The District Council of Lefevre's Peninsula was a

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centred on the

Lefevre Peninsula The Lefevre Peninsula is a peninsula located in the Australian state of South Australia located about northwest of the Adelaide city centre. It is a narrow sand spit of about running north from its connection to the mainland. The name given ...

from 1872 to 1884.

History

The council was gazetted in 1872. The council chambers were located in the Exeter Hotel at

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. The

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separated from it on 22 February 1877, and much of the remaining section, along with much of the adjacent

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, seceded as the new

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on 20 December 1883. In January 1884, the Semaphore council debated whether the Lefevre Peninsula council had become defunct as a result of the secessions, and it formally ceased to exist when it merged into the Birkenhead council on 7 August 1884.

Chairmen

* J. N. Wills (1872) * H. Cowie (1876–1877) * G. Shorney (1877–1878) * J. C. Lovely (1881–1882) * A. P. Hall (1883)

References

{{Former local government areas in South Australia Lefevre's Peninsula, District Council of Lefevre Peninsula 1872 establishments in Australia 1884 disestablishments in Australia