6-477: The Corporate Town of Jamestown was a local government area in South Australia , centred on the town of Jamestown . It was proclaimed on 25 July 1878, severing the seven-year old settlement of Jamestown from the surrounding District Council of Belalie . The first mayor was John Cockburn , later Premier of South Australia , with George Hingston Lake as town clerk. Under the new council, it instituted
12-407: A tree planting program from 1879, reportedly the first town in rural South Australia to do so. In 1881, it was reported to have a population of 995; while this remained static for some decades, by 1936, it was reported to have a population of over 1,500, with 361 dwellings and 106 businesses, with the surrounding area described as "one of the best agricultural districts in this state". In the 1950s,
18-559: 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 the Local Government Act 1999 (South Australia). They are grouped below by region, as defined by
24-541: 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 the next largest LGAs. The smallest LGAs are Walkerville and then Prospect , both occupying less than 10 km each. The area with
30-661: The council offices were based out of the former Jamestown Institute, by then converted to a memorial hall. In 1979, the council launched a program of kerbing and sealing Jamestown streets. On 1 January 1991, it merged into the surrounding District Council of Jamestown ; the merged council would itself amalgamate with surrounding municipalities to form the Northern Areas Council in 1997. 33°12′19″S 138°36′7″E / 33.20528°S 138.60194°E / -33.20528; 138.60194 Local government areas of South Australia Local government in
36-614: 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 was the fastest shrinking LGA, at -3.0 percent. This group of areas are found around Metropolitan Adelaide along
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