla | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island[2] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | |||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Mayo[5] | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | District Council of Yankalilla | ||||||||||||||
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The District Council of Yankalilla is a local government area centred on the town of Yankalilla on the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia.
It was created on 23 October 1856, when the District Council of Yankalilla and Myponga was divided into two. It later absorbed two other councils: the District Council of Myponga on 5 January 1888, one of a number of amalgamations mandated under the District Councils Act 1887, and later the District Council of Rapid Bay on 12 May 1932.[6]
The district has a rich history, as one of the earliest South Australian coastal settlements, and a wide range of agricultural activities having taken place. Today the district remains agricultural in nature, supplemented by tourism and forestry.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yankalilla (Local Government Area)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ^ "District of Finniss Background Profile". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ Mawson (Map). Electoral District Boundaries Commission. 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. p. 41.
