The District Council of Lefevre's Peninsula 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

Lefevre Peninsula The Lefevre Peninsula is a peninsula located in the Australian state of South Australia located about northwest of the Adelaide city centre. It is a narrow sand spit of about running north from its connection to the mainland. The name given ...

from 1872 to 1884.

History

The council was gazetted in 1872. The council chambers were located in the Exeter Hotel at Exeter. The

District Council of Birkenhead The District Council of Birkenhead was a local government area in South Australia centred on the suburb of Birkenhead. It was gazetted on 22 February 1877 from areas formerly part of the District Council of Lefevre's Peninsula. The council cham ...

separated from it on 22 February 1877, and much of the remaining section, along with much of the adjacent

District Council of Glanville The District Council of Glanville was a local government area in South Australia from 1864 to 1888. History It was first proclaimed on 14 July 1864. A month later on 11 August, another proclamation rescinded the initial proclamation, due to an er ...

, seceded as the new

Corporate Town of Semaphore The corporate town of Semaphore was a local government area in South Australia. It was created on 20 December 1883, and re-gazetted on 17 January 1884, from areas which had been part of the District Council of Lefevre's Peninsula and District ...

on 20 December 1883. In January 1884, the Semaphore council debated whether the Lefevre Peninsula council had become defunct as a result of the secessions, and it formally ceased to exist when it merged into the Birkenhead council on 7 August 1884.

Chairmen

* J. N. Wills (1872) * H. Cowie (1876–1877) * G. Shorney (1877–1878) * J. C. Lovely (1881–1882) * A. P. Hall (1883)

References

{{Former local government areas in South Australia Lefevre's Peninsula, District Council of Lefevre Peninsula 1872 establishments in Australia 1884 disestablishments in Australia