The Yorke Peninsula Council is a

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. Its boundaries include most of the

Yorke Peninsula The Yorke Peninsula is a peninsula located northwest and west of Adelaide in South Australia, between Spencer Gulf on the west and Gulf St Vincent on the east. The peninsula is separated from Kangaroo Island to the south by Investigator Strai ...

. The council seat is at

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; the council also maintains branch offices at Minlaton and Yorketown.

History

It came into existence on 10 February 1997 as a result of the amalgamation of the

District Council of Central Yorke Peninsula The District Council of Central Yorke Peninsula was a local government area in South Australia from 1969 to 1997. The council seat was at Maitland. History The District Council of Central Yorke Peninsula was formed on 1 April 1969 with the amalga ...

, the

District Council of Minlaton The District Council of Minlaton was a local government area in South Australia from 1888 to 1997 seated at Minlaton on the Yorke Peninsula. History The District Council of Minlaton was officially proclaimed on 5 January 1888 by the ''Distri ...

, the

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and the District Council of Yorketown. It was named as the District Council of Yorke Peninsula at its inception, but was renamed to Yorke Peninsula Council in 2013.

Extent

Yorke Peninsula Council includes the towns and localities of: * Agery *

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* Arthurton * Balgowan * Black Point * Bluff Beach * Brentwood * Chinaman Wells * Clinton * Clinton Centre * Coobowie * Corny Point * Couch Beach *

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Curramulka Curramulka is a town in the Australian state of South Australia on the Yorke Peninsula. Curramulka is within easy driving distance of the coastal resort towns of Port Victoria and Port Vincent and is north-east of Minlaton. At the , Curramu ...

* Dowlingville *

Edithburgh Edithburgh is a small town on the south-east corner of Yorke Peninsula situated on the coastline of Salt Creek Bay, in the state of South Australia. Edithburgh is about west of Adelaide across Gulf St Vincent, but away by road. At the 2016 ...

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* Hardwicke Bay *

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* Inneston * James Well * Kainton * Koolywurtie *

* Marion Bay * Minlaton * Nalyappa * Parsons Beach * Petersville * Pine Point *

Point Pearce Point Pearce, also spelt Point Pierce in the past, is a town in the Australian state of South Australia. The town is located in the Yorke Peninsula Council local government area, north-west of the state capital, Adelaide. At the , Point Pearce h ...

* Point Souttar * Point Turton * Port Arthur * Port Julia * Port Moorowie * Port Rickaby * Port Victoria * Port Vincent *

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* Ramsay * Rogues Point * Sandilands * Sheaoak Flat * South Kilkerran * Stansbury * Sultana Point *

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* The Pines *

Tiddy Widdy Beach __NOTOC__ Tiddy Widdy Beach is a locality in the Australia, Australian state of South Australia located on the east coast of Yorke Peninsula immediately adjoining Gulf St Vincent about northwest of the Adelaide city centre and about northeast ...

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Warooka Warooka is a town on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , ...

* Wauraltee * Weetulta * White Hut * Winulta * Wool Bay * Yorke Valley * Yorketown

Councillors

Mayors

The Yorke Peninsula Council has a directly-elected mayor. * Thomas Malcolm Thomson (1997-2000) * Robert Lloyd Schulze (2000-2006) * Ray Agnew (2006-2018) * Darren Braund (2018 - current)

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