District Council of Birkenhead

The District Council of Birkenhead was a local government area in South Australia centred on the suburb of Birkenhead. It was gazetted on 22 February 1877 from areas formerly part of the District Council of Lefevre's Peninsula.[1] The council chambers were based out of the Birkenhead Hotel.[2] It absorbed the remainder of the Lefevre's Peninsula council, which had been severely reduced in size by the creation of the Corporate Town of Semaphore, on 7 August 1884. It ceased to exist when it merged with the Corporate Town of Port Adelaide on 7 December 1886 as the Birkenhead Ward, a move supported by the council and the local population.[1][2][3]

District Council of Birkenhead
South Australia
District Council of Birkenhead is located in South Australia
District Council of Birkenhead
District Council of Birkenhead
Coordinates34.8365°S 138.5°E / -34.8365; 138.5
Established1877
Abolished1886
Council seatBirkenhead
LGAs around District Council of Birkenhead:
Yatala North
Port Adelaide
District Council of Birkenhead Yatala
Yatala South/Enfield
Port Adelaide
Semaphore
Glanville		 Port Adelaide Yatala
Yatala South/Enfield
Port Adelaide

Chairmen

References
  1. Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. p. 11. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  2. "THE SHIRE COUNCILS BILL". The South Australian Advertiser. Adelaide. 28 August 1886. p. 6. Retrieved 31 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Annexation Of Birkenhead". Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser. SA. 17 December 1886. p. 1. Retrieved 31 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "THE PORT ADELAIDE STEAM FERRY". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 3 November 1877. p. 4 Supplement: Supplement to the South Australian Register. Retrieved 31 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "THE LABOUR QUESTION IN AMERICA". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 29 November 1877. p. 4. Retrieved 31 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "THE BIRKENHEAD FERRY". Evening Journal. Adelaide. 24 November 1879. p. 2 Edition: SECOND EDITION. Retrieved 31 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Port Adelaide News". Port Adelaide News. SA. 31 December 1880. p. 4. Retrieved 31 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "Birkenhead District Council". Port Adelaide News. SA. 15 July 1881. p. 5. Retrieved 31 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "BIRKENHEAD DISTRICT COUNCIL". Port Adelaide News. SA. 25 August 1882. p. 8. Retrieved 31 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. "BIRKENHEAD DISTRICT COUNCIL". Port Adelaide News. SA. 22 May 1883. p. 5. Retrieved 31 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. "BIRKENHEAD DISTRICT COUNCIL". Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser. SA. 22 July 1884. p. 4. Retrieved 31 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. "BIRKENHEAD DISTRICT COUNCIL". Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser. SA. 24 July 1885. p. 5. Retrieved 31 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. "BIRKENHEAD DISTRICT COUNCIL". Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser. SA. 30 April 1886. p. 5. Retrieved 31 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
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