District Council of Dalkey
The District Council of Dalkey was a local government area seated at Owen in South Australia from 1875 to 1932.
| District Council of Dalkey South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  District Council of Dalkey | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°15′38″S 138°30′00″E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1875 | ||||||||||||||
| Abolished | 1932 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 280 km2 (108.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Owen | ||||||||||||||
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History
The District Council of Dalkey was officially proclaimed as incorporating the entire Hundred of Dalkey on 25 March 1875.[1] The five inaugural councillors appointed on the date of the proclamation were John Fisher, Edward George Gibbs, Isaiah Hill, Richard Keane Spotswood, and Gottlieb Trager.[1]
In 1882 a council chamber was opened for the Dalkey council in Owen.[2]
The Dalkey council ceased to exist in 1932 when it was amalgamated with the District Council of Alma Plains to form the new District Council of Owen,[2] but the new council seat was kept at Owen.
Neighbouring local government
The following adjacent local government bodies co-existed with the Dalkey council:
- District Council of Hall lay immediately north across the Wakefield River from its establishment in 1878.
- District Council of Upper Wakefield (established 1854) lay north east across the Wakefield River .
- District Council of Rhynie (established 1866) lay immediately east until the creation of Alma Plains council in 1870.
- District Council of Stockport (established 1865) lay south east until the creation of Alma Plains council in 1870.
- District Council of Grace (established 1874) lay immediately south and south east.
- District Council of Dublin (established 1873) lay south west.
- District Council of Balaklava lay immediately west from its establishment in 1877, and north west from Balaklava's annexation of the Hundred of Stow in 1878.
References
- "Proclamations—District of Dalkey" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette (13 ed.). Government of South Australia. 1875: 551. 25 March 1875. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
[...] Messrs. John Fisher, Edward George Gibbs, Isaiah Hill, Richard Keane Spotswood, and Gottlieb Trager shall be the first District Councillors for the District of Dalkey aforesaid.
- Marsden, Susan (2012). "LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA: A HISTORY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COUNCILS to 1936" (PDF).
Proclaimed on 25 March 1875. The first councillors were R Spotswood (Chairman), Traeger, J Fisher, G Gibbs and Mr Hill. J Spotswood was requested to take the clerkship until after elections in July. A Council Chamber was built in 1882. On 12 May 1932 Dalkey was united with DC of Alma Plains to form the new DC of Owen.