The Southern Mallee District Council is 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 ...
in the
Murray and Mallee region of
South Australia. The council offices are in
Pinnaroo and
Lameroo. It was established on 23 January 1997 when the
District Council of Lameroo
The District Council of Lameroo was a local government area in South Australia from 1908 until 1997. For the first eleven years of the council's history it was known as District Council of Pinnaroo, not to be confused with its sister, the Distri ...
and
District Council of Pinnaroo
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisi ...
agreed to merge.
Their predecessors date from 1908.
The largest towns are Lameroo and Pinnaroo; the council also includes the localities of
Geranium
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,
Karte,
Parilla and
Parrakie, and parts of
Jabuk and
Ngarkat.
Council
References
External links
Local Government AssociationCouncil website
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Local government areas of South Australia