The Town of Hindmarsh was a
local government area in
South Australia
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from 1874 to 1993, encompassing on the inner north west
Adelaide
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suburbs of
Hindmarsh,
Bowden Bowden may refer to:
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* Bowden, South Australia, northwestern suburb of Adelaide
* Bowden railway station
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England
* Bowde ...
and
Brompton.
History
The Corporation of the Town of Hindmarsh was proclaimed on 1 October 1874
by the severance of the "townships of Hindmarsh, Bowden and Brompton" from the
District Council of Hindmarsh
The District Council of Hindmarsh was a local government area in South Australia from 1853 to 1875, seated at the inner north west Adelaide suburb of Hindmarsh.
At the time of its establishment the population was approximately 3,500.
History
...
. Benjamin Taylor was proclaimed the inaugural mayor, with the councillors of Hindmarsh, Bowden and Brompton wards being proclaimed, respectively, as Carl Ferdinand Trapmann and Josiah Mitton, Ephraim Gould and Richard Hayley, and Henry Betteridge and William Shearing.
Apart from Hindmarsh, Bowden and Brompton, the town boundaries also included the townships of
Croydon
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and
Ridleyton and the land occupied by the modern suburbs of
West Hindmarsh,
Renown Park, and the portion of modern
Ovingham
Ovingham is a civil parish and village in the Tyne Valley of south Northumberland, England. It lies on the River Tyne east of Hexham with neighbours Prudhoe, Ovington, Wylam and Stocksfield.
The River Tyne provided an obstacle between O ...
west of the
Gawler railway line.
In 1875, the remainder of the older District Council of Hindmarsh moved its seat from Hindmarsh to
Woodville and changed its name to
District Council of Woodville, distinguishing it from the Corporate Town of Hindmarsh for more than a century until the two bodies were merged again as the
City of Hindmarsh and Woodville in 1993.
Neighbouring local government
The following adjacent local government bodies co-existed with the Hindmarsh town council:
*
District Council of Yatala South (established 1868) lay north east and east. From 1933 it was called
District Council of Enfield and from 1953, the City of Enfield.
*
District Council of Prospect (established 1872) lay immediately east.
*
City of Adelaide
The City of Adelaide, also known as the Corporation of the City of Adelaide and Adelaide City Council is a local government area in the metropolitan area of greater Adelaide, South Australia and is legally defined as the capital city of South ...
northern
parklands lay south east.
*
District Council of West Torrens lay immediately south and south west, across the
River Torrens
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until 1883, after which time the
Town of Thebarton
The Town of Thebarton was a local government area of South Australia from 1883 until 1997. It was seated at the village of Thebarton, now an inner west suburb of Adelaide.
History
The township of Thebarton was split from the City of West Torr ...
was the Town of Hindmarsh's southern and south western neighbour.
*
District Council of Woodville lay west, north west and north until it was reunited with the Town of Hindmarsh in 1993.
References
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