District Council of Narridy

The District Council of Narridy was a local government area in South Australia, centred on the town of Narridy and the surrounding cadastral hundred of the same name. It was proclaimed on 2 March 1876 with responsibility for the Hundred of Narridy, and divided into five wards (North-West, North-East, Centre, South-West and South-East), each electing one councillor.[1][2] A council chamber had been completed by the end of December 1879; it was described as "not a large building" but "well suited for the purposes for which it was intended".[3][4] The Narridy council ceased to exist from 5 January 1888 after being amalgamated with the adjacent District Council of Georgetown by the District Councils Act 1887.[2] Its abolition was followed by angry local calls for a demerger later in 1888, which met with blanket government refusal; at a local meeting discussing this outcome, it was reported that "it was freely expressed that the Premier was working into the hands of Georgetown".[5][6]

  1. ^ "THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE". The Express and Telegraph. Vol. XIII, no. 3, 693. South Australia. 3 March 1876. p. 3 (SECOND EDITION). Retrieved 31 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ a b Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. p. 41. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  3. ^ "NARRIDY, January 6". South Australian Register. Vol. XLV, no. 10, 345. South Australia. 10 January 1880. p. 1 (SUPPLEMENT TO THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN REGISTER.). Retrieved 31 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "DISTRICT COUNCILS". Adelaide Observer. Vol. XXXVII, no. 1996. South Australia. 3 January 1880. p. 32. Retrieved 31 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "NARRIDY, AUGUST 11". South Australian Register. Vol. LIII, no. 13, 027. South Australia. 14 August 1888. p. 3. Retrieved 31 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "NARRIDY AND THE GEORGETOWN DISTRICT COUNCIL". South Australian Weekly Chronicle. Vol. XXX, no. 1, 554. South Australia. 2 June 1888. p. 11. Retrieved 31 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.