The District Council of Streaky Bay is a
local government area in
South Australia
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located on the
Eyre Peninsula
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Originally called Eyre’s Peninsula, it was named af ...
.
Streaky Bay is the main
population
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centre of about 1,200 people serving an
agricultural district based on
farming
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wheat
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and other
cereal crops
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,
sheep
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, supplemented by
fishing
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and
tourism
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industries. The district covers an area of 6,251.1 square kilometres with a population of 2,074 people in 2016, according to the
Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Mayor of Streaky Bay is Travis Barber.
History
The council was established by the
District Councils Act 1887
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The legislation intro ...
on 5 January 1888. The bounds were defined in the act as "All that portion of the
County of Robinson
The County of Robinson is one of the 49 counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed in 1883 by Governor William Robinson who named it after himself. It lies on the north west coast of Eyre Peninsula stretching from Streaky Bay inland to in ...
not included in the district of Elliston."
This meant that the
Hundred of Downer,
Hundred of Wallis, a large part of
Hundred of Wright south of
Venus Bay, and an unincorporated area approximately 100 square miles between the three (proposed to be
Hundred of McBeath but never gazetted) within Robinson county were excluded from Streaky Bay council and proclaimed as part of
Elliston council instead.
It was, until the creation of the neighbouring
District Council of Murat Bay (now Ceduna) in 1925, the farthest outpost of local government in South Australia. In the same year, the
District Council of Wudinna
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was established to the east, annexing the hundreds of
Condada,
Moorkitabie,
Carina
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,
Addison
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...
and
Travers (about ) from Streaky Bay council to form the north western flank of the new council.
While the town of Streaky Bay was named Flinders until 1940, the municipality has been titled Streaky Bay since its inception. In 1936, it was the largest local government area in South Australia, covering .
Localities
The district's focal point is the town of
Streaky Bay; it also includes the localities of
Baird Bay,
Bockelberg,
Calca,
Chandada,
Chilpenunda,
Colley,
Cungena,
Eba Anchorage,
Haslam,
Inkster,
Kaldoonera,
Maryvale,
Mortana,
Mount Cooper,
Petina,
Perlubie,
Piednippie,
Poochera,
Sceale Bay,
Tyringa,
Wallalla,
Wirrulla,
Westall,
Witera,
Yanerbie and
Yantanabie, and parts of
Carawa,
Karcultaby,
Koolgera,
Pimbaacla and
Pureba.
Elected members
Chairmen and mayors of Streaky Bay
* Peter Calder Anderson (1927-1938)
* William John Williams (1938-1949)
* Gregory John Cash (1949-1954)
* Arthur Donald Andrew Dodgson (1954-1964)
* Frederick Allen Bellinger (1964-1971)
* Alec Malcolm Baldock (1971-1977)
* Peter John Dodgson (1977-1984)
* Thomas Aiden McCormack (1985-1987)
* John Wharff (1987-1993 and 1997-2003)
* Keith Johnson (1993-1997)
* Ian Gunn (2003-2010)
* Robert Stephens (2010-2014)
* Sherron McKenzie (2014-2016)
* Travis Barber (2016-?)
See also
*
Murphys Haystacks
*
List of parks and gardens in rural South Australia
List of parks and gardens in rural South Australia refers to parks and gardens that located within the rural areas of South Australia as distinguished from those located within the Adelaide metropolitan area.
Adelaide Hills
The following p ...
References
External links
Council WebsiteDistrict Council of Streaky Bay on Facebook@StreakyBayDC on TwitterLGA Site
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Streaky Bay, District Council of
Eyre Peninsula
1887 establishments in Australia