District Council Of Port Gawler
The District Council of Port Gawler was a Local government areas of South Australia, local government area in South Australia from 1856 to 1935. It was proclaimed on 11 September 1856 after being severed from the District Council of Mudla Wirra (1854-1867), District Council of Mudla Wirra. Its jurisdiction consisted of most of the Hundred of Port Gawler, excluding that land in the north west corner north of the Light River (South Australia), River Light, and a south-east portion of the Hundred of Grace which fell south of the River Light. It was thus bounded on the north by River Light, on the south by Gawler River (South Australia), River Gawler, the west by Gulf St Vincent and on the east by the eastern borders of the cadastral hundreds. The district council's seat was located in the township of Two Wells, South Australia, Two Wells. On 1 May 1935, it was amalgamated with the district councils of District Council of Dublin, Dublin and District Council of Grace, Grace to creat ...
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Two Wells, South Australia
Two Wells is a town approximately north of the Adelaide city centre in South Australia adjacent to Port Wakefield Road and passed by the Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line. The first settlers in the area used two aboriginal wells in the area as a freshwater source. At the , Two Wells had a population of 1926. The two wells Originally the wells were natural and permanent waterholes. In the 1880s the wells were deepened and strengthened to facilitate regular use by travelling stock. By 1900 a water pipeline supplied the area, and the wells were neglected. In the 1960s a local youth group rehabilitated the wells and surrounding area, but after a time they were again neglected. In 1979 the area was again rehabilitated, partly fenced, and signed as a reserve. It continues to be maintained by interested locals. Governance The boundaries were of the town officially fixed on 21 June 1990. Two Wells is located in the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Taylor an ...
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