City of Unley

The City of Unley is a local government area in the Adelaide metropolitan region. It is located directly south of the Adelaide city centre.

This article is about the local government area. For the suburb within this area, see Unley, South Australia.

City of Unley
South Australia
Population
 • Density2,639.7/km2 (6,836.7/sq mi)
Established1871
Area14.29 km2 (5.5 sq mi)
MayorMichael Hewitson
Council seatUnley
RegionEastern Adelaide[3]
State electorate(s)Unley, Waite, Ashford
Federal Division(s)Adelaide
WebsiteCity of Unley
LGAs around City of Unley:
City of West Torrens City of Adelaide City of Burnside
City of West Torrens City of Unley City of Burnside
City of Marion City of Mitcham City of Mitcham

The Corporate Town of Unley was created in 1871, when 2,000 signatories to a petition from residents of the several towns of Unley, Parkside, Black Forest, Goodwood and Fullarton requested the Governor allow them to form their own municipality and thus sever from the District Council of Mitcham. The first town hall was built in 1880. It became the third municipality in the State to gain city status in 1906 (after the Cities of Adelaide and Port Adelaide), becoming the current City of Unley.[4]


History

Located on traditional lands of the Kaurna people, the City of Unley is rich in history, character and atmosphere, and centrally located only minutes from Adelaide's city centre.[5]

Environment

Unley is one of three suburban Adelaide councils to be awarded a "Tree Cities of the World" designation from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Arbor Day Foundation, along with the City of Burnside and the City of Mitcham, which as of July 2020 are the only three in Australia.[6]

Council

The council, and the councillors' registered interests, as of July 2020 are:[7]

WardCouncillor
MayorMichael Hewitson
Clarence Park Don Palmer
Jennie Boisvert
Fullarton Peter Hughes
Jordan Dodd
Goodwood Emma Wright
Nicole Sheehan
Parkside Kay Anastassiadis
[Vacant]
Unley Sue Dewing
Jane Russo
Unley Park Michael Rabbitt
Monica Broniecki

Suburbs

Mayors

Sources:[8][9]

  • John Henry Barrow (1871–1872) [10]
  • John Herbert Cooke (1904–1907)
  • Alfred Samuel Lewis (1907–1909)
  • John Henry Chinner (1909–1912)
  • Walter Dollman (1912–1914)
  • Thomas Elliott Yelland (1914–1916)
  • William Norman Parsons (1916–1918)
  • William Harold Langham (1918–1920)
  • Herbert Richards (1920–1922)
  • Alfred Ernest Morris (1922–1924)
  • Ethelbert Bendall (1924–1926)
  • George Illingworth (1926–1928)
  • Benjamin John Sellick (1928–1930)
  • Charles Mayo Read (1930–1932)
  • Frederick James Barrett (1933–1935)
  • John McLeay, Sr. (1935–1937)
  • James McGregor Soutar (1937–1939)
  • Colin Dunnage (1939–1941)
  • Keith Bentzen (1941–1943)
  • Henry Dunks (1943–1946)
  • William Morris Harrell (1946–1948)
  • Samuel Gild (1948–1949)
  • Claude Stanislaus Coogan (1949–1952)
  • Joseph Young (Joe) Woollacott (1952–1953)
  • Theodore Fergus Ballantyne (1953–1955)
  • Alfred G. M. Freeman (1953–1955)
  • George S. Barlow (1957–1959)
  • Claude F. Page (1959–1961)
  • John McLeay, Jr. (1961–1963)
  • Leonard Iles (1963–1965)
  • Alexander L. Hood (1965–1967)
  • Lewis G. Short (1967–1970)
  • Clement Colman (1970–1972)
  • Eric H. Parish (1972–1974)
  • Laurence K. Simon (1974–1975)
  • Lloyd K. Lovell (1975–1977)
  • John H. Southern (1977–1980)
  • Cecil S. Rowe (1980–1982)
  • Denis A. Sheridan (1982–1985)
  • Barry L. Schuetz (1985–1987)
  • David H. McLeod (1987–1991)
  • Michael Keenan (1991–2006)
  • Richard Thorne (2006–2010)
  • Lachlan Clyne (2010–2018)
  • Peter Hughes (acting, 2018–2018)
  • Michael Hewitson (2018–present)

See also

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Unley (C)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  2. "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2017-18". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019. Estimated resident population (ERP) at 30 June 2018.
  3. "Eastern Adelaide SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  4. "Overview History of the Unley District" (PDF). City of Unley. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  5. "City of Unley - Our City". www.unley.sa.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  6. "Recognized Communities for Australia". Tree Cities of the World. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  7. "Councillors & wards". City of Unley. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  8. "History of Unley". City of Unley. Archived from the original on 5 November 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  9. Hosking, P. (1936). The Official civic record of South Australia: centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. pp. 137–164.
  10. "Unley Corporation". South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail (Adelaide, SA: 1868–1881). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 30 November 1872. p. 14. Retrieved 16 February 2016.


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