The District Council of Yatala North was a
local government area
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of
South Australia
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on the central
Adelaide Plains
The Adelaide Plains (Kaurna name Tarndanya) is a plain in South Australia lying between the coast (Gulf St Vincent) on the west and the Mount Lofty Ranges on the east. The southernmost tip of the plain is in the southern seaside suburbs of Ade ...
from 1868 to 1933. It was split from the abolished
District Council of Yatala
The District Council of Yatala was a local government area of South Australia established in 1853 and abolished in 1868.
The council was named after the Hundred of Yatala which was proclaimed in 1846 in the County of Adelaide, Yatala likely der ...
on 18 June 1868.
The council area ranged approximately from
Dry Creek in the south to the
Little Para River
The Little Para River is a seasonal creek running across the Adelaide Plains in the Australian state of South Australia, whose catchment fills reservoirs that supply some of the water needs of Adelaide’s northern suburbs.
Course and features
...
in the north.
History
The council was established in 1868 when the
District Council of Yatala
The District Council of Yatala was a local government area of South Australia established in 1853 and abolished in 1868.
The council was named after the Hundred of Yatala which was proclaimed in 1846 in the County of Adelaide, Yatala likely der ...
was divided at the
Dry Creek and the
Dry Creek-Port Adelaide railway line
Dry or dryness most often refers to:
* Lack of rainfall, which may refer to
**Arid regions
**Drought
* Dry or dry area, relating to legal prohibition of selling, serving, or imbibing alcoholic beverages
* Dry humor, deadpan
* Dryness (medical)
* ...
into the District Councils of
Yatala South and Yatala North.
On 22 June 1933, following a proposal by Local Government Areas Commission the Yatala North District Council was abolished and merged with a large portion of the adjacent to the north
District Council of Munno Para West
The District Council of Munno Mara West was a local government area of South Australia on the central Adelaide Plains from 1854 to 1933.
History
The council was established on 27 April 1854, bringing local government to the western half of the H ...
(which was abolished at the same time), to form the new
District Council of Salisbury
The City of Salisbury is a local government area (LGA) located on the northern fringes of Adelaide, South Australia. It had population of 137,979 people in 2016 and encompasses an area of 158 km². The council's main offices are situated i ...
, which ultimately became the modern City of Salisbury.
See also
*
Hundred of Yatala
The Hundred of Yatala is a cadastral unit of hundred in South Australia covering much of the Adelaide metropolitan area north of the River Torrens. It is one of the eleven hundreds of the County of Adelaide stretching from the Torrens in the sout ...
Notes
1868 establishments in Australia
1933 disestablishments in Australia
Yatala North, District Council of
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