District Council of Kanyaka
The District Council of Kanyaka was a local government area in South Australia that existed from 1888 to 1969.
The Council came into operation on 5 January 1888 under the provisions of the District Councils Act 1887. On creation, the Council comprised the hundreds of Boolcunda, Cudlamudla, Kanyaka, Moockra and Palmer, and eastern parts of the Hundreds of Pichi Richi, Yarrah and Wyacca. These extend east and north from near Quorn most of the way to Hawker.
The Council was initially based out of the Quorn Town Hall, but later converted a house in Eighth Street, Quorn as an office. Both buildings were not actually within the municipality, but within the adjacent Corporate Town of Quorn. Both the hall and later office survive today; the latter building has reverted to residential use.
On 16 February 1933, the Council gained a section of the abolished District Council of Woolundunga, which became the new Mundallio Ward. By 1936, the Council had seven wards (Pichi Richi, Suburban, Palmer, Boolcunda, Kanyaka, Mundallio and Yarrah), was reported to have a population of approximately 1,000, and was said to be one of the northern-most councils in South Australia.
It merged with the Corporate Town of Quorn on 1 April 1969 to form the District Council of Kanyaka-Quorn.
Coordinates: 32°10′S 138°10′E / 32.167°S 138.167°E
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