The District Council of Mount Muirhead 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 ...

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from 1888 to 1914.

History

According to South Australian local government historian Sue Marsden "development of South Australia's South East was greatly helped by drainage schemes. Elsewhere in South Australia the Local Board of Main Roads was the precursor to local government, but in the South East it was district drainage boards." The original South-East Drainage District was formed in April 1876. Part of this district and part of the Tantanoola Drainage District within the vicinity of the

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were split off later in 1876 to form a new drainage district called Mount Muirhead Drainage District. In 1879 the Mount Muirhead district was expanded to include more of the South-East district. On 27 April 1882 both the Mount Muirhead and South-East districts were dissolved and a new (second) Mount Muirhead Drainage District was established along with the new drainage district of Mayurra. The District Council of Mount Muirhead was established in 1888 by the enactment of the

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, a statewide legislative push to ensure all settled areas of the state be under local governance. It stated that all existing drainage districts (and the accompanying drainage boards) were to effectively become district councils. On 4 June 1914, Mount Muirhead district was annexed by the

District Council of Millicent The District Council of Millicent (formerly the District Council of Mayurra) was a local government area in South Australia seated at Millicent. History According to South Australian local government historian Sue Marsden "development of South ...

. The enlarged council area was divided into five wards: Central, Mayurra, Mount Muirhead, Nangula, and

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References

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