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District Council of Wilmington

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in the 1930s, and it was said in 1923 that the Hammond council district had "not progressed to any great extent" "owing to the long dry spells common to districts in the far north". In 1923, the Hammond council had an area of 214,400 acres. It had an estimated population of 732 in 1921, with 250
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The council underwent major boundary changes on 16 February 1933 as a result of local government amalgamations at that time: it resumed its former name of Wilmington and incorporated most of the abolished
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from Kanyaka in 1894. It was a farming and grazing district badly hit by both the depression of the 1890s and the
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ratepayers, living in 156 dwellings, with the capital value of ratable property being ÂĢ145,840.
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on 1 July 1980, following boundary changes which had seen Redcliff (now in
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on 25 May 1893. It lost a large portion of the Hundred of Willochra to the
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The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936
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The council was gazetted on 5 January 1888 under the provisions of the
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South Australia
District Council of Wilmington is located in South Australia
Coordinates
32°40â€ēS 138°05â€ēE / 32.667°S 138.083°E / -32.667; 138.083
Wilmington
LGAs
Davenport/ Woolundunga
Quorn
Kanyaka
Carrieton
Davenport/ Woolundunga
Orroroo
Port Germein
Port Germein
local government area
South Australia
Wilmington
District Councils Act 1887
Coonatto
Gregory
Pinda
Willochra
Willowie
Hundred of Woolundunga
District Council of Port Germein
District Council of Kanyaka
Hundred of Moockra
Great Depression
District Council of Woolundunga
District Council of Port Germein

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