District Council of Barunga West

LGAs around District Council of Barunga West:
Spencer Gulf	Port Pirie Regional Council	Port Pirie Regional Council
	District Council of Barunga West	Wakefield Regional Council
District Council of the Copper Coast	Yorke Peninsula Council	Wakefield Regional Council

The District Council of Barunga West is a local government area in the Yorke and Mid North region of South Australia.^[3] The council seat is at Port Broughton, with a sub-office at Bute.^[6]

The council covers an area at the top of the Yorke Peninsula which includes the towns and localities of Alford, Bute, Clements Gap, Fisherman Bay, Kulpara, Melton, Ninnes, Port Broughton, Thomas Plain and Ward Hill, and parts of Mundoora, Paskeville, South Hummocks, Tickera and Willamulka.^[7]

It was formed in 1997 from the amalgamation of the District Council of Bute and the District Council of Port Broughton.^[8] The council takes its name from the Barunga Range in the eastern part of the council area.^[9]

The main industries are tourism and growing grain.

Councillors

Ward		Notes
Unsubdivided ^[2]
	Cynthia Axford	Mayor
	Michelaine Barker
	James Bettess
	Dean Dolling	Deputy Mayor
	Leonie Kerley
	Malcolm McDonald
	Margaret McDonald
	Georgie Simmons
	Gregory Winen

References

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Barunga West (DC)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
1 2 "Elected Members". Retrieved 31 March 2016.
1 2 "Yorke and Mid North SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
↑ "District of Frome Background Profile". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
↑ "District of Goyder Background Profile". ELECTORAL COMMISSION SA. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
↑ "Council". District Council of Barunga West. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
↑ "Location SA Map Viewer". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
↑ "Mid North locals honoured". The Flinders News. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
↑ "Explanatory Statement and Analysis" (PDF). District Council of Barunga West. Retrieved 31 March 2016.

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Towns and localities of the District Council of Barunga West

Alford Bute Clements Gap Fisherman Bay Kulpara Melton Mundoora Ninnes Paskeville Port Broughton South Hummocks Thomas Plain Tickera Ward Hill Willamulka Wokurna

Local government areas of South Australia

Metropolitan Adelaide	Adelaide Adelaide Hills Burnside Campbelltown Charles Sturt Gawler Holdfast Bay Marion Mitcham Norwood Payneham & St Peters Onkaparinga Playford Port Adelaide Enfield Prospect Salisbury Tea Tree Gully Unley Walkerville West Torrens

Eyre Peninsula	Ceduna Cleve Elliston Franklin Harbour Kimba Lower Eyre Peninsula Port Augusta Port Lincoln Streaky Bay Tumby Bay Wudinna Whyalla

Central	Barossa Barunga West Clare and Gilbert Valleys Copper Coast Flinders Ranges Goyder Light Mallala Mount Remarkable Northern Areas Orroroo Carrieton Peterborough Port Pirie Wakefield Yorke Peninsula

Southern and Hills	Alexandrina Kangaroo Island Mount Barker Victor Harbor Yankalilla

Murray Mallee	Berri Barmera The Coorong Gerard Karoonda East Murray Loxton Waikerie Mid Murray Murray Bridge Renmark Paringa Southern Mallee

Southeast	Grant Kingston Mount Gambier Naracoorte Lucindale Robe Tatiara Wattle Range

Outback	Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Coober Pedy Maralinga Tjarutja Nepabunna Outback Communities Authority Roxby Downs Yalata

Yorke Peninsula, South Australia

Major Townships

Minor Townships

Governance

Federal division	Grey

State electoral districts	Frome Goyder

Local Government	Yorke Peninsula Council District Council of the Copper Coast District Council of Barunga West

Coastal features

Protected areas

National parks	Innes

Conservation parks	Althorpe Islands Bird Islands Carribie Clinton (part) Leven Beach Minlacowie Point Davenport Ramsay Troubridge Island Warrenben Wills Creek

Aquatic reserves	Coobowie

Islands adjoining the Yorke Peninsula coast

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Coordinates: 33°36′00″S 137°56′00″E / 33.6°S 137.933333°E / -33.6; 137.933333

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