The City of Unley is a local government area in the

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metropolitan region. It is located directly south of the

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. The Corporate Town of Unley was created in 1871, when 2,000 signatories to a petition from residents of the several towns of Unley, Parkside, Black Forest, Goodwood and Fullarton requested the Governor allow them to form their own municipality and thus sever from the

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. The first town hall was built in 1880. It became the third municipality in the State to gain city status in 1906 (after the Cities of Adelaide and Port Adelaide), becoming the current City of Unley.

History

Located on traditional lands of the

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people, the City of Unley is rich in history, character and atmosphere, and centrally located only minutes from Adelaide's city centre.

Environment

Unley is one of three suburban Adelaide councils to be awarded a "

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" designation from the

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of the

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(FAO) and

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, along with the

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and the City of Mitcham, which are the only three in Australia.

Climate action

In 2020 the City of Unley joined the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy and pledged to measure its GHG emissions, set emission targets, and develop a plan to support emission reductions. The City of Unley’s CO₂ emissions represent about 1% of total community-wide emissions. To address its emissions the City of Unley developed a draft Climate and Energy Plan that proposed attaining carbon neutrality by 2030. A local community group, Unley Voices for Climate Action (UVCA), made a detailed submission to Council, signed by more than 70 residents, arguing for a more ambitious plan including an earlier carbon neutral date. In September, 2021 Council approved its Climate and Energy Plan which included a carbon neutral date brought forward from 2030 to 2023. Council will achieve carbon neutrality by actively reducing its operational emissions during the 10-year life of the plan and from 2023 by purchasing accredited carbon offsets through investment in projects such as wind farms and revegetation schemes. To achieve operational carbon neutrality by 2030 council plans more solar PV installation, staged adoption of electric vehicles and an electrification strategy to switch from gas to electricity for space and water heating. The remaining 99% of community-wide emissions originate from residents and businesses comprising: transport (45%), electricity (30%), gas (20%) and waste (5%). While community wide emissions remain largely outside of the control of Council it is encouraging the reduction of waste and transport emissions. It supports and encourages its residents to move food waste into organic bins for composting rather than landfill and by providing more investment in cycleways and pedestrian friendly streetscapes. Council has allocated funds in its 2022/23 budget to engage with residents to better understand community views on taking action on climate change. The City of Unley has not declared a climate emergency.

Council

The council, and the councillors' registered interests, are:

Suburbs

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- 5035 * Clarence Park - 5034 * Everard Park - 5035 * Forestville - 5035 *

Fullarton Fullarton is a small area in Irvine, North Ayrshire. It is situated close to Irvine Bay and is next to several industrial estates, large supermarkets and retail stores and the town centre itself. Stagecoach Western buses operate the local bus s ...

- 5063 * Goodwood - 5034 *

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- 5063 * Hyde Park - 5061 * Kings Park - 5034 *

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Millswood Millswood is an inner-southern mainly residential suburb of Adelaide in the City of Unley. It was named after Scotsman Samuel Mills, who arrived in the colony in 1839. Description The suburb is dissected by Goodwood Road, which travels north ...

- 5034 * Myrtle Bank - 5064 * Parkside - 5063 *

Unley Unley is an inner-southern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, within the City of Unley. The suburb is the home of the Sturt Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). Unley neighbours Adelaide Park Lands, Fullar ...

- 5061 * Unley Park - 5061 *

Wayville Wayville is an inner-southern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Unley. It is most notable for hosting of the Royal Adelaide Show at the Adelaide Showgrounds. The suburb is bordered to the north by Adelaide's South Parklands, to the west by Ade ...

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Mayors

Sources: *

John Henry Barrow John Henry Barrow (1817 – 22 August 1874) was a Congregational minister, journalist and South Australian politician. Early life Barrow was born in England, son of John Barrow. After he studied for the Congregational ministry at Hackney Coll ...

(1871–1872) *

John Herbert Cooke John Herbert Cooke (3 August 1867 – 30 July 1943) was an Australian politician, variably referred to as "J. Herbert Cooke" or "J. H. Cooke". History He was born at Payneham, South Australia, the third son of Ebenezer Cooke (ca.1832 – 7 May ...

(1904–1907) * Alfred Samuel Lewis (1907–1909) * John Henry Chinner (1909–1912) * Walter Dollman (1912–1914) * Thomas Elliott Yelland (1914–1916) * William Norman Parsons (1916–1918) * William Harold Langham (1918–1920) * Herbert Richards (1920–1922) * Alfred Ernest Morris (1922–1924) * Ethelbert Bendall (1924–1926) * George Illingworth (1926–1928) * Benjamin John Sellick (1928–1930) * Charles Mayo Read (1930–1932) * Frederick James Barrett (1933–1935) * John McLeay Sr. (1935–1937) * James McGregor Soutar (1937–1939) * Colin Dunnage (1939–1941) * Keith Bentzen (1941–1943) *

Henry Dunks Henry Stephen Dunks (7 June 1882 – 22 March 1955) was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal and Country League member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1933 to 1955, representing Sturt until 1938 and Mitcham Mitcham is a ...

(1943–1946) * William Morris Harrell (1946–1948) * Samuel Gild (1948–1949) * Claude Stanislaus Coogan (1949–1952) * Joseph Young (Joe) Woollacott (1952–1953) * Theodore Fergus Ballantyne (1953–1955) * Alfred G. M. Freeman (1953–1955) * George S. Barlow (1957–1959) * Claude F. Page (1959–1961) * John McLeay Jr. (1961–1963) * Leonard Iles (1963–1965) * Alexander L. Hood (1965–1967) * Lewis G. Short (1967–1970) * Clement Colman (1970–1972) * Eric H. Parish (1972–1974) * Laurence K. Simon (1974–1975) * Lloyd K. Lovell (1975–1977) * John H. Southern (1977–1980) * Cecil S. Rowe (1980–1982) * Denis A. Sheridan (1982–1985) * Barry L. Schuetz (1985–1987) * David H. McLeod (1987–1991) * Michael Keenan (1991–2006) * Richard Thorne (2006–2010) * Lachlan Clyne (2010–2018) *Peter Hughes (acting, 2018–2018) *Michael Hewitson (2018–present)

References

External links

City of Unley websiteCity of Unley community profileCity of Unley Concert Band website
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1871 establishments in Australia