The District Council of Ceduna is a local government area located on the far west coast of the

Eyre Peninsula The Eyre Peninsula is a triangular peninsula in South Australia. It is bounded by the Spencer Gulf on the east, the Great Australian Bight on the west, and the Gawler Ranges to the north. Originally called Eyre’s Peninsula, it was named af ...

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. The district has a diverse business and industry with an estimated 240,000

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passing through every year. The township of Ceduna is the focal point of the district.

Industry and history

The land in the district has long been used for agricultural purposes, in fact, between the 1850s and 1880s, much of the land was one large

sheep station A sheep station is a large property ( station, the equivalent of a ranch) in Australia or New Zealand, whose main activity is the raising of sheep for their wool and/or meat. In Australia, sheep stations are usually in the south-east or sout ...

. Now most blocks are around and mostly farming

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such as

wheat Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain that is a worldwide staple food. The many species of wheat together make up the genus ''Triticum'' ; the most widely grown is common wheat (''T. aestivum''). The archaeologi ...

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and

barley Barley (''Hordeum vulgare''), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally. It was one of the first cultivated grains, particularly in Eurasia as early as 10,000 years ago. Globally 70% of barley p ...

; as well as

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, particularly sheep. Port Thevenard has been an exporter of

gypsum Gypsum is a soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula . It is widely mined and is used as a fertilizer and as the main constituent in many forms of plaster, blackboard or sidewalk chalk, and drywal ...

salt Salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl), a chemical compound belonging to the larger class of salts; salt in the form of a natural crystalline mineral is known as rock salt or halite. Salt is present in vast quant ...

, Grain and mineral sand, with up to 1.2 million tonnes of gypsum being exported per year.

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and

Denial Bay Denial Bay (formerly McKenzie) is a town and an associated locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the state's west coast about north-west of the state capital of Adelaide and about west of the municipal seat of Ceduna. ...

have been growing oysters using aquaculture for over ten years now, with Denial and Smoky Bay now the second and third largest producing areas in the state respectively.

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is also a large part of the districts economy, with Smoky Bay and Ceduna attracting the largest crowds. The area's attractions are largely to do with the marine environment, with

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and

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popular. The council was first established in 1925 as the District Council of Murat Bay. It was renamed the District Council of Ceduna in 1994.

Localities

The town of

Ceduna Ceduna may refer to: *Ceduna, South Australia, a town and locality *Ceduna Airport Ceduna Airport is a public airport in Ceduna, South Australia. The airport, which is owned by the District Council of Ceduna is located adjacent to the Eyre ...

is the major town of the district; it also includes the localities of Ceduna Waters, Charra, Chinbingina,

, Kalanbi, Koonibba, Laura Bay, Maltee, Merghiny, Mudamuckla,

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, Nunjikompita, Puntabie,

, Thevenard, Uworra, Wandana, Watraba, White Well Corner, and part of Carawa, Pimbaacla, Pureba and Yumbarra.

Facilities

Ceduna contains all essential facilities including shopping centres, fuel stations, a hospital, an

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and a variety of accommodation. The smaller towns contain much less, with most having only a roadhouse and possibly a

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. Recreational facilities include *

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* Boat Ramps & Marina *

Jetties A jetty is a structure that projects from land out into water. A jetty may serve as a breakwater, as a walkway, or both; or, in pairs, as a means of constricting a channel. The term derives from the French word ', "thrown", signifying somet ...

Council

The District Council of Ceduna has a directly-elected mayor.

Chairmen and Mayors of Murat Bay/Ceduna

* C. A. Tonkin (1925) * George Owen Lovelock (1932-1941) * Denis Edward Maloney (1941-1943) * Edward Morley Borlase (1944-1946) * Peter Sides Morrison (1946-1959) * Clive Keitel (1959-1970) * Jeffrey Charles Bergmann (1970-1981) * Desmond Robert Whitmarsh (1981-1983) * Jeffrey Charles Bergmann (1983-?) * Malcolm Puckridge (1987-1998) *

Allan Suter Allan Suter was the mayor of the District Council of Ceduna in South Australia from 2006 to 2018, a commercial shark fisherman and former spokesperson for the West Coast Professional Fishermen's Association. He holds several national and South Aus ...

(2006–present)

References

External links

LGA: District Council of CedunaCouncil website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ceduna, District Council of Eyre Peninsula Local government areas of South Australia