District Council of Ceduna

District Council of Ceduna
South Australia

Location of the District Council of Ceduna
Population 3,480 (2011)[1]
 • Density 0.6412/km2 (1.6608/sq mi)
Established 1896
Area 5,427.1 km2 (2,095.4 sq mi)
Mayor Allan Suter [2]
Council seat Ceduna
Region Eyre and Western[3]
State electorate(s) Flinders
Federal Division(s) Grey
Website District Council of Ceduna
LGAs around District Council of Ceduna:
unincorporated area
District Council of Ceduna
District Council of Streaky Bay

The District Council of Ceduna is a local government area located on the far west coast of the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. The district has a diverse business and industry with an estimated 240,000 tourists passing through every year.[4] The township of Ceduna is the focal point of the district.

Industry and history

The land in the district has long been used for agricultural purposes, in fact, between the 1850s and 1880s, much of the land was one large sheep station. Now most blocks are around 9,000 acres (36 km2) and mostly farming cereal crops such as wheat, oats and barley; as well as livestock, particularly sheep.[5]

Port Thevenard has been an exporter of gypsum and salt, with up to 1.2 million tonnes of gypsum being exported per year.

Smoky Bay and Denial Bay have been growing oysters using aquaculture for over ten years now, with Denial and Smoky Bay now the second and third largest producing areas in the state respectively.

Tourism is also a large part of the districts economy, with Smoky Bay and Ceduna attracting the largest crowds. The area's attractions are largely to do with the marine environment, with fishing and whale watching popular.

The council was first established in 1925 as the District Council of Murat Bay.[6] It was renamed the District Council of Ceduna in 1994. [7]

Localities

The town of Ceduna is the major town of the district; it also includes the localities of Ceduna Waters, Charra, Chinbingina, Denial Bay, Kalanbi, Koonibba, Laura Bay, Maltee, Merghiny, Mudamuckla, Nadia, Nunjikompita, Puntabie, Smoky Bay, Thevenard, Uworra, Wandana, Watraba, White Well Corner, and part of Carawa, Pimbaacla, Pureba and Yumbarra.[8]

Facilities

Ceduna contains all essential facilities including shopping centres, fuel stations, a hospital, an area school and a variety of accommodation. The smaller towns contain much less, with most having only a roadhouse and possibly a caravan park.

Recreational facilities include

Council

WardCouncillorNotes
Mayor [2]   Allan Suter
Unsubdivided [2]   Ian Bergmann
  Lynton Brown
  Paul Brown
  Peter Codrington
  Ken Maynard
  Geoff Ryan
  Marls Sheppard
  Perry Will

The District Council of Ceduna has a directly-elected mayor.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Ceduna (DC)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Elected Members". District Council of Ceduna. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Eyre Western SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Council website". District Council of Ceduna. Retrieved 2007-03-02.
  5. ↑ Ceduna Council. "Industry". Archived from the original on 2007-02-16. Retrieved 2007-05-19.
  6. ↑ Hosking, P. (1936). The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. p. 751.
  7. ↑ "Local Government Coastal Boundary Reform Issues Paper" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "Location SA Map Viewer". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "Election Results 2014" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. Retrieved 14 February 2016.

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Coordinates: 32°08′00″S 133°41′00″E / 32.1333333333°S 133.683333333°E / -32.1333333333; 133.683333333

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