The District Council of Munno Mara West was a

local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

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 1854 to 1933.

History

The council was established on 27 April 1854, bringing local government to the western half of the

Hundred of Munno Para The Hundred of Munno Para is a cadastral unit of hundred covering the outer northern suburbs of Adelaide north of the Little Para River and the flanking semi-rural areas in South Australia. It is one of the eleven hundreds of the County of Adelai ...

, the

District Council of Munno Para East The District Council of Munno Para East was a local government area of South Australia from 1853 to 1958, seated at Uleybury. History The District Council of Munno Para East was Proclaimed by Governor Sir Henry Young on 10 November 1853 to gov ...

having been formed the year before. At the time of its creation, the Munno Para West council area was bounded on the south by 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 ...

(which derives its name from the

Kaurna The Kaurna people (, ; also Coorna, Kaura, Gaurna and other variations) are a group of Aboriginal people whose traditional lands include the Adelaide Plains of South Australia. They were known as the Adelaide tribe by the early settlers. Kaurn ...

term ''pari'', meaning "stream of flowing water") and on the north by the Gawler River. The eastern boundary the District Council of Munno Para East (Main North Road) and western boundary was

Port Wakefield Road Port Wakefield Highway (and its southern section as Port Wakefield Road) is an important South Australian highway, connecting Adelaide to the Yorke Peninsula, Port Augusta, northern and western South Australia, the Northern Territory and Wester ...

. It included the rural townships of Virginia, South Australia, Virginia, Smithfield, South Australia, Smithfield, Penfield, South Australia, Penfield, Angle Vale, South Australia, Angle Vale, Salisbury North, South Australia, Salisbury North and Gawler Blocks, the latter being severed by the District Council of Gawler South in 1899 and later merged with the Corporate Town of Gawler. The council wards of St Kilda, South Australia, St Kilda and Virginia West were added to the District Council later, in 1886. Despite a Deputation from the Munno Para West District Council to the Minister of Local Government in May 1933, following a recommendation from Local Government Areas Commission, the District Council of Munno Para West was abolished on 22 June 1933, when parts were severed and added to

and Town of Gawler, Municipality of Gawler, and the rest combined with Yatala North to form the new District Council of Salisbury.

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1854 establishments in Australia 1933 disestablishments in Australia Former local government areas of South Australia, Munno Para West, District Council of {{Adelaide-geo-stub