Northern Areas Council

Northern Areas Council South Australia
Location of the Northern Areas Council
Population:	4,866(2009)[1]
Established:	1997
Chairman:	Allan Woolford
Council Seat:	Jamestown
Region:	Mid North
Federal Division:	Grey
Website: http://www.nacouncil.sa.gov.au/
LGAs around Northern Areas Council: District Council of Mount Remarkable District Council of Orroroo Carrieton District Council of Peterborough Port Pirie Regional Council Northern Areas Council Regional Council of Goyder Wakefield Regional Council District Council of Clare and Gilbert Valleys Regional Council of Goyder

Northern Areas Council is a local government area in the Mid North of South Australia. The main council offices are in Jamestown.

Most of the region was first settled in the early 1840s, only a few years after the settlement of Adelaide. Several explorers had passed through the area on their way to more remote places, including Edward John Eyre and John Horrocks.

The towns and localities covered by the council are Andrews, Belalie East, Belalie North, Bundaleer, Caltowie, Georgetown, Gladstone, Gulnare, Hornsdale, Huddleston, Jamestown, Laura, Mannanarie, Narridy, Spalding, Stone Hut, Tarcowie, Washpool, Yacka

The present Northern Areas Council is the result of numerous successive amalgamations of smaller town and district governments. Most recently, the District Councils of Rocky River, Spalding, and Jamestown merged on 3 May 1997. Rocky River Council was formed on 4 May 1988 from the district councils of Laura, Georgetown, and Gladstone. Jamestown District Council was a merger of the district council (itself the merger of Caltowie, Belalie and part of Yongala District Councils in 1935) with the Corporation of Jamestown in 1991.

References

1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (30 March 2010). "Regional Population Growth, Australia, 2008–09". http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/3218.0Main%20Features72008-09?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=3218.0&issue=2008-09&num=&view=. Retrieved 4 June 2010. 

External links

• Council web site
• LGA website

Coordinates: 33°12′14″S 138°36′20″E / 33.2038888889°S 138.605555556°E / -33.2038888889; 138.605555556