The District Council of Mount Bryan was a

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from 1874 to 1935. It was established on 29 October 1874, when it was detached from the

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. It gained the

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and the

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under the ''

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''. In 1896, a ratepayers meeting supported dividing the council into two, arguing that the council was financially unviable on the existing boundaries; however, this did not occur. The council chambers were located in

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. The council merged with the

, the

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and most of the

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to form the

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on 21 March 1935.

Chairmen

* Richard Collins (1883) * H. Bowman (1896) * H. S. Stephens (1910) * Isaac James Warnes (for many years)

References

{{Former local government areas in South Australia