The District Council of Hawker 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 ...

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 ...

from 1888 to 1997, centred on the town of

Hawker Hawker or Hawkers may refer to: Places * Hawker, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra * Hawker, South Australia, a town * Division of Hawker, an Electoral Division in South Australia * Hawker Island, Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarct ...

. At its creation it was the northernmost local government area in the state.

History

It was established on 5 January 1888 under the provisions of the ''

District Councils Act 1887 The District Councils Act 1887 was an act of the Parliament of South Australia. It received assent on 9 December 1887, and its provisions came into effect when proclaimed by Governor William C. F. Robinson on 5 January 1888. The legislation intr ...

''. It comprised the hundreds of Arkaba in the

County of Hanson __NOTOC__ County of Hanson is a Cadastral divisions of South Australia, cadastral unit located in the Australian state of South Australia that covers land in the Flinders Ranges immediately east of the town of Hawker, South Australia, Hawker. ...

, Barndioota and Wonoka in the County of Blachford, and Wirreanda and Yednalue in the

County of Granville The County of Granville is one of the 49 counties of South Australia located in the Flinders Ranges region. It was proclaimed in 1876 by Governor Anthony Musgrave and was named for the Granville Leveson-Gower, the second Earl of Granville and ...

. Land from each of the hundreds of Adams and Warcowie was added to the District Council on 12 May 1932. In 1936, it was reported to have an estimated population of 975 across an area of 300 square miles. In that year, the council elected a member from five wards, one for each of the initial hundreds. The main industry of the district was wool growing, replacing wheat farming, which had been popular in earlier days. It amalgamated with the

District Council of Kanyaka-Quorn The District Council of Kanyaka-Quorn was a local government area in South Australia that existed from 1969 to 1997. The Council came into existence on 1 April 1969 following the merger of the Corporate Town of Quorn with the surrounding Distric ...

to form the

Flinders Ranges Council Flinders Ranges Council is a local government area (LGA) located in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia. The LGA is approximately 100 km from north to south, and 45 km from east to west, with a total area of 4,198 square kilometres ...

on 1 January 1997.

Chairmen

* J. Edgeloe (1888) * S. J. Jones (1888) * W. F. King (1888–1889) * W. J. Pyman (1901–1902, 1911–1918) * M. B. Woods (1918) * James Michael Gillick (1935–1940) * Walter Joseph Webb (1940–1956) * Donald Ivor McArthur (1956–1960) * Henry Gifford Spiers (1960–1962) * Lincoln James Dorward (1962–1969) * John Thomas Hilder (1969–1979) * Lindsay Milton Clarke (1979–1985) * Henry John Spiers (1985–?)

References

{{Former local government areas in South Australia