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.[3] The township of Ceduna is the focal point of the district.
| District Council of Ceduna South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Ceduna Jetty | |||||||||||||||
 Location of the District Council of Ceduna | |||||||||||||||
| Established | 1896 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 5,427.1 km2 (2,095.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Perry Will[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Ceduna | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Eyre and Western[2] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Flinders | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Grey | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | District Council of Ceduna | ||||||||||||||
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Industry and history
editThe 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.[4]
Port Thevenard has been an exporter of gypsum, salt, Grain and mineral sand, 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.[5] It was renamed the District Council of Ceduna in 1994.[6]
Localities
editThe 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.[7]
Facilities
editCeduna 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
editThe District Council of Ceduna has a directly-elected mayor.[8]
2022 election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Robert Sleep (elected) | 238 | 21.6 | ||
| Independent Liberal | Paul Brown (elected) | 160 | 14.5 | ||
| Independent Liberal | Anthony Nicholls (elected) | 117 | 10.6 | ||
| Independent | Michele Jacobsen (elected) | 114 | 10.3 | ||
| Independent Liberal | Geoff Ryan (elected) | 104 | 9.4 | ||
| Independent | Janet Evans (elected) | 104 | 9.4 | ||
| Independent | Joyce Brewster (elected) | 89 | 8.1 | ||
| Independent | Hayley Nicholls (elected) | 69 | 6.3 | ||
| Independent One Nation | Melanie Samsonenko | 52 | 4.7 | ||
| Independent | Terena Evans | 32 | 2.9 | ||
| Independent | Jane McGuinness | 24 | 2.2 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,103 | 96.5 | |||
| Informal votes | 40 | 3.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1,143 | ||||
| Party total votes | |||||
| Independent | 670 | 60.7 | |||
| Independent Liberal | 381 | 34.5 | |||
| Independent One Nation | 52 | 4.8 | |||
Chairmen and Mayors of Murat Bay/Ceduna
edit- C. A. Tonkin (1925) [10]
- George Owen Lovelock (1932-1941) [11]
- Denis Edward Maloney (1941-1943) [11]
- Edward Morley Borlase (1944-1946) [11]
- Peter Sides Morrison (1946-1959) [11]
- Clive Keitel (1959-1970) [11]
- Jeffrey Charles Bergmann (1970-1981) [11]
- Desmond Robert Whitmarsh (1981-1983) [11]
- Jeffrey Charles Bergmann (1983-?) [11]
- Malcolm Puckridge (1987-1998) [10][12]
- Allan Suter (2006–present) [13]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Elected Members". District Council of Ceduna. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- ^ "Eyre Western SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ^ "Council website". District Council of Ceduna. Retrieved 2 March 2007.
- ^ Ceduna Council. "Industry". Archived from the original on 16 February 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2007.
- ^ Hosking, P. (1936). The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. p. 751.
- ^ "Local Government Coastal Boundary Reform Issues Paper" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ^ "Location SA Map Viewer". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- ^ "Election Results 2014" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- ^ "2022 Local Government Elections". District Council of Ceduna.
- ^ a b "Commonwealth Cost Shifting Inquiry Submission" (PDF). District Council of Ceduna. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Matthews, Penny (1986), South Australia, the civic record, 1836-1986, Wakefield Press, ISBN 978-0-949268-82-2
- ^ "Ceduna mayor resigns". The Advertiser. 3 July 1998.
- ^ "Board Profiles". Regional Development Australia. Retrieved 12 November 2016.