The City of Brighton was a
local government area
A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...
in
South Australia seated at the
Adelaide sea-side township of
Brighton
Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London.
Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...
from 1858 until 1997.
History
The Corporate Town of Brighton was proclaimed on 25 November 1858
by severance from the
District Council of Brighton,
the latter later changing its name to Marion to avoid confusion.
The town boundaries extended from the modern Yarrum Grove, Boundary Road and Oaklands Road (
Somerton Park), in the north, to Kingston Park reserve,
Kingston House, Scholfield Road (
Kingston Park) and Arthur Street (
Seacliff Park) in the south. On the west it was bounded by the coastline and on the east by the modern Brighton Road (Somerton Park), MacArthur Avenue (
Hove), Winton Avenue (Hove), Neath Avenue (
South Brighton) and Davenport Terrace (
Seacliff Park).
The inaugural councillors named in the 1858 proclamation were: Francis Corbet Singleton, Pitt Cobbett, George William Chinner, William Home Popham, and William Voules Brown.
The municipality of Brighton ultimately became the City of Brighton when it crossed the required population threshold in the early 1900s.
Brighton and its northern coastal neighbour, the
City of Glenelg
The City of Glenelg was a local government area in South Australia seated at the Adelaide sea-side township of Glenelg from 1855 until 1997.
History
The Corporate Town of Glenelg was proclaimed on 23 August 1855 by severance from the District ...
, were amalgamated in 1997 to become the
City of Holdfast Bay, which retained the two civic centres at Brighton and
Glenelg.
Councillors
In 1919
Grace Benny
Susan Grace Benny, née Anderson, (1872–1944) of Seacliff, South Australia, generally referred to as Grace Benny or S. Grace Benny, was the first woman elected to local government in Australia when she was elected to the Brighton Council in 1 ...
was elected to Brighton council, becoming the first woman to be elected as a councillor in a local government body in South Australia.
References
Brighton, City of
1858 establishments in Australia
1997 disestablishments in Australia
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