District_Council_of_Rosewater

District Council of Rosewater

District Council of Rosewater

Local government area in South Australia

The District Council of Rosewater was a local government area of South Australia immediately east of Port Adelaide from 1877 to 1899.

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History

The council was established in 1877, centred on the 'Rosewater' subdivision on Grand Junction Road, about 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) south east of Port Adelaide.[1]

The council was abolished in 1899, being the last small neighbour of Port Adelaide to be absorbed into the larger corporate town.

Notes

  1. [1]
    Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. Parts of DCs of Queenstown and Alberton, Yatala North and Yatala South were severed and DC of Rosewater was proclaimed on 22 March 1877. Added to the Municipality of Port Adelaide on 26 January 1889, becoming Rosatala Ward.


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