The District Council of Ceduna is a

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located on the far west coast of the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. The district has a diverse business and industry with an estimated 240,000 tourists passing through every year. The township of Ceduna is the focal point of the district.

Industry and history

The land in the district has long been used for

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purposes, in fact, between the 1850s and 1880s, much of the land was one large sheep station. Now most blocks are around and mostly farming cereal crops such as wheat, oats and barley; as well as livestock, particularly sheep. Port Thevenard has been an exporter of gypsum, salt, Grain and mineral sand, with up to 1.2 million tonnes of gypsum being exported per year. Smoky Bay and Denial Bay have been growing

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using

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for over ten years now, with Denial and Smoky Bay now the second and third largest producing areas in the state respectively. Tourism is also a large part of the districts economy, with Smoky Bay and Ceduna attracting the largest crowds. The area's attractions are largely to do with the

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environment, with fishing and whale watching popular. The council was first established in 1925 as the District Council of Murat Bay. It was renamed the District Council of Ceduna in 1994.

Localities

The town of

Ceduna Ceduna may refer to: *Ceduna, South Australia, a town and locality *Ceduna Airport Ceduna Airport is a public airport in Ceduna, South Australia. The airport, which is owned by the District Council of Ceduna is located adjacent to the Eyre ...

is the major town of the district; it also includes the localities of Ceduna Waters, Charra, Chinbingina, Denial Bay, Kalanbi,

Koonibba Koonibba is a locality and an associated Aboriginal community in South Australia located about northwest of the state capital of Adelaide and about northwest of the municipal seat in Ceduna and north of the Eyre Highway. The settlement ...

Laura Bay Laura Bay is a bay in the Australian state of South Australia on the west coast of Eyre Peninsula, about southeast of Ceduna. Laura Bay is an inlet that opens into the northern end of the larger Smoky Bay, and which is about northeast of the ...

, Maltee, Merghiny, Mudamuckla, Nadia, Nunjikompita, Puntabie, Smoky Bay, Thevenard, Uworra, Wandana, Watraba, White Well Corner, and part of Carawa, Pimbaacla, Pureba and Yumbarra.

Facilities

Ceduna contains all essential facilities including shopping centres,

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stations, a hospital, an area school and a variety of accommodation. The smaller towns contain much less, with most having only a roadhouse and possibly a caravan park. Recreational facilities include * Library * Boat Ramps &

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* Jetties

Council

The District Council of Ceduna has a directly-elected mayor.

Chairmen and Mayors of Murat Bay/Ceduna

* C. A. Tonkin (1925) * George Owen Lovelock (1932-1941) * Denis Edward Maloney (1941-1943) * Edward Morley Borlase (1944-1946) * Peter Sides Morrison (1946-1959) * Clive Keitel (1959-1970) * Jeffrey Charles Bergmann (1970-1981) * Desmond Robert Whitmarsh (1981-1983) * Jeffrey Charles Bergmann (1983-?) * Malcolm Puckridge (1987-1998) *

Allan Suter Allan Suter was the mayor of the District Council of Ceduna in South Australia from 2006 to 2018, a commercial shark fisherman and former spokesperson for the West Coast Professional Fishermen's Association. He holds several national and South Aus ...

(2006–present)

References

External links

LGA: District Council of CedunaCouncil website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ceduna, District Council of Eyre Peninsula Local government areas of South Australia