The City of Glenelg was a
local government area in
South Australia
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seated at the
Adelaide
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sea-side township of
Glenelg from 1855 until 1997.
History
The Corporate Town of Glenelg was proclaimed on 23 August 1855 by severance from the
District Council of West Torrens and
District Council of Brighton.
When first proclaimed, the corporate town extended over sections 184, 204 and 205 of the
Hundred of Noarlunga. At the time, section 204 was already bisected west to east by the "main road leading from Adelaide to Glenelg", which ultimately was called
Anzac Highway. The initial town boundaries extended from approximately the modern Kibby Avenue and Margaret Street (
Glenelg North
Glenelg North is a seaside suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in both the City of Holdfast Bay and the City of West Torrens.
Demographics
The 2011 Census by the Australian Bureau of Statistics counted 5,699 persons in Glenelg ...
), in the north, to the modern Boundary Road and Yarrum Grove (
Somerton Park
Somerton Park was a football, greyhound racing and speedway stadium in Newport, South Wales.
Football
In April 1912 Newport County had been accepted to play in the Southern League for the 1912–13 season. Shortly afterwards, the site ...
), in the south.
Five years later, the
Corporate Town of Brighton
The City of Brighton was a local government area in South Australia seated at the Adelaide sea-side township of Brighton from 1858 until 1997.
History
The Corporate Town of Brighton was proclaimed on 25 November 1858 by severance from the Dis ...
was proclaimed immediately to the south of Glenelg council.
In the half century from 1900 the Glenelg council was enlarged by four separate annexations of portions of the
District Council of West Torrens, its north eastern neighbour.
The municipality of Glenelg ultimately became the City of Glenelg when it crossed the required population threshold in the early 1900s.
Glenelg and its southern coastal neighbour, the
City of Brighton, were amalgamated in 1997 to become the
City of Holdfast Bay
The City of Holdfast Bay is a local government area in the south-western coastal suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia.
History
The council was formed 1 January 1997, when the City of Glenelg and City of Brighton councils were amalgamated by ...
, which retained the two civic centres at Glenelg and
Brighton.
References
Glenelg, City of
1855 establishments in Australia
1997 disestablishments in Australia
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