| District Council of Franklin Harbour South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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.jpg) The District Council office in Cowell | |||||||||||||||
 Location of the District Council of Franklin Harbour | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 1,293 (LGA 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1888 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 3,283 km2 (1,267.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Robert Walsh [2] | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Cowell | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Eyre and Western[3] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Flinders | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | District Council of Franklin Harbour | ||||||||||||||
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The District Council of Franklin Harbour is a local government area in South Australia on the Eyre Peninsula. Cowell is the major population centre of an agricultural district based on farming wheat and sheep, supplemented by a fishing and oyster farming industries. The district's coastal towns including Cowell and Lucky Bay attract large numbers of tourists during school holidays, with the new Spencer Gulf ferry service increasing traffic to these areas since 2006.[4]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Franklin Harbour (Local Government Area)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Contact List". District Council of Franklin Harbour. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- ^ "Eyre Western SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ^ Sea SA, Timetable, retrieved 18 May 2007
