Corporate Town of Davenport

The Corporate Town of Davenport was a local government area in South Australia. It was created on 25 August 1887, and gazetted in 1888. It was separate from the adjacent District Council of Davenport, which was renamed Woolundunga in 1893 to avoid confusion between the two.^[1][2] On 28 April 1932, along with the Corporate Town of Port Augusta West and part of the District Council of Woolundunga, it merged into the existing Corporate Town of Port Augusta.^[1]

Mayors

• D. J. Brown (1887-1889) ^[3][4][5][6]
• J. E. Leckey (1890-1892) ^[7][8][9]
• D. J. Brown (1893-1895) ^[10][11]
• T. Hunter (1895) ^[12]
• J. N. Conway (1908) ^[13]
• A. G. Pappin (1910) ^[14]
• R. Mullen (1915) ^[15]
• Nicholas Mulhall (1920-1921) ^[16]
• Sidney James Rowland Bidgood (1921-1922) ^[16]
• Emmanuel James Holder (1922-1923) ^[16]
• Herbert Richard Holds (1923-1932) ^[16]

References

1. Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
2. "The Government Policy.". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle (SA : 1885 - 1916) (SA: National Library of Australia). 30 June 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
3. "A NEW CORPORATION AT PORT AUGUSTA.". Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904) (SA: National Library of Australia). 5 March 1887. p. 36. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
4. "MUNICIPAL NOMINATIONS.". Evening Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1869 - 1912) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 26 November 1888. p. 4 Edition: SECOND EDITION. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
5. "Davenport Town Council.". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle (SA : 1885 - 1916) (SA: National Library of Australia). 30 August 1889. p. 4. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
6. "Davenport Corporation.". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle (SA : 1885 - 1916) (SA: National Library of Australia). 15 February 1889. p. 4. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
7. "Davenport Town Council.". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle (SA : 1885 - 1916) (SA: National Library of Australia). 7 March 1890. p. 5. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
8. "Davenport Town Council.". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle (SA : 1885 - 1916) (SA: National Library of Australia). 28 August 1891. p. 4. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
9. "THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.". South Australian Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1895) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 10 December 1892. p. 21. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
10. "COUNTRY CORPORATIONS.". South Australian Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1895) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 9 December 1893. p. 8. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
11. "Municipal Elections.". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle (SA : 1885 - 1916) (SA: National Library of Australia). 30 November 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
12. "The Balaklava Tragedy.". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle (SA : 1885 - 1916) (SA: National Library of Australia). 8 November 1895. p. 2. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
13. "DAVENPORT CORPORATION.". Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905 - 1931) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 12 December 1908. p. 47. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
14. "Davenport Corporation.". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle (SA : 1885 - 1916) (SA: National Library of Australia). 29 July 1910. p. 6. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
15. "Corporation of Davenport.". Transcontinental (Port Augusta, SA : 1914 - 1954) (Port Augusta, SA: National Library of Australia). 6 November 1915. p. 4. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
16. Hosking, P. (1936). The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. p. 355.

Coordinates: 32°29′S 137°47′E / 32.48°S 137.79°E