District Council of Ceduna

District Council of Ceduna
South Australia
Ceduna Jetty
Location of the District Council of Ceduna
Established1896
Area5,427.1 km2 (2,095.4 sq mi)
MayorPerry Will[1]
Council seatCeduna
RegionEyre and Western[2]
State electorate(s)Flinders
Federal division(s)Grey
WebsiteDistrict Council of Ceduna
LGAs around District Council of Ceduna:
Outback Communities Authority Outback Communities Authority Outback Communities Authority
Outback Communities Authority District Council of Ceduna Streaky Bay
Southern Ocean Southern Ocean Streaky Bay

The District Council of Ceduna is a local government area located on the far west coast of the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. The district has a diverse business and industry with an estimated 240,000 tourists passing through every year.[3] The township of Ceduna is the focal point of the district.

Industry and history

The land in the district has long been used for agricultural purposes, in fact, between the 1850s and 1880s, much of the land was one large sheep station. Now most blocks are around 9,000 acres (36 km2) and mostly farming cereal crops such as wheat, oats and barley; as well as livestock, particularly sheep.[4]

Port Thevenard has been an exporter of gypsum, salt, Grain and mineral sand, with up to 1.2 million tonnes of gypsum being exported per year.

Smoky Bay and Denial Bay have been growing oysters using aquaculture for over ten years now, with Denial and Smoky Bay now the second and third largest producing areas in the state respectively.

Tourism is also a large part of the districts economy, with Smoky Bay and Ceduna attracting the largest crowds. The area's attractions are largely to do with the marine environment, with fishing and whale watching popular.

The council was first established in 1925 as the District Council of Murat Bay.[5] It was renamed the District Council of Ceduna in 1994.[6]

Localities

The town of Ceduna is the major town of the district; it also includes the localities of Ceduna Waters, Charra, Chinbingina, Denial Bay, Kalanbi, Koonibba, Laura Bay, Maltee, Merghiny, Mudamuckla, Nadia, Nunjikompita, Puntabie, Smoky Bay, Thevenard, Uworra, Wandana, Watraba, White Well Corner, and part of Carawa, Pimbaacla, Pureba and Yumbarra.[7]

Facilities

Ceduna contains all essential facilities including shopping centres, fuel stations, a hospital, an area school and a variety of accommodation. The smaller towns contain much less, with most having only a roadhouse and possibly a caravan park.

Recreational facilities include

Council

The District Council of Ceduna has a directly-elected mayor.[8]

2022 election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 South Australian local elections § Ceduna.[edit]
2022 South Australian local elections: Ceduna[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Robert Sleep (elected) 238 21.6
Independent Liberal Paul Brown (elected) 160 14.5
Independent Liberal Anthony Nicholls (elected) 117 10.6
Independent Michele Jacobsen (elected) 114 10.3
Independent Liberal Geoff Ryan (elected) 104 9.4
Independent Janet Evans (elected) 104 9.4
Independent Joyce Brewster (elected) 89 8.1
Independent Hayley Nicholls (elected) 69 6.3
Independent One Nation Melanie Samsonenko 52 4.7
Independent Terena Evans 32 2.9
Independent Jane McGuinness 24 2.2
Total formal votes 1,103 96.5
Informal votes 40 3.5
Turnout 1,143
Party total votes
Independent 670 60.7
Independent Liberal 381 34.5
Independent One Nation 52 4.8

Chairmen and Mayors of Murat Bay/Ceduna

  • C. A. Tonkin (1925) [10]
  • George Owen Lovelock (1932-1941) [11]
  • Denis Edward Maloney (1941-1943) [11]
  • Edward Morley Borlase (1944-1946) [11]
  • Peter Sides Morrison (1946-1959) [11]
  • Clive Keitel (1959-1970) [11]
  • Jeffrey Charles Bergmann (1970-1981) [11]
  • Desmond Robert Whitmarsh (1981-1983) [11]
  • Jeffrey Charles Bergmann (1983-?) [11]
  • Malcolm Puckridge (1987-1998) [10][12]
  • Allan Suter (2006–present) [13]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Elected Members". District Council of Ceduna. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Eyre Western SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Council website". District Council of Ceduna. Retrieved 2 March 2007.
  4. ^ Ceduna Council. "Industry". Archived from the original on 16 February 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2007.
  5. ^ Hosking, P. (1936). The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. p. 751.
  6. ^ "Local Government Coastal Boundary Reform Issues Paper" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  7. ^ "Location SA Map Viewer". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Election Results 2014" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  9. ^ "2022 Local Government Elections". District Council of Ceduna.
  10. ^ a b "Commonwealth Cost Shifting Inquiry Submission" (PDF). District Council of Ceduna. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h Matthews, Penny (1986), South Australia, the civic record, 1836-1986, Wakefield Press, ISBN 978-0-949268-82-2
  12. ^ "Ceduna mayor resigns". The Advertiser. 3 July 1998.
  13. ^ "Board Profiles". Regional Development Australia. Retrieved 12 November 2016.

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