District Council of Gilbert
The District Council of Gilbert was a local government area seated at Riverton in South Australia from 1866 to 1932.
| District Council of Gilbert South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  District Council of Gilbert | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°09′0″S 138°44′0″E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 5 July 1866 | ||||||||||||||
| Abolished | 12 May 1932 | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Riverton | ||||||||||||||
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History
The District Council of Gilbert was proclaimed on 5 July 1866. The inaugural councillors were Frederick Fleming, James Milne, James Kelly, James Shearer, and Edward Prescott.[1][2]
On 12 May 1932, by promulgation of the Local Government Areas (Re-arrangement) Acts 1929 and 1931, Gilbert was amalgamated with the westerly-adjacent districts of Rhynie and Stockport to form the new District Council of Riverton.
Chairmen
- Edward Prescott (1866–?)
- John McInerney (1927–1932)[3]
References
- "District of Gilbert" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette (29 ed.). 1866: 634. 5 July 1866.
Messrs. Frederick Fleming, James Milne, James Kelly, James Shearer, and Edward Prescott, shall be the first District Councillors for the District of Gilbert aforesaid.
- Hosking, P.; Universal Publicity Company. (1936), The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936, Universal Publicity Company, p. 840, retrieved 31 May 2019
- Marsden, Susan (2012), A History of South Australian Councils to 1936 (PDF), Local Government Association of South Australia, p. 45, retrieved 31 May 2019
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