Wudinna District Council

LGAs around Wudinna District Council:
	Outback Communities Authority
District Council of Streaky Bay	Wudinna District Council	District Council of Kimba
	District Council of Elliston	District Council of Cleve

Wudinna District Council is located in central Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.

It was established on 28 May 1925 as the District Council of Minnipa. It was renamed the District Council of Le Hunte in 1932, after Sir George Ruthven Le Hunte, who as Governor of South Australia had proclaimed the local County of Le Hunte in 1908. It was again renamed on 24 April 2008 as Wudinna District Council.^[4]^[5]^[6]

The district's service centre is Wudinna, located on the Eyre Highway 580 km west of Adelaide. The districts economy is largely driven by agriculture, mainly cereal crops, with beef and sheep commonly farmed as well.

Localities

The district encompasses a number of towns and localities, including Cocata, Koongawa, Kyancutta, Minnipa, Pygery, Warramboo, Wudinna and Yaninee, Gawler Ranges, Karcultaby, Mount Damper and Pinkawillinie.^[7]

Facilities

The area has a number of sporting facilities with football, cricket, tennis and bowls all popular pastimes. Swimming pools are also located at Wudinna and Minnipa. The district also has a number of schools and a hospital.

Elected Members

Ward		Notes
Unsubdivided ^[2]	Richard DuBois
	Tony Griffin
	Newton (Ned) Luscombe	Deputy Mayor
	Jill Rushmer
	Eleanor Scholz	Mayor
	Naomi Scholz
	Craig Walladge

References

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Le Hunte (DC)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
1 2 "Elected Members". District Council of Wudinna. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
↑ "Eyre Western SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
↑ "History". District Council of Wudinna. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
↑ Hosking, P. (1936). The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. p. 648.
↑ "Minnipa Council Meets.". Port Lincoln Times (SA : 1927 - 1954) (SA: National Library of Australia). 2 September 1932. p. 3. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
↑ "Location SA Map Viewer". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 14 February 2016.

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Towns and localities of Wudinna District Council

Cocata Gawler Ranges Karcultaby Koongawa Kyancutta Minnipa Mount Damper Pinkawillinie Pygery Warramboo Wudinna Yaninee

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: 33°02′49″S 135°27′36″E / 33.047°S 135.46°E / -33.047; 135.46

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