District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula

District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula South Australia
Location of the District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula
Population	5,087 (2015 est)
• Density	1.06623/km2 (2.7615/sq mi)
Established	1880
Area	4,771 km2 (1,842.1 sq mi)
Mayor	Julie Low
Council seat	Cummins
Region	Eyre and Western
State electorate(s)	Flinders
Federal Division(s)	Grey
Website	District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula
LGAs around District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula: Southern Ocean District Council of Elliston District Council of Tumby Bay Southern Ocean District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula City of Port Lincoln Southern Ocean Southern Ocean Spencer Gulf

The District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula is a local government area located on Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. The district covers the southern tip of the peninsula, except for the small area taken up by the City of Port Lincoln.

The main council offices are in Cummins, with a branch office in Port Lincoln, even though Port Lincoln is actually in its own council area, not encompassed by the council.

The District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula traces its history back to 1880, when a district council was created for the Port Lincoln area; it first met at the Pier Hotel in July of that year. The new district council was variously referred to as "Port Lincoln" or "Lincoln" in newspapers, but is referred to in the landmark District Councils Act 1887, which initiated widespread local government reform, as the existing District Council of Lincoln. The boundaries of the district were extended when that act came into effect in 1888, and again in 1890, when it gained the hundreds of Kiana, Mitchell and Shannon.

In 1906, an area in the north of the district was removed to form the new District Council of Tumby Bay, and in 1921, Port Lincoln itself was severed to create the Corporate Town of Port Lincoln. The district regained an area from the Corporate Town in 1935, and in 1936 the District Council of Lincoln controlled thirteen hundreds, amounting to approximately 1,300,000 acres; its population in that year was estimated at 1,486. The district boundaries underwent further alterations in 1981 and 1982. In 1988, it assumed its current name when the District Council of Lincoln was renamed the District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula.