District Council of Gilbert

Local government area in South Australia

34°09′0″S 138°44′0″E / 34.15000°S 138.73333°E / -34.15000; 138.73333Established5 July 1866Abolished12 May 1932Council seatRiverton

LGAs around District Council of Gilbert:
Auburn	Saddleworth	Waterloo
Rhynie	Gilbert	Hamilton
Stockport	Light (1867–1892) Kapunda (1892–1932)	Kapunda

The District Council of Gilbert was a local government area seated at Riverton in South Australia from 1866 to 1932.

History

The District Council of Gilbert was proclaimed on 5 July 1866. The inaugural councillors were Frederick Fleming, James Milne, James Kelly, James Shearer, and Edward Prescott.^[1]^[2]

On 12 May 1932, by promulgation of the Local Government Areas (Re-arrangement) Acts 1929 and 1931, Gilbert was amalgamated with the westerly-adjacent districts of Rhynie and Stockport to form the new District Council of Riverton.

Chairmen

Edward Prescott (1866–?)
John McInerney (1927–1932)^[3]

References

^ "District of Gilbert" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. 1866 (29 ed.): 634. 5 July 1866. Messrs. Frederick Fleming, James Milne, James Kelly, James Shearer, and Edward Prescott, shall be the first District Councillors for the District of Gilbert aforesaid.
^ Hosking, P.; Universal Publicity Company. (1936), The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936, Universal Publicity Company, p. 840, retrieved 31 May 2019
^ Marsden, Susan (2012), A History of South Australian Councils to 1936 (PDF), Local Government Association of South Australia, p. 45, retrieved 31 May 2019