District Council of Streaky Bay

District Council of Streaky Bay
South Australia

Location of the District Council of Streaky Bay in blue
Population 2,181 (2009)[1]
 • Density 0.34997/km2 (0.90641/sq mi)
Established 1887
Area 6,232 km2 (2,406.2 sq mi)
Mayor Sherron MacKenzie [2]
Council seat Streaky Bay
Region Eyre and Western[3]
State electorate(s) Flinders
Federal Division(s) Grey
Website District Council of Streaky Bay
LGAs around District Council of Streaky Bay:
District Council of Ceduna unincorporated area
District Council of Streaky Bay Wudinna District Council
District Council of Elliston

The District Council of Streaky Bay is a local government area in South Australia located on the Eyre Peninsula. Streaky Bay is the main population centre of about 1200 people serving an agricultural district based on farming wheat and other cereal crops, sheep, supplemented by fishing and tourism industries. The district covers an area of 6,251.1 square kilometres with an estimated district population of 2,181 people, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.[1]

It was established in 1888 under the District Councils Act 1887. It was, until the creation of the neighbouring District Council of Murat Bay (now Ceduna) in 1925, the farthest outpost of local government in South Australia. While the town of Streaky Bay was named Flinders until 1940, the municipality has been titled Streaky Bay since its inception. In 1936, it was the largest local government area in South Australia, covering 1,614,240 acres.[4][5]

Localities

The district's focal point is the town of Streaky Bay; it also includes the localities of Baird Bay, Bockelberg, Calca, Chandada, Chilpenunda, Colley, Cungena, Eba Anchorage, Haslam, Inkster, Kaldoonera, Maryvale, Mortana, Mount Cooper, Petina, Perlubie, Piednippie, Poochera, Sceale Bay, Tyringa, Wallalla, Wirrulla, Witera, Yanerbie and Yantanabie, and parts of Carawa, Karcultaby, Koolgera, Pimbaacla and Pureba.[6]

Elected members

WardCouncillorNotes
Eyre [2]   Sherron MacKenzie Mayor
  Penelope Morgan
  Philip Wheaton
Flinders [2]   Travis Barber
  Lauren Karp
  Wendy Quinsee
  Robert Stephens Deputy Mayor
  Neville Trezona

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (30 March 2010). "Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2008–09". Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 "Elected Members". District Council of Streaky Bay. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Eyre Western SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  4. ↑ Hosking, P. (1936). The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. pp. 872–874.
  5. ↑ Streaky Bay And Districts (23 March 2006). "History of Streaky Bay". Retrieved 26 March 2007.
  6. ↑ "Location SA Map Viewer". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 14 February 2016.

External links

Coordinates: 32°47′49″S 134°12′40″E / 32.7969°S 134.211°E / -32.7969; 134.211

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