District Council of Mount Remarkable

LGAs around District Council of Mount Remarkable:
City of Port Augusta	Flinders Ranges Council	District Council of Orroroo Carrieton
	District Council of Mount Remarkable	District Council of Orroroo Carrieton
City of Whyalla	Port Pirie Regional Council	District Council of Northern Areas

The Mount Remarkable District Council is a local government area located between the top of the Spencer Gulf and the base of the Southern Flinders Ranges in South Australia. The district encompasses a wide variety of towns, including coastal ports and agricultural centres. The economy of the district council is largely based on agriculture.

History

The Flinders Ranges region has been one of the first areas settled by pioneers, with the land being used mainly for extensive sheep grazing and sporadic mining. Most of the rural land is held under perpetual and pastoral leases.^[4]

The District Council of Mount Remarkable was formed when the District Council of Port Germein and District Council of Wilmington areas merged in 1980.^[5] The council is named after the nearby peak of Mount Remarkable, named by Edward John Eyre in 1840, in reference to the way it stood out against the surrounding landscape.^[6]

Economy

Agriculture is the major facet of the economy, represented by a mixture of grazing, cropping, mixed farming, horticulture and forestry.

The region is rich in minerals and the potential value of new mining development is considerable and currently being explored.^[4]

Tourism also plays a part in the economy, with the coast and the Southern Flinders Ranges attracting tourists.^[6]

Localities

The district includes the following localities - Amyton, Bangor, Baroota, Booleroo Centre, Hammond, Mambray Creek, Melrose, Murray Town, Nectar Brook, Port Germein, Telowie, Weeroona Island, Willowie, Wirrabara and Wongyarra, and part of Appila, Bruce, Coomooroo, Germein Bay, Moockra, Morchard, Saltia, Stone Hut, Wilmington, Winninowie and Woolundunga.^[7]

Council

Ward		Notes
Telowie ^[2]	Phillip Heaslip
	Vicki Morley
	Sandra Wauchope	Mayor
Willochra ^[2]	Lyall Arthur
	Peter Blieschke
	Colin Nottle	Deputy Chairperson
	Jan Woolford

References

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (30 March 2010). "Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2008–09". Retrieved 4 June 2010.
1 2 3 "Councillors". District Council of Mount Remarkable. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
↑ "Yorke and Mid North SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
1 2 District Council of Mt Remarkable, Development Plan, retrieved 2007-05-30
↑ "2004/2005 Annual Report" (PDF). District Council of Mount Remarkable. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
1 2 Mt Remarkable Business and services directory, History/Hundreds, retrieved 2007-05-30
↑ "Location SA Map Viewer". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2016.

External links

District Council of Mount Remarkable

Towns and localities of the District Council of Mount Remarkable

Amyton Appila Bangor Baroota Booleroo Centre Bruce Coomooroo Germein Bay Hammond Mambray Creek Melrose Moockra Morchard Murray Town Nectar Brook Port Germein Saltia Stone Hut Telowie Weeroona Island Willowie Wilmington Winninowie Wirrabara Wongyarra Woolundunga

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

Coordinates: 32°49′30″S 138°11′17″E / 32.825°S 138.188055556°E / -32.825; 138.188055556

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