16-726: The Adelaide Plains Council (formerly the District Council of Mallala ) is a local government area in South Australia . It consists of a largely rural region along the Gulf St Vincent , covering a total area of approximately 926 km. The council seat lies at Mallala , but it also maintains a service centre at Two Wells . Both the Light River and the Gawler River pass through the district and
32-540: A directly-elected mayor. On 9 December 2021 a Government Gazette announced that a review of the Adelaide Plains Council's composition and elector representation arrangements had occurred and been certified, the following arrangements took effect from polling day of the periodic Local Government Elections held in November 2022. The following persons were elected to serve as chairman of the council for
48-527: A population of about 3940 with most population growth occurring in the southern part of the council area around the town of Two Wells . The principal industries were agriculture and salt mining with the former consisting of market gardening in the vicinity of the Gawler River with the remainder of the district being used for cereal growing, stock grazing and dairying, and with the latter being concerned with salt extraction via evaporation at sites along
64-544: Is largely bypassed by Port Wakefield Road. The township was a private subdivision by George Baker c.1876. By 1876 there was a store and by 1878 there was a school and Primitive Methodist Church, now Uniting Church . The Uniting Church held its last service in the building on 25 October 2020. In 1884 the Windsor Institute was built, and has served the community as a hall and library for over 130 years. The town had an oval with concrete cricket pitch opposite
80-570: The Local Government Act 1999 (South Australia). They are grouped below by region, as defined by the Local Government Association of South Australia. Maralinga Tjarutja and Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara aboriginal councils both located in the remote north of the state are by far the largest South Australian LGAs, both exceeding 100,000 km . Coorong District Council and Loxton Waikerie are
96-521: The Council being addressed to towns situated outside its boundaries in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Light and that the recent creation of the electoral district of Light which was also outside of its boundaries would “cause further confusion.” The change was granted and the renaming of the council as the District Council of Mallala was gazetted on 15 April 1937. The first white settlement of
112-440: The amalgamation of the District Council of Grace , the District Council of Dublin and the District Council of Port Gawler . It is unrelated to either the earlier or later councils also named District Council of Light, both of which were predecessors of the adjacent Light Regional Council . In 1936, the council petitioned the state government to have its name changed citing an existing problem with correspondence intended for
128-599: The area dates back to the Port Gawler Special Survey in 1839. Originally the land was inhabited by the Kaurna people whose territory extended in a narrow corridor along the eastern shore of Gulf St Vincent; Cape Jervis to Port Wakefield; inland to near Crystal Brook, Snowtown, Blyth, Hoyleton, Hamley Bridge, Clarendon, Gawler, and Myponga; from the east side of the Hummock Range to Red Hill. Inland
144-557: The coastline. In September 2016, the council's name was changed to be Adelaide Plains Council, reflecting its extent and location on the northern Adelaide Plains . The Adelaide Plains Council includes the towns and localities of Calomba , Dublin , Fischer , Korunye , Lewiston , Lower Light , Mallala , Middle Beach , Parham , Port Gawler , Redbanks , Thompson Beach , Two Wells , Webb Beach and Windsor , and parts of Barabba , Grace Plains , Long Plains , Reeves Plains and Wild Horse Plains . The Adelaide Plains Council has
160-611: The following terms: 34°26′16″S 138°30′45″E / 34.43790306°S 138.51247°E / -34.43790306; 138.51247 Local government areas of South Australia Local government in the Australian state of South Australia describes the organisations and processes by which towns and districts can manage their own affairs to the extent permitted by section 64A of Constitution Act 1934 (SA) . The organisations, often called local government areas (LGAs) are constituted and managed in accordance with
176-636: The next largest LGAs. The smallest LGAs are Walkerville and then Prospect , both occupying less than 10 km each. The area with the largest population growth was Playford in Adealide's northern suburbs with a net increase of 2,847 people from June 2021 to June 2022. Port Pirie had the largest net reduction in population of 106. The fastest growth of an LGA in South Australia was in Adelaide Plains at 4.9 percent. Coober Pedy
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#1732801732056192-444: The rich fertile plains are ideal for vegetable production, the majority of which is sent to the nearby Adelaide markets. As well as the general agricultural pursuits of grain growing and storage and running livestock, other major industries in the region include the livestock market / sale yards, metal fabrication and manufacture of industrial equipment. The District Council of Light was proclaimed on 21 March 1935, having stemmed from
208-486: The school and tennis courts, on Windsor Road. The oval, established by 1883 and used by the Windsor Cricket Club, was also used until the 1960s by the school. The football club joined with Wild Horse Plains to for United in 1921. The school and local football team colours were double blue. The tennis club commenced in 1880s. A post office (1877-1982) and store (1877-1985) operated from 1877 closing after
224-524: The stringy bark forests of the Mount Lofty Ranges marked their boundary. Throughout the district large tracts of surveyed land were allotted to pastoralists who farmed mostly grain and sheep. The early produce of the area was often shipped out on ketches from the Ports of Gawler and Parham. In 1986, the council was reported as having an area of 926.7 square kilometres (357.8 sq mi) and
240-414: The township was bypassed by Port Wakefield Road. The Windsor School closed in 1971. The district was part of sheep grazing leases from mid nineteenth century. George Baker took up the land in the area in 1860. After the district was surveyed and sold, settlers established mixed farms. This continued until the 1970s with mixed farming, growing grain, lambs, pigs, eggs, poultry and cream. In early days grain
256-413: Was the fastest shrinking LGA, at -3.0 percent. This group of areas are found around Metropolitan Adelaide along a 70 km stretch of the Gulf St Vincent coast and up to 50 km inland. Windsor, South Australia Windsor is a locality in South Australia . It is on the northern Adelaide Plains adjacent to Port Wakefield Road , 34 km southeast of Port Wakefield . The township
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