The Flinders Ranges Council is a

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(LGA) located in the

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. The LGA is approximately 100 km from north to south, and 45 km from east to west, with a total area of 4,198 square kilometres. The main towns within the council are Hawker and

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; it also includes the localities of Barndioota, Kanyaka and Stephenston, and part of Bruce, Cradock,

, Moockra, Saltia, Shaggy Ridge, Wilmington and Yarrah. It was created on 1 January 1997 following the merger of the District Council of Kanyaka-Quorn and the District Council of Hawker. The LGA adjoins the following to the south - City of Port Augusta, District Council of Mount Remarkable and District Council of Orroroo Carrieton, while the remainder of the adjoining land is within the

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of South Australia where municipal services are provided by the

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. The Flinders Ranges Council is entirely in the state electorate of Giles and the federal

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Council

The Flinders Ranges Council has a directly elected Mayor. The last Mayoral election was completed in November 2022 with Mayor Anderson, defeating the incumbent Mayor Flint with 426 votes to 307. Previous Mayor's of The Flinders Ranges Council 1997-2010 Mr Max McHugh 2010-2020 Mr Peter Slattery 2021-2022 Mr Greg Flint The current Chief Executive Officer of The Flinders Ranges Council is Sean Holden. Previous CEO's of The Flinders Ranges Council 1997-2002 Mr D A Cearns 2002-2004 Mr R D Walsh 2004-2009 Mr L E Connors 2009-2019 Mr C J Davies 2020-2023 Mr E J Brown

References

External links

Official site
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