The District Council of Swan Reach (formerly District Council of Blanchetown) was a
local government area in the
Murraylands of
South Australia
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from 1888 to 1933.
History
The council was established in January 1888 by promulgation of the
District Councils Act 1887. It occupied the hundreds of
Skurray,
Fisher,
Nildottie and
Paisley.
In 1898 the newly-gazetted hundreds of
Murbko and
Bakara
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In 2016, during the Sie ...
(in the
County of Albert) were added to the district.
In 1920 the council name was changed to 'Swan Reach'.
In September 1933 the
District Council of Keyneton
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amalgamated with Swan Reach to become new
District Council of Keyneton and Swan Reach
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(later called Sedan).
References
Swan Reach, District Council of
1888 establishments in Australia
1933 disestablishments in Australia
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