The Municipality of Spring Bay was a

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which existed from 1860 to 1993. The council seat was at

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. It was proclaimed by Governor

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on 10 September 1860 as the Rural Municipality of Spring Bay. The first election was held on 19 October 1860 and elected six councillors, with George Rudd becoming the first warden. It covered an area of 330,000 acres, with the main towns being Buckland, Orford, Swanston and Triabunna. It was reconstituted as the Municipality of Spring Bay with effect from 2 January 1908 under the ''Local Government Act 1906'', which abolished existing bodies as part of sweeping local government reform but established a municipality of the same name with similar boundaries. Its boundaries were then explained as: " xtendingfrom

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on the west, to the eastern shores of

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, north to

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or Glamorgan municipality, and southerly to the Sorell municipality". It was then divided into three wards. The council built a new council chambers and community centre in the 1950s. It amalgamated with the

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to form the

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in April 1993.

Wardens

Wardens of Spring Bay included:

References

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