The District Council of Stirling was a

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from 1883 to 1997, seated at

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History

The council was established in 1883 from a western portion of the District Council of Echunga and an eastern portion of the

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. Stirling council annexed a northerly-adjacent portion of the District Council of Crafers when it was abolished in 1935, enlarging the council area in a region of high population growth. In 1997 Stirling amalgamated with the district councils of Onkaparinga and

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to its north, and the

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, to form the much larger

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