The City of Victor Harbor is a
local government area
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of
South Australia
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. It covers an area of along the coast, about south of
Adelaide
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, the capital of South Australia. The council is responsible for the town of
Victor Harbor, which contains over 85% of its population, and the surrounding rural area to the north and west. The City of Victor Harbor had an estimated population of over 14,000 at the
2016 Census.
History
The City, then known as the District Council of Victor Harbor, was the product of a merger on 31 October 1975 between the District Council of Encounter Bay and the Corporation of Victor Harbor.
In 1996–1997, a merger with the small neighbouring councils in
Port Elliot
Port Elliot is a town in South Australia toward the eastern end of the south coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula. It is situated on the sheltered Horseshoe Bay, a small bay off the much larger Encounter Bay. Pullen Island lies outside the mouth of t ...
and
Goolwa, (which, with the town of
Middleton, form a contiguous coastal conurbation with Victor Harbor), was considered, but ultimately the District Council of Victor Harbor remained distinct, and the other councils merged on 1 July 1997 to form the
Alexandrina Council
Alexandrina Council is a local government area in the Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island region of South Australia. The Alexandrina Council was formed on 1 July 1997 by the amalgamation of the District Council of Port Elliot and Goolwa, the District C ...
.
On 1 February 2000, the District Council of Victor Harbor was renamed as the City of Victor Harbor.
Council
The City has 10 councillors and no wards. Each councillor serves a four-year term; the last election was in November 2018; the next election is due in 2022.
The current council consists of:
Localities
The city consists of the following localities (also called suburbs):
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Back Valley
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Encounter Bay
Encounter Bay is a bay in the Australian state of South Australia located on the state's south central coast about south of the state capital of Adelaide. It was named by Matthew Flinders after his encounter on 8 April 1802 with Nicolas Baudi ...
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Hayborough
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Hindmarsh Tiers
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Hindmarsh Valley
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Inman Valley
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Lower Inman Valley
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Mount Jagged
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People
*McCracken (surname), people with the surname McCracken
Places
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Victor Harbor
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Waitpinga
See also
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List of parks and gardens in rural South Australia
List of parks and gardens in rural South Australia refers to parks and gardens that located within the rural areas of South Australia as distinguished from those located within the Adelaide metropolitan area.
Adelaide Hills
The following p ...
References
External links
City of Victor Harbor Website
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Victor Harbor