Light Regional Council is a
local government area
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north of
Adelaide
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in
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 ...
. It is based in the town of
Kapunda
Kapunda is a town on the Light River near the Barossa Valley in South Australia. It was established after a discovery in 1842 of significant copper deposits. The population was 2,917 at the 2016 Australian census.
The southern entrance to th ...
, and includes the towns of
Freeling,
Greenock
Greenock (; ; , ) is a town in Inverclyde, Scotland, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. The town is the administrative centre of Inverclyde Council. It is a former burgh within the historic county of Renfrewshire, and forms ...
,
Hansborough,
Hewett,
Roseworthy and
Wasleys.
The council is named for the
River Light
The Light River (Kaurna: ''Yarralinka''), commonly called the River Light, is a seasonal and significant river in the Mid North region of the Australian state of South Australia named for early surveyor William Light.
The River Light has give ...
, the south bank of which forms much of the council area's northwest border. The river is named after
William Light
William Light (27 April 1786 – 6 October 1839) was a British military officer and colonial administrator. He was the first Surveyor General of South Australia, Surveyor-General of the History of South Australia#British preparation for est ...
, the first
Surveyor-General of South Australia
The Surveyor General of South Australia (also stylised Surveyor-General) is a position originally created for the Surveyor General for the colony of South Australia. The post is held by an official responsible for government surveying
Sur ...
.
History
The council came into existence on 1 March 1996 as the District Council of Light and Kapunda by the amalgamation of the
District Council of Light and the
District Council of Kapunda
The District Council of Kapunda was a local government area in South Australia from 1866 to 1996. The Kapunda town corporation was formed a year earlier in 1865 and ultimately amalgamated into the district council.
History
The Corporate Town of ...
. The council changed to the current name of Light Regional Council on 1 July 2000.
Geography
The council includes the localities of
Allendale North,
Bagot Well,
Bethel
Bethel (, "House of El" or "House of God",Bleeker and Widegren, 1988, p. 257. also transliterated ''Beth El'', ''Beth-El'', ''Beit El''; ; ) was an ancient Israelite city and sacred space that is frequently mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
Bet ...
,
Daveyston,
Ebenezer,
Fords,
Freeling,
Gawler Belt,
Gawler River,
Gomersal
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,
Greenock
Greenock (; ; , ) is a town in Inverclyde, Scotland, located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. The town is the administrative centre of Inverclyde Council. It is a former burgh within the historic county of Renfrewshire, and forms ...
,
Hamilton
Hamilton may refer to:
* Alexander Hamilton (1755/1757–1804), first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States
* ''Hamilton'' (musical), a 2015 Broadway musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda
** ''Hamilton'' (al ...
,
Hewett,
Kangaroo Flat,
Kapunda
Kapunda is a town on the Light River near the Barossa Valley in South Australia. It was established after a discovery in 1842 of significant copper deposits. The population was 2,917 at the 2016 Australian census.
The southern entrance to th ...
,
Kingsford,
Koonunga,
Linwood Linwood may refer to:
Places
Many of the place names for Linwood come from the presence of linden trees. Australia
* Linwood, South Australia
*Linnwood, Guildford, 11-35 Byron Road, Guildford, New South Wales
Canada
* Linwood, Ontario
* Linwood, ...
,
Magdala
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,
Marananga,
Moppa,
Morn Hill,
Nain,
Pinkerton Plains,
Roseworthy,
Seppeltsfield,
Shea-Oak Log,
St Johns,
St Kitts
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,
Stone Well,
Tanunda,
Templers
Templers may refer to:
* Templers, South Australia is a town in South Australia
* Templers (religious believers)
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,
Ward Belt,
Wasleys and
Woolsheds, and parts of
Hamley Bridge
Hamley Bridge is a community in South Australia located at the junction of the Gilbert and Light rivers, as well as the site of a former railway junction.
Named by the government of the day, in honour of the Acting Governor of South Australia L ...
,
Hansborough,
Lyndoch
Lyndoch is a town in Barossa Valley, located on the Barossa Valley Highway between Gawler, South Australia, Gawler and Tanunda, South Australia, Tanunda, 58 km northeast of Adelaide. The town has an elevation of 175m and an average Precipi ...
,
Nuriootpa,
Reeves Plains,
Rosedale,
Rowland Flat,
Stockwell
Stockwell is a district located in South London, part of the London Borough of Lambeth, England. It is situated south of Charing Cross.
History
The name Stockwell is likely to have originated from a local well, with "stoc" being Old Englis ...
and
Truro
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.
Transport
The council district is crossed by the
Horrocks Highway
Horrocks Highway is a major north–south arterial route through regional South Australia, between Quorn in the Flinders Ranges, and Gawler, on the north-eastern fringe of suburban Adelaide.
Route
Horrocks Highway commences at the intersectio ...
,
Thiele Highway
Thiele Highway is a road in South Australia connecting the outskirts of Adelaide to the north-west bend of the River Murray at Morgan, South Australia. It is named after author Colin Thiele ( ), who lived most of his life in towns along the rou ...
and
Sturt Highway
Sturt Highway is an Australian national highway in New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. It is an important road link for the transport of passengers and freight between Sydney and Adelaide and the regions along the route.
Initiall ...
, all radiating from the northern end of the
Gawler Bypass Road
Gawler Bypass is a major north–south route in the outer northern suburbs of the city of Adelaide, South Australia, connecting Main North Road to the Sturt Highway, bypassing Gawler. The route was built in 1963 in an attempt to redirect traffic ...
which forms the boundary between Light Regional Council and the
Town of Gawler
The Town of Gawler is a local government area located north of Adelaide city centre in South Australia containing Gawler and its suburbs. The corporate town was established in 1857 due to the township's residents' dissatisfaction at being govern ...
. Light also contains the northern end of the
Max Fatchen Expressway
Northern Expressway (also known as the Fatchen Northern Expressway) is a 21 kilometre long controlled-access highway in Adelaide, South Australia. Since March 2020, the North–South Motorway continues west of Port Wakefield Highway and interse ...
.
The council was also spanned by 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 ...
(
Gawler
Gawler, established in 1839, is the oldest country town in the state of South Australia. It was named after the second Governor (British Vice-Regal representative) of the colony of South Australia, George Gawler. It is about north of the st ...
,
Roseworthy,
Freeling,
Kapunda
Kapunda is a town on the Light River near the Barossa Valley in South Australia. It was established after a discovery in 1842 of significant copper deposits. The population was 2,917 at the 2016 Australian census.
The southern entrance to th ...
toward
Eudunda
Eudunda is a town in the Mid North region of South Australia, situated 110 kilometres northeast of Adelaide in the Regional Council of Goyder. As of 2021, Eudunda had a population of 815 people. Eudunda is known as the birthplace of author and ed ...
) and
Peterborough railway line
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(from the junction at
Roseworthy through
Wasleys toward
Hamley Bridge
Hamley Bridge is a community in South Australia located at the junction of the Gilbert and Light rivers, as well as the site of a former railway junction.
Named by the government of the day, in honour of the Acting Governor of South Australia L ...
). Both lines closed in the early 21st century.
Councillors
The Light Regional Council has a directly elected mayor.
On 18 March 2025 Michael Phillips-Ryder commenced as Acting Mayor for the Light Regional Council following the resignation of former Mayor, Bill O'Brien, at a Special Council Meeting on 4 March 2025 with the Council voting for Michael Phillips-Ryder to act in the role in the interim
See also
*
Light River
*
List of parks and gardens in rural South Australia
List of parks and gardens in rural South Australia refers to parks and gardens that located within the rural areas of South Australia as distinguished from those located within the Adelaide metropolitan area.
Adelaide Hills
The following p ...
References
External links
Official site
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Local government areas of South Australia