Corporate Town of Port Augusta West

The Corporate Town of Port Augusta West was a local government area in South Australia centred on the suburb of Port Augusta West. It was gazetted on 6 October 1887.^[1] They met in council chambers in Loudon Road, which ceased to be used by its successor council upon its amalgamation, but remained in use by the community until their demolition in the 1940s, at which time the building was described as "definitely unsafe".^[2][3][4] It was not uncommon for positions to be elected unopposed or without any nominations at all; in the election of November 1903, no one nominated for either mayor or councillor.^[5] On 28 April 1932, along with the Corporate Town of Davenport and part of the District Council of Woolundunga, it merged into the existing Corporate Town of Port Augusta, predecessor of the current City of Port Augusta. Its second-last mayor, James Beerworth, would go on to serve as the first mayor of the amalgamated council, and subsequently serve in both houses of the Parliament of South Australia.^[1]

Mayors

• Norman Alexander Richardson (1896-1898) ^[6][7][8]
• John Harris (1898) ^[9][10]
• H. M. Sparkman (1898-1900) ^[11][12]
• Edward Geering (1900-1903) ^[13][14][15]
• Alexander Bothwell (1904) ^[16]
• Edward Bowden Francis (1912) ^[17]
• Michael John Cleary (1920-1921) ^[18]
• Lyal Vance Herbert Dighton (1921) ^[18]
• Thomas Charles Chinnery (1921-1924) ^[18]
• Lindsay Mallett Sanderson (1924-1927) ^[18]
• James Beerworth (1927-1930) ^[18]
• Thomas Charles Chinnery (1930-1932) ^[18]

References

1. Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. p. 11. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
2. "First Meeting of Amalgamated Council.". Transcontinental (Port Augusta, SA : 1914 - 1954) (Port Augusta, SA: National Library of Australia). 13 May 1932. p. 1. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
3. "PORT AUGUSTA WEST HALL.". Transcontinental (Port Augusta, SA : 1914 - 1954) (Port Augusta, SA: National Library of Australia). 22 December 1944. p. 2. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
4. "MEETING ROOM AT PORT AUGUSTA WEST.". Transcontinental (Port Augusta, SA : 1914 - 1954) (Port Augusta, SA: National Library of Australia). 20 September 1946. p. 6. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
5. "No title.". The Laura Standard (SA : 1889 - 1917) (SA: National Library of Australia). 27 November 1903. p. 3. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
6. "PORT AUGUSTA WEST.". Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 28 November 1896. p. 19. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
7. "PORT AUGUSTA WEST.". South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 25 November 1897. p. 6. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
8. "Port Augusta West Council.". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle (SA : 1885 - 1916) (SA: National Library of Australia). 4 February 1898. p. 4. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
9. "PORT AUGUSTA WEST.". South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 3 December 1898. p. 10. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
10. "PORT AUGUSTA WEST.". South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 26 November 1898. p. 7. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
11. "THE COUNTRY.". South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 20 December 1898. p. 10. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
12. "Municipal Nominations.". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle (SA : 1885 - 1916) (SA: National Library of Australia). 24 November 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
13. "municipal Elections.". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle (SA : 1885 - 1916) (SA: National Library of Australia). 30 November 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
14. "PORT AUGUSTA WEST.". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle (SA : 1885 - 1916) (SA: National Library of Australia). 29 November 1901. p. 3. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
15. "PORT AUGUSTA WEST.". Petersburg Times (SA : 1887 - 1919) (SA: National Library of Australia). 28 November 1902. p. 3. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
16. "PORT AUGUSTA WEST.". Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 - 1904) (SA: National Library of Australia). 3 December 1904. p. 42. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
17. "Municipal Matters.". The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle (SA : 1885 - 1916) (SA: National Library of Australia). 6 December 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
18. Hosking, P. (1936). The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. p. 355.

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