Corporate Town of Jamestown

The Corporate Town of Jamestown was a local government area in South Australia, centred on the town of Jamestown. It was proclaimed on 25 July 1878, severing the seven-year old settlement of Jamestown from the surrounding District Council of Belalie. The first mayor was John Cockburn, later Premier of South Australia, with George Hingston Lake as town clerk. Under the new council, it instituted a tree-planting program from 1879, reportedly the first town in rural South Australia to do so.^[1][2][3]

In 1881, it was reported to have a population of 995; while this remained static for some decades, by 1936, it was reported to have a population of over 1,500, with 361 dwellings and 106 businesses, with the surrounding area described as "one of the best agricultural districts in this state". In the 1950s, the council offices were based out of the former Jamestown Institute, by then converted to a memorial hall. In 1979, the council launched a program of kerbing and sealing Jamestown streets. On 1 January 1991, it merged into the surrounding District Council of Jamestown; the merged council would itself amalgamate with surrounding municipalities to form the Northern Areas Council in 1997.^[1][2][3]

Mayors

• John Cockburn (1878-1881) ^[3][4][5][6]
• Hillary Boucaut (1881) ^[7]
• James Wilkinson (1884) ^[8]
• William Haslam (1890) ^[9]
• Hillary Boucaut (1892) ^[10]
• Thomas Carter (1893-1895) ^[11][12][13]
• William Blair Aitken (1898) ^[14]
• Donald Rosie (1907) ^[15]
• Ralph Edmund Humphris (1918-1921) ^{[16][17][18][19]}
• J. Firmin Jenkins (1921) ^[20]
• L. M. W. Judell (1928) ^[21]

References

1. Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. p. 41. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
2. "Jamestown". Northern Areas Council. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
3. Hosking, P. (1936). The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. p. 272.
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8. "JAMESTOWN.". South Australian Register. XLIX, (11,867) (South Australia). 25 November 1884. p. 7. Retrieved 17 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
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11. "JAMESTOWN.". South Australian Register. LVIII, (14,676) (South Australia). 25 November 1893. p. 7. Retrieved 17 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
12. "JAMESTOWN.". South Australian Register LIX, (14,989) (South Australia). 27 November 1894. p. 7. Retrieved 17 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
13. "PORT WAKEFILD, September 2.". South Australian Register LX, (15,230) (South Australia). 5 September 1895. p. 6. Retrieved 17 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
14. "JAMESTOWN.". South Australian Register. LXIII, (16,237) (South Australia). 26 November 1898. p. 7. Retrieved 17 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
15. "JAMESTOWN.". The Register (Adelaide). LXXII, (19,050) (South Australia). 3 December 1907. p. 10. Retrieved 17 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
16. "JAMESTOWN.". Observer. LXXV, (5,733) (South Australia). 7 December 1918. p. 12. Retrieved 17 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
17. "Jamestown". Recorder (3270) (South Australia). 6 December 1919. p. 3. Retrieved 17 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
18. "JAMESTOWN.". The Express And Telegraph. LVIII, (17,206) (South Australia). 7 December 1920. p. 1 (5 O'CLOCK EDITION.). Retrieved 17 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
19. "GAWLER.". Chronicle. LXIV, (3,391) (South Australia). 17 September 1921. p. 11. Retrieved 17 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
20. "PORT PIRIE.". Chronicle. LXIV, (3,393) (South Australia). 1 October 1921. p. 11. Retrieved 17 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
21. "JAMESTOWN.". The Advertiser (South Australia). 4 December 1928. p. 20. Retrieved 17 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

Coordinates: 33°12′19″S 138°36′7″E / 33.20528°S 138.60194°E