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The Corporate Town of Davenport was a local government area in
South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
that existed from 1887 to 1932 on land now located within the suburb of Port Augusta. A proposal to create a new local government area consisting of suburbs "annexed to the existing Corporation of Port Augusta" was discussed by residents interested in "the subject of local self-government" as recently as February 1887. On 1 March 1887, a meeting at the Pastoral Hotel agreed boundaries for a new corporation to be called ''Davenport'' which was to consist of three wards named ''First'', ''Second'' and ''Third'' and signed a petition arguing for the creation of the new corporation. The corporation was gazetted by the Government of South Australia on 25 August 1887. It was separate from the adjacent District Council of Davenport, which was renamed Woolundunga in 1893 to avoid confusion between the two. In 1923, it had a reported population of 1,128, residing in 239 dwellings, with the municipality having a capital value of £126,600. As recently as 1931, it operated from offices located in Stirling Road which is now located in the suburb of Port Augusta. On 28 April 1932 it merged into the existing Corporate Town of Port Augusta, along with the
Corporate Town of Port Augusta West The Corporate Town of Port Augusta West was a local government area in South Australia centred on the suburb of Port Augusta West. It was gazetted on 6 October 1887. They met in council chambers in Loudon Road, which ceased to be used by its ...
and part of the District Council of Woolundunga.


Mayors

* D. J. Brown (1887–1889) * J. E. Leckey (1890–1892) * D. J. Brown (1893–1895) * T. Hunter (1895) * J. N. Conway (1908) * A. G. Pappin (1910) * R. Mullen (1915) * Nicholas Mulhall (1920–1921) * Sidney James Rowland Bidgood (1921–1922) * Emmanuel James Holder (1922–1923) * Herbert Richard Holds (1923–1932)


See also

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Local Government Areas (Re-arrangement) Acts 1929 and 1931 The Local Government Areas (Re-arrangement) Acts 1929 and 1931 were acts of the Parliament of South Australia. The application of the acts, via recommendations of the commission of the same name, led to the statewide re-arrangement of local governm ...


References

{{Former local government areas in South Australia Davenport