The City of Woodville was a local government area in South Australia from 1875 to 1993, seated at the inner north west Adelaide suburb of Woodville.

City of Woodville
South Australia
The Woodville council chambers were housed in the southern portion of the Woodville Town Hall complex from 1903 to 1993.
City of Woodville is located in South Australia
City of Woodville
City of Woodville
Coordinates34°52′44″S 138°32′16″E / 34.8788°S 138.5379°E / -34.8788; 138.5379
Established1875
Abolished1993
Area39.5 km2 (15.25 sq mi)[1] (1930)
Council seatWoodville
LGAs around City of Woodville:
Town of Semaphore Queenstown and Alberton
Port Adelaide
Yatala South/Enfield
Glanville City of Woodville Yatala South/Enfield
Hindmarsh
Henley and Grange West Torrens Hindmarsh

History

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Map showing the boundaries of the District Council of Hindmarsh in relation to the Hundred of Yatala. The area was split between the Woodville council and the Town of Hindmarsh from 1874.

The District Council of Hindmarsh, covering the north west suburbs of Adelaide, had been established since 1853, providing local government to land that was to be Woodville council.[2] In 1874 the most populous parts of the district council successfully lobbied to secede and formed the Town of Hindmarsh adjacent to the Adelaide parklands. The remainder, still called District Council of Hindmarsh, formed the boundaries of what would one day be the City of Woodville.

Late in the following year on 30 December 1875, at the request of ratepayers in order to distinguish itself from the newer corporate town, the name was changed to District Council of Woodville by state government proclamation.[3][4]

The council offices relocated from Port Road to the present-day City of Charles Sturt civic centre on Woodville Road at Woodville in 1903.[5]

As part of the District Councils Act 1887 consolidation of local government in the state, the rump of the District Council of Glanville was amalgamated into Woodville council as the Davenport ward in 1888. This closely following the creation of the Town of Semaphore which removed a significantly-populated portion of Glanville. This now meant that the Woodville council's western boundary was the coastline from the Torrens to Fort Glanville.

In December 1915, the seaside communities of Henley Beach and Grange seceded from Woodville council to form the Municipality of Henley and Grange.[6]

The Woodville and Hindmarsh councils were reunited in 1993 as the City of Hindmarsh Woodville. Four years later, Henley and Grange council was also reunited to form the present-day City of Charles Sturt, in 1997.

Neighbouring local government

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The following adjacent local government bodies co-existed with the Hindmarsh council:

References

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  1. ^ The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. 1936. pp. 126–127.
  2. ^ "Proclamations - District of Hindmarsh" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. 1853 (22 ed.). Government of South Australia: 357–358. 2 June 1853. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  3. ^ "District of Woodville" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. 1875 (54 ed.): 2386. 30 December 1875. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  4. ^ Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. p. 18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Local History Factsheet: A brief history of the suburb Woodville" (PDF). City of Charles Sturt. Retrieved 2 August 2017. In 1903, the Council offices relocated from Port Road to a new building on Woodville Road. This building now comprises part of the town hall complex.
  6. ^ "Municipality of Henley and Grange" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. 1915 (49 ed.). Government of South Australia: 1519. 2 December 1915. Retrieved 31 July 2017.