The Corporate Town of Gladstone 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 ...

, centred on the town of

Gladstone William Ewart Gladstone ( ; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four non-conse ...

. It was proclaimed on 8 March 1883, separating the township from the surrounding

District Council of Gladstone The District Council of Gladstone was a local government area in South Australia. It was proclaimed on 10 August 1876 as the District Council of Yangya, named for the cadastral Hundred of Yangya, but was renamed Gladstone after its main town on 1 ...

. It was divided into three wards at its inception (North, East and West), each represented by two councillors. In 1923, it covered an area of 2,243 acres, with a capital value of £137,740. In 1924, it transferred ownership of the Town Hall and the Soldiers' Memorial to the Gladstone Institute. It ceased to exist on 15 May 1933 when it merged back into the District Council. It was expressed at the time that there was local regret at the loss of the distinct town council, but that a decline in rates and reductions in state government expenditure had made it a necessity.

Mayors

* Oliver Horner (1883–1884) * J. J. Bonnar (1884–1885) * C. W. Hamilton (1885–1886) * B. J. Knight (1886–1889) * R. McDougall (1889–1891) * A. C. Catt (1891–1895) * H. Crabb (1895–1896) * D. Coe (1896–1897) * W. Hancock (1897–1902) * J. R. Creber (1902–1904) * C. Budge (1904–1905) * P. R. Lee (1905) * W. Odgers (1906–1909) * C. H. Chancellor (1909–1910) * J. H. Sargent (1910–1912) * J. A. Gallasch (1912–1913) * J. Eley (1913–1914) * Walter Langdon Parsons (1914–1916) * F. C. Grubb (1916–1917) * E. A. Gale (1917–1920) * R. E. Lines (1920–1921) * E. A. Gale (1921–1923) * W. Odgers (1923–1924) * C. O. Bennett (1924–1927) * H. T. Harslett (1927–1929) * J. W. MacNamee (1929–1932) * F. C. Grubb (1932–1933)

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