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| Coorong District Council South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Location of the Coorong District Council | |||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0,62/km2 (160/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 3 May 1997[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 8,830.6 km2 (3,409.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Paul Simmons[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Tailem Bend | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Murray and Mallee[3] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Hammond,MacKillop | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Coorong District Council | ||||||||||||||
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Coorong District Council is alocal government area inSouth Australia located between theRiver Murray and theLimestone Coast region. The district covers mostly rural areas with smalltownships, as well as part of theCoorong National Park.
The council was formed in May 1997 with the amalgamation of theDistrict Council of Coonalpyn Downs, theDistrict Council of Meningie and theDistrict Council of Peake.[1][4] It is geographically the largest council area inSouth Australia.[5][6] Theeconomy of the district is based mostly aroundagriculture.
The council seat is atTailem Bend; the council also operates service centres inMeningie andTintinara.[7] The council opened a new civic centre at Tailem Bend on 27 October 2014. This centre is located on Railway Tce and is joined to the Tailem Bend Town Hall.
Agriculture is prominent in the district, withgrain crops the predominant land use. Due to improvement of grain crops in the area, district grain storage nearTailem Bend now holds up to 236 000tonnes, after a large expansion in 1999.[8]
The region has a well establisheddairy industry, as well as various otherlivestock.Olives have been found to suit theclimate andsoil of the area and may be a potential industry in the future.[8]
The council purchased the old Mitsubishi Car Test Track property at the junction of the Dukes and Mallee Highways, and has leased the park out to enable South Australia's newest motorsport venue with Tailem Bend Motorsport Park Pty Ltd announcing that it is now holding activities and events and accepting bookings. The Tailem Bend Motorsport Park is a new multi sport motorsport park. Motorcycling SA and theSporting Car Club of South Australia have joined forces to establish the park under the auspices of theConfederation of Australian Motor Sport and Motorcycling Australia.
The district council includes the towns and localities ofAshville,Bunbury,Carcuma,Colebatch,Coomandook,Cooke Plains,Coombe,Coonalpyn,Coorong,Culburra,Deepwater,Elwomple,Field,Ki Ki,Malnong,Moorlands,Meningie,Meningie East,Meningie West,Netherton,Peake,Poltalloch,Salt Creek,Sherlock,Tintinara,Tailem Bend,Wellington East,Narrung,Waltowa andYumali, and parts ofJabuk,Lake Alexandrina,Naturi andNgarkat.[9]
The following Councillors were elected on 10 November 2018.[10]
| Ward | Councillor | Notes | |
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| Parks | Jeff Arthur | Deputy Mayor[2] | |
| Lisa Rowntree | |||
| Lakes | Sharon Bland | ||
| Vern Leng | |||
| Tracy Hill | |||
| Mallee | Paul Simmons | Mayor[2] | |
| Glynis Taylor | |||
| Brenton Qualmann | |||
| Neville Jaensch | |||
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