District Council of Bute

The District Council of Bute was a local government area in South Australia from 1885 to 1997.

It was proclaimed on 16 July 1885 as the District Council of Ninnes, and initially only included the Hundred of Ninnes. It held its first meeting in the home of a councillor, but subsequently adapted a former accommodation house for travellers at Ninnes as a council chamber.^[1][2] It was expanded significantly by the District Councils Act 1887, which added the Hundreds of Wiltunga and Tickera, and with them, the towns of Alford, Bute and Tickera.^[3] It was subsequently divided into three wards, one for each cadastral hundred.^[4]

The Ninnes council chamber became increasingly dilapidated with time, and it was later decided to build a new district office and hall at Bute, reflecting the rapid growth of that town.^[1] It underwent a further boundary change on 12 May 1932, when it gained most of the abolished District Council of Kulpara, except a portion of its Paskeville Ward, while losing portions of Tickera Ward to both the District Council of Kadina and the District Council of Port Broughton.^[5][6][7] It was renamed the District Council of Bute on 5 January 1933.^[2] It subsequently switched to a five-ward system (Bute, Kulpara, Ninnes, Tickera and Wiltunga).^[8]

In 1936, it covered an area of 387 square miles, with a population of 1,920. In that year, it was described as a "prosperous mixed farming district" that "with an assured rainfall, having never had a crop failure". The main industries were reported to be wheat and barley growing. It was also noted for its steadfast protection of its timber reserves, especially alongside roads, in comparison to other councils.^[9] It ceased to exist in 1997 when it merged with the District Council of Port Broughton to form the District Council of Barunga West.^[10]

Chairmen

• H. D. O'Halloran (1885) ^[11]
• G. F. Mills (1886) ^[12]
• R. A. Heath (1892) ^[13]
• W. H. B. Paterson (1896) ^[14]
• J. Watson (1899) ^[15]
• A. D. McDonald (1907) ^[16]
• W. H. Sharman (1922-1929) ^{[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]}
• William Nathaniel Trengove (1929-1938) ^{[25][26][27][28][29]}
• Ernest William Bettess (1938-1946) ^[29]
• Claude Eric Rundle (1946-1948) ^[29]
• Roy Johns Hall (1948-1951) ^[29]
• Malcolm Paterson McPherson (1951-1955) ^[29]
• Bruce Penna (1955-1958) ^[29]
• John Clifford Copley (1958-1962) ^[29]
• Harold Bettess (1963-1964) ^[29]
• Dudley Cardell Bruce (1964-1967) ^[29]
• Lionel Ray Daniel (1967-1978) ^[29]
• Graham Frank Taylor (1978-1983) ^[29]
• Neil Turner Paterson (1983-1985) ^[29]
• James Harold Bettess (1985-?) ^[29]

References

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2. Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. p. 11. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
3. "The District Councils Act 1887 No. 419". Flinders University. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
4. "DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTIONS.". The Kadina And Wallaroo Times. XXV, (2840). South Australia. 16 July 1890. p. 2. Retrieved 29 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "NINNES DISTRICT COUNCIL.". The Kadina And Wallaroo Times. LXVI, (7529). South Australia. 16 July 1932. p. 3. Retrieved 29 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "NEW LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOUNDARIES". Chronicle. LXXIV, (3,928). South Australia. 17 March 1932. p. 41. Retrieved 29 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
7. "BOUNDARY ALTERATIONS". The Kadina And Wallaroo Times. LXVI, (7511). South Australia. 14 May 1932. p. 2. Retrieved 29 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
8. "DISTRICT COUNCIL OF BUTE.". The Kadina And Wallaroo Times. LXXV, (7667). South Australia. 18 March 1939. p. 1. Retrieved 29 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
9. Hosking, P. (1936). The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. p. 500.
10. "Mid North locals honoured". The Flinders News. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
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25. "DISTRICT COUNCIL OF NINNES.". The Kadina And Wallaroo Times. LXIII, (7250). South Australia. 16 October 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 29 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
26. "DISTRICT COUNCIL OF NINNES.". The Kadina And Wallaroo Times. LXIV, (7343). South Australia. 13 September 1930. p. 4. Retrieved 29 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
27. "NINNES ITEMS.". The Kadina And Wallaroo Times. LXV, (7382). South Australia. 11 February 1931. p. 2. Retrieved 29 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
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29. Matthews, Penny (1986), South Australia, the civic record, 1836-1986, Wakefield Press, ISBN 978-0-949268-82-2

Coordinates: 33°51′0″S 138°00′0″E / 33.85000°S 138.00000°E