The District Council of Queenstown and Alberton was a local government area of

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established in 1864 and abolished in 1898. The council was named for its constituent suburban townships of Queenstown and Alberton (originally Queen's Town and Albert Town, named for

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and her consort, Prince Albert).

History

The council was proclaimed on 20 October 1864 and divided south east to north west by the new Port Road into two wards - one for each constituent township. The inaugural councillors appointed by the governor were James Page, Thomas Bails, Samuel Wilson, John Formby and William Wheewall. On 2 June 1898 the council was amalgamated into the

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, the latest in what became a series of annexations of small port-side councils into the larger corporate township.

Neighbouring local government

The following adjacent local government bodies co-existed with the Queenstown and Alberton council: * District Council of Portland Estate (established 1859) lay immediately north and north west. In 1884 it was amalgamated with the

making the latter Queenstown and Alberton's northern neighbour. Four years later, Queenstown and Alberton was also amalgamated in to the Port Adelaide council. * District Council of Rosewater lay north east from its establishment in 1877. *

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lay east. In 1868, Yatala council was split into two, at the approximate course of Dry Creek. From that time the

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became Queenstown and Alberton's eastern neighbour. *

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(established 1853) lay south east, south and south west until the part adjoining Queenstown and Alberton became the

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in 1875. * District Council of Glanville, established in 1864 a few months prior to Queenstown and Alberton council, lay west. In 1888 when it amalgamated with the Woodville council, the latter also became Queenstown and Alberton's western neighbour.

References

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