The Corporate Town of Laura 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
Laura. It was proclaimed on 22 June 1882, separating the township of Laura itself from the surrounding
District Council of Booyoolie
The District Council of Booyoolie 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 ...
.
It held its first meeting at the Laura Hotel on 24 June. One of their first acts was to undertake a program of plantings in streets and local parks.
The council acquired the Laura Institute in 1887; from then onwards, the building served as the Laura Town Hall. The former council chambers was subsequently let as a dwelling and then to the
R.S.S.I.L.A. In 1910, the council's responsibilities included maintenance of roads, kerbing and paving, sanitary inspection, street lighting, maintenance of the town hall and sports oval pavilion and local parklands. It ceased to exist on 30 April 1932, when it amalgamated with the Booyoolie council to form the new
District Council of Laura
The District Council of Laura was a local government area in South Australia. It was created on 1 May 1932 with the amalgamation of the Corporate Town of Laura and the District Council of Booyoolie. It reunited the whole cadastral Hundred of Boo ...
.
Mayors of Laura
* S. N. Walter (1882–1883)
* F. T. Sabine (1883–1884)
* J. C. Kaufmann (1884–1887)
* W. Wilson (1887–1889)
* I. Taylor (1889–1892)
* George Isaac Bills (1892–1895)
* J. T. Close (1895–1896)
* J. Spicer (1897–1900)
* I. Taylor (1900–1901)
* G. I. Bills (1903–1904)
*
William Cole (1904–1910)
* J. F. Roennfeldt (1910–1913)
*
Kossuth William Duncan (1913–1914)
* H. G. Rowland (1914–1916)
* W. Bills (1916–1917)
* C. Felstead (1917–1920)
* F. L. Bundey (1920–1923)
* J. Watt (1923–1925)
* J. L. Kennedy (1930–1932)
References
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