The District Council of Blyth was a local government area in

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from 1872 to 1987 seated at Blyth in the

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History

The District Council of Blyth was officially proclaimed on 11 January 1872 as constituting the entirety of the Hundred of Blyth. Five inaugural councillors were appointed at the time of proclamation: Edward Lawson, Henry Longmire, John Shepherd, Thomas Roberts and George Semmens. In January 1888 the council gained the

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under the

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"DISTRICT OF BLYTH.—Comprising the heretofore existing District of Blyth and the Hundred of Everard." before losing it again in September 1889 to the

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. In 1935, as a result of the statewide consolidation of local government areas, the Blyth council annexed most of the Hundred of Hart (east of the

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) from the

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and the two northern wards of the District Council of Hall ( Hoyleton and Woodlands). From the Hutt and Hill Rivers annexation the new wards of Anama (north east) and Hart (north west) were created, and from the Hall annexation the new ward of Hoyleton (south) was created. The remainder of the new Blyth council area was to be split between three other wards: Blyth (centre east), Central (centre west), and Kybunga (centre south east). On 9 December 1987, the council was amalgamated with the

to form the new

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Neighbouring local government

The following adjacent local government bodies co-existed with the Blyth council: *

lay north east from its establishment in 1885. It lay immediately north from 1888, when the Hundred of Hart was incorporated into that council, until 1935, when the south part of the

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became part of the

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. *

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(established in 1853) lay immediately east. * District Council of Upper Wakefield (established 1854) lay south east. From 1970, following the amalgamation of Upper Wakefield and

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councils, the District Council of Auburn and Saddleworth lay south east. * District Council of Hall lay immediately south from its establishment in 1878 until it was split between Blyth and Balaklava councils in 1935. * District Council of Balaklava (established 1877) lay south west from 1878 when the

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was incorporated into Balaklava council, and lay south and west from 1935 when the

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was split between Blyth and Balaklava councils. From 1983, following the amalgamation of Balaklava council with Port Wakefield and Owen councils, the

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lay south and west. *

lay north west from its establishment in 1888 and lay north and west from 1889 when the

was severed from Blyth council and annexed by Snowtown.

References

{{Former local government areas in South Australia Blyth 1872 establishments in Australia 1987 disestablishments in Australia