TheDistrict Council of Jamestown was alocal government area inSouth Australia, centred on the region surrounding the town ofJamestown. The District Council came into existence on 21 March 1935 following the amalgamation of 95% of theDistrict Council of Belalie with theDistrict Council of Caltowie and theHundred of Mannanarie, which had been in the abolishedDistrict Council of Yongala.[1][2] For almost all of its history, it surrounded but did not include the town of Jamestown itself; the Jamestown township had separated from Belalie as theCorporate Town of Jamestown in 1878, and would not merge back into the broader municipality until 1991.[1]
The council's primary towns wereCaltowie,Tarcowie, and the fringes of Jamestown, with the remainder of the municipality entirely rural. It was responsible for sealing many of the major roads within its boundaries. The new council initially occupied the former District Council of Belalie office in Ayr Street, Jamestown, which dated from 1900. In 1957, the council demolished the small former Belalie office and built new offices. The new council offices were extended and further renovated in 1980.[3][4] In 1975, it published a local history,Changing Boundaries – a history of 100 years of local government in the area in 1975 by L. T. Cooper.[5]
The District Council of Jamestown expanded significantly in 1991, when it merged with theCorporate Town of Jamestown and absorbed Jamestown itself. However, it ceased to exist six years later, when it merged with theDistrict Council of Rocky River and theDistrict Council of Spalding to create the presentNorthern Areas Council on 3 May 1997.[3]
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