Light Regional Council

LGAs around Light Regional Council:
Wakefield Regional Council	District Council of Clare and Gilbert Valleys	Regional Council of Goyder
Adelaide Plains Council	Light Regional Council	Mid Murray Council
City of Playford	Town of Gawler	Barossa Council

Light Regional Council is a local government area north of Adelaide in South Australia. It is based in the town of Kapunda, and includes the towns of Freeling, Greenock, Hansborough, Hewett, Roseworthy and Wasleys.

The council is named for the River Light, the south bank of which forms much of the council area's northwest border.^[4] The river is named after William Light, the first Surveyor-General of South Australia.

History

The council came into existence on 1 March 1996 as the District Council of Light and Kapunda by the amalgamation of the District Council of Light and the District Council of Kapunda. The council changed to the current name of Light Regional Council on 1 July 2000.^[5]

Geography

The council includes the localities of Allendale North, Bagot Well, Bethel, Daveyston, Ebenezer, Fords, Freeling, Gawler Belt, Gawler River, Gomersal, Greenock, Hamilton, Hewett, Kangaroo Flat, Kapunda, Kingsford, Koonunga, Linwood, Magdala, Marananga, Moppa, Morn Hill, Nain, Pinkerton Plains, Roseworthy, Seppeltsfield, Shea-Oak Log, St Johns, St Kitts, Stone Well, Tanunda, Templers, Ward Belt, Wasleys and Woolsheds, and parts of Hamley Bridge, Hansborough, Lyndoch, Nuriootpa, Reeves Plains, Rosedale, Rowland Flat, Stockwell and Truro.^[6]

Transport

The council district is crossed by the Horrocks Highway, Thiele Highway and Sturt Highway, all radiating from the northern end of the Gawler Bypass Road which forms the boundary between Light Regional Council and the Town of Gawler. Light also contains the northern end of the Max Fatchen Expressway.

The council was also spanned by the Morgan railway line (Gawler, Roseworthy, Freeling, Kapunda towards Eudunda) and Peterborough railway line (from the junction at Roseworthy through Wasleys towards Hamley Bridge), however both lines were closed in the early 21st century.

Councillors

Ward	Councillor		Notes
Mayor ^[2]		Bill O'Brien
Dutton ^[2]		Des Ellis
		Deane Rohrlach
		David Shannon
Laucke ^[2]		Sharon Ellis
Laucke ^[2]		Peter Kennelly
Light ^[2]		Robert Kerin
Light ^[2]		Lynette Reichstein
Mudla Wirra ^[2]		Bill Close
		Keith Ellis
		Samantha Mitchell

The Light Regional Council has a directly-elected mayor.^[7]

References

↑ "3218.0 – Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2014–15". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Elected Members". Light Regional Council. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
↑ "Barossa, Light and Lower North SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
↑ "Property Location Browser: Search for 'Light River, STRM'". Government of South Australia. 10 January 2011. SA0039327. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
↑ "Welcome Pack" (PDF). Light Regional Council. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
↑ "Location SA Map Viewer". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
↑ "Election Results 2014" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. Retrieved 1 April 2016.

External links

Official site

Towns and localities of the Light Regional Council

Towns and localities	Allendale North Bagot Well Bethel Buchfelde Daveyston Ebenezer Fords Freeling Gawler Belt Gawler River Gomersal Greenock Hamilton Hamley Bridge Hansborough Hewett Kangaroo Flat Kapunda Kingsford Koonunga Linwood Lyndoch Magdala Marananga Moppa Morn Hill Nain Nuriootpa Pinkerton Plains Reeves Plains Rosedale Roseworthy Rowland Flat Seppeltsfield Shea-Oak Log St Johns St Kitts Stockwell Stone Well Tanunda Templers Truro Ward Belt Wasleys Woolsheds

Geographic features	Light River Gawler River Barossa Valley Central Adelaide Plains

Local government areas of South Australia

Metropolitan Adelaide	Adelaide Adelaide Hills Burnside Campbelltown Charles Sturt Gawler Holdfast Bay Marion Mitcham Norwood Payneham & St Peters Onkaparinga Playford Port Adelaide Enfield Prospect Salisbury Tea Tree Gully Unley Walkerville West Torrens

Eyre Peninsula	Ceduna Cleve Elliston Franklin Harbour Kimba Lower Eyre Peninsula Port Augusta Port Lincoln Streaky Bay Tumby Bay Wudinna Whyalla

Central	Adelaide Plains Barossa Barunga West Clare and Gilbert Valleys Copper Coast Flinders Ranges Goyder Light Mount Remarkable Northern Areas Orroroo Carrieton Peterborough Port Pirie Wakefield Yorke Peninsula

Southern and Hills	Alexandrina Kangaroo Island Mount Barker Victor Harbor Yankalilla

Murray Mallee	Berri Barmera Coorong Gerard Karoonda East Murray Loxton Waikerie Mid Murray Murray Bridge Renmark Paringa Southern Mallee

Southeast	Grant Kingston Mount Gambier Naracoorte Lucindale Robe Tatiara Wattle Range

Outback	Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Coober Pedy Maralinga Tjarutja Nepabunna Outback Communities Authority Roxby Downs Yalata

Coordinates: 34°25′S 138°50′E / 34.417°S 138.833°E / -34.417; 138.833

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