The City of Woodville was a local government area in

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from 1875 to 1993, seated at the inner north west

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suburb of Woodville.

History

The

District Council of Hindmarsh The District Council of Hindmarsh was a local government area in South Australia from 1853 to 1875, seated at the inner north west Adelaide suburb of Hindmarsh. At the time of its establishment the population was approximately 3,500. History ...

, covering the north west suburbs of Adelaide, had been established since 1853, providing local government to land that was to be Woodville council. In 1874 the most populous parts of the district council successfully lobbied to secede and formed the

Town of Hindmarsh The Town of Hindmarsh was a local government area in South Australia from 1874 to 1993, encompassing on the inner north west Adelaide suburbs of Hindmarsh, Bowden and Brompton. History The Corporation of the Town of Hindmarsh was proclaimed o ...

adjacent to the

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. The remainder, still called District Council of Hindmarsh, formed the boundaries of what would one day be the City of Woodville. Late in the following year on 30 December 1875, at the request of ratepayers in order to distinguish itself from the newer corporate town, the name was changed to District Council of Woodville by state government proclamation. The council offices relocated from Port Road to the present-day City of Charles Sturt civic centre on Woodville Road at Woodville in 1903. As part of the

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consolidation of local government in the state, the rump of the District Council of Glanville was amalgamated into Woodville council as the Davenport ward in 1888. This closely following the creation of the

Town of Semaphore The corporate town of Semaphore was a local government area in South Australia. It was created on 20 December 1883, and re-gazetted on 17 January 1884, from areas which had been part of the District Council of Lefevre's Peninsula and District Cou ...

which removed a significantly-populated portion of Glanville. This now meant that the Woodville council's western boundary was the coastline from the Torrens to Fort Glanville. In December 1915, the seaside communities of

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and Grange seceded from Woodville council to form the Municipality of Henley and Grange. The Woodville and Hindmarsh councils were reunited in 1993 as the

City of Hindmarsh Woodville The City of Hindmarsh Woodville was a local government area in South Australia from 1993 to 1997 seated at the inner north west Adelaide suburbs of Hindmarsh and Woodville. It came into existence on 2 August 1993 with the amalgamation of the To ...

. Four years later, Henley and Grange council was also reunited to form the present-day

City of Charles Sturt The City of Charles Sturt is a local government area in the western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia, stretching to the coast. The council was formed on 1 January 1997 as a result of the amalgamation of the City of Hindmarsh Woodville and ...

, in 1997.

Neighbouring local government

The following adjacent local government bodies co-existed with the Hindmarsh council: * District Council of Glanville (established 1860) lay west and north west until 1888 when it was merged into Woodville council as its Davenport ward. From this time the

became Woodville council's north western neighbour until it was merged into the Town of Port Adelaide in 1900. In 1901, Port Adelaide attained municipality status and was known instead as the City of Port Adelaide. * District Council of Queenstown and Alberton (established 1864) lay immediately north until it also was merged into the Town of Port Adelaide in 1898. *

District Council of Yatala South A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

(established 1868) lay north east and east. From 1933, Yatala South was instead known as the District Council of Enfield, and, not much later, the City of Enfield. *

lay immediately east and south east. *

District Council of West Torrens The City of West Torrens is a local government area in the western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. Since the 1970s the area was mainly home to many open spaces and parks, however after the mid-1990s (1993-1995) the LGA became more residen ...

(established 1853) lay immediately south, across the

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. In 1950, West Torrens attained municipality status and was known instead as the City of West Torrens. *

City of Henley and Grange The City of Henley and Grange was a local government area in South Australia from 1915 to 1997, seated at the Adelaide seaside suburb of Henley Beach. At the time of its establishment, it comprised four wards, each spanning the width of the loc ...

lay south west from its establishment in 1915 out of Woodville and West Torrens councils.

References

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