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District Council Of Julia
The District Council of Julia was a local government area in South Australia from 1874 to 1932. The council seat was located at Hampden. The council was proclaimed on 3 September 1874, comprising the cadastral Hundred of Julia Creek. There had been proposals that year to include Julia Creek in a new council for the Hundred of Neales, but these met with opposition in Julia Creek, and the separate District Council of Neales would not be created until 1878. The first council chamber was a rented house. It lacked permanent offices for many years, and in 1919 it was reported that they had been required to move offices four times in ten years. A permanent office was subsequently built at Hampden in 1920. In 1923, it had a total area of 86 square miles, with a total population of 573, mostly on the land. It had 11 miles of main roads and 150 miles of district roads under its jurisdiction. The main railway siding was at Hampden, while there were schools at Hansborough, Julia and Ngapal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Government Areas Of South Australia
Local government in Australia, Local government in the Australian state of South Australia describes the organisations and processes by which towns and districts can manage their own affairs to the extent permitted by section 64A of ''Constitution of South Australia, Constitution Act 1934 (SA)''. LGAs sorted by region The organisations, often called local government areas (LGAs) are constituted and managed in accordance with the ''Local Government Act 1999'' (South Australia). They are grouped below by region, as defined by the Local Government Association of South Australia. Maralinga Tjarutja and Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara aboriginal councils both located in the remote north of the state are by far the largest South Australian LGAs, both exceeding 100,000 km2. Coorong District Council and District Council of Loxton Waikerie, Loxton Waikerie are the next largest LGAs. The smallest LGAs are Town of Walkerville, Walkerville and then City of Prospect, Prospect, both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which includes some of the most arid parts of the continent, and with 1.8 million people. It is the fifth-largest of the states and territories by population. This population is the second-most highly centralised in the nation after Western Australia, with more than 77% of South Australians living in the capital Adelaide or its environs. Other population centres in the state are relatively small; Mount Gambier, the second-largest centre, has a population of 26,878. South Australia shares borders with all the other mainland states. It is bordered to the west by Western Australia, to the north by the Northern Territory, to the north-east by Queensland, to the east by New South Wales, to the south-east by Victoria (state), Victoria, and to the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampden, South Australia
Hampden is a rural locality in the Mid North region of South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ..., situated in the Regional Council of Goyder. It was established in August 2000, when boundaries were formalised for the "long established local name". It was named for William Hampden Dutton, brother of Frederick Dutton, who established Anlaby Station. The area was first settled by Europeans as part of the much larger Anlaby Station, and was first subdivided into smaller farms in 1906. A siding on the Morgan railway line (which had run through the area since 1878) was built in 1909. A store opened in 1911. Hampden Post Office opened as Hampden Siding on 8 July 1912, was renamed on 16 July 1934, and closed on 1 August 1983. A manual telephone exchange opene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kapunda Herald
The Kapunda Herald'' was a newspaper published in Kapunda, South Australia, from 29 October 1864 to 25 January 1951. From 1864 to 1878 the masthead was subtitled ''"and Northern Intelligencer"''. It was published weekly, except for the period February 1872 to September 1894 when it appeared bi-weekly. When closed, the newspaper was merged with the ''Barossa News'' to become the '' Barossa and Light Herald.'' History ''Northern Star'' (7 March 1860 – 26 December 1863): Around 1860 journalist George Massey Allen (c. 1828 – 15 November 1886) founded in Kapunda the ''Northern Star'', the first English-language newspaper in regional South Australia. Printed by Allen in Main Street, Kapunda, it was described as "a very creditable six-page folio newspaper". After a run of three years, the business ran into difficulties and James Elliott ( – 22 April 1883), and James Scandrett (25 July 1836 – 8 June 1903) purchased his printing press. ''Kapunda Herald and Northern Intelligence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hundred Of Julia Creek
The Hundred of Julia Creek is a cadastral unit of hundred located in the Mid North of South Australia. It was named by Governor Henry Young in 1851 after a local tributary of the Light River, the watercourse having been earlier named for Julia Gawler, daughter of the former governor George Gawler. Within the hundred are the localities of Ngapala (southern part including township), Julia, Hampden, Eudunda (minor part excluding township), Buchanan and Hansborough (eastern part including township but excluding railway station). Local government The hundred was first governed by the District Council of Julia from 1874 to 1932. As part of the statewide local government consolidations of the early 1930s, the council was amalgamated with the easterly neighbouring District Council of Neales to form the District Council of Eudunda, with the Hundred of Julia Creek area becoming the Julia ward. In 1997 the seat of local government shifted to Burra when the Regional Council of Goyde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The South Australian Advertiser
''The Advertiser'' is a daily Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid format newspaper based in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. First published as a broadsheet named ''The South Australian Advertiser'' on 12 July 1858,''The South Australian Advertiser'', published 1858–1889 , National Library of Australia, digital newspaper library. it is currently a tabloid printed from Monday to Saturday. ''The Advertiser'' came under the ownership of Keith Murdoch in the 1950s, and the full ownership of Rupert Murdoch in 1987. It is a publication of Advertiser Newspapers Pty Ltd (ADV), a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of News Corp. Through much of the 20th century, ''The Advertiser'' was Adelaide's morning broadsheet, ''The News (Adelaide), The News'' the afternoon tabloid, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District Council Of Neales
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions of municipalities, school district, or political district. Etymology The word "district" in English is a loan word from French. It comes from Medieval Latin districtus–"exercising of justice, restraining of offenders". The earliest known English-language usage dates to 1611, in the work of lexicographer Randle Cotgrave. By country or territory Afghanistan In Afghanistan, a district (Persian ) is a subdivision of a province. There are almost 400 districts in the country. Australia Electoral districts are used in state elections. Districts were also used in several states as cadastral units for land titles. Some were used as squatting districts. New South Wales had several different types of districts used in the 21st century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Australian Chronicle And Weekly Mail
''The Chronicle'' was a South Australian weekly newspaper, printed from 1858 to 1975, which evolved through a series of titles. It was printed by the publishers of '' The Advertiser'', its content consisting largely of reprints of articles and Births, Marriages and Deaths columns from the parent newspaper. Its target demographic was country areas where mail delivery was infrequent and businesses that serviced those areas. History ''South Australian Weekly Chronicle'' When ''The South Australian Advertiser'' was first published, on 12 July 1858, the editor and managing director John H. Barrow also announced the ''South Australian Weekly Chronicle'', which published on Saturdays. ''South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail'' On 4 January 1868, with the installation of a new steam press, the size of the paper doubled to four sheets, or sixteen pages and changed its banner to ''The South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail''. The editor at this time was William Hay, and its of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kapunda Herald And Northern Intelligencer
''The Kapunda Herald'' was a newspaper published in Kapunda, South Australia from 29 October 1864 to 25 January 1951. From 1864 to 1878 the masthead was subtitled ''"and Northern Intelligencer"''. It was published weekly, except for the period February 1872 to September 1894 when it appeared bi-weekly. When closed, the newspaper was merged with the ''Barossa News'' to become the '' Barossa and Light Herald.'' History ''Northern Star'' (7 March 1860 – 26 December 1863): Around 1860 journalist George Massey Allen (c. 1828 – 15 November 1886) founded in Kapunda the ''Northern Star'', the first English-language newspaper in regional South Australia. Printed by Allen in Main Street, Kapunda, it was described as "a very creditable six-page folio newspaper". After a run of three years, the business ran into difficulties and James Elliott ( – 22 April 1883), and James Scandrett (25 July 1836 – 8 June 1903) purchased his printing press. ''Kapunda Herald and Northern Intelligence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Observer (Adelaide)
''The Observer'', previously ''The Adelaide Observer'', was a Saturday newspaper published in Adelaide, South Australia from July 1843 to February 1931. Virtually every issue of the newspaper (under both titles) has been digitised and is available online through the National Library of Australia's Trove archive service. History ''The Adelaide Observer'' The first edition was published on 1 July 1843. The newspaper was founded by John Stephens, its sole proprietor, who in 1845 purchased another local newspaper, the '' South Australian Register''. It was printed by George Dehane at his establishment on Morphett Street adjacent Trinity Church. ''The Observer'' On 7 January 1905, the newspaper was renamed ''The Observer'', whose masthead later proclaimed "The Observer. News of the world, politics, agriculture, mining, literature, sport and society. Established 1843". In February 1931, the ailing Depression-hit newspaper, along with ''The Register ''The Register'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hansborough, South Australia
Hansborough is a locality along the Thiele Highway, in South Australia's Mid North region. It is situated 9 kilometres south-west of Eudunda and 18 kilometres north-east of Kapunda. The Light River runs through the locality. A town was surveyed in July 1865 and named after Frederick Hansborough Dutton (1812–1890), an early pastoralist and an overlander, who founded Anlaby Station, near Kapunda. It was declared as ceasing to exist on 13 August 1936. Boundaries were created for the part of the locality within the Light Regional Council on 16 March 2000 and for the part within the Regional Council of Goyder which includes the ceased Government Town of Hansborough on 24 August 2000. The Morgan railway line The Morgan railway line or North-West Bend railway was a railway line on the South Australian Railways network. History The first section of the line opened from Gawler railway station, Gawler. It was built to service the copper mining at Kap ... opened in 1878 from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia, South Australia
Julia is a locality in the Mid North of South Australia, 111 kilometres North of Adelaide, the state capital. The town is located north of Eudunda, in the Regional Council of Goyder. It was created in August 2000, with boundaries formalised for the long established local name. A Lutheran congregation at Julia was formed in January 1910. It met in private homes and a wheat shed before a church was built, opening in August 1911. The church was extended in 1928. Julia Primary School opened in 1910 and closed in 1950. Author Colin Thiele, who was raised outside Julia, attended the school from 1926 to 1932. A post office at Julia opened in February 1881 and closed in April 1886. A postal receiving office subsequently opened in December 1908 and closed in July 1981, having been operated by a local woman out of a room of her house for years. A public hall at Julia opened in 1909, and was replaced twice, in 1926 and 1958. Julia Football Club was established in 1911 and played in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
