District Council of Yatala
The District Council of Yatala was a local government area of South Australia established in 1853 and abolished in 1868.
The council was named after the Hundred of Yatala which was proclaimed in 1846 in the County of Adelaide, Yatala being a word from the Weira group of the Kaurna Aboriginal people meaning water running by the side of a river. The name was used to refer to a large portion of the Adelaide Plains either side of Dry Creek between the River Torrens in the south and the Little Para River in the north.
At the time of establishment in 1853, Yatala covered an area of approximately 58 square miles (150 km2) on what is now the inner suburbs north-west, north and north-east of Adelaide. It extended from Salisbury in the north, to the River Torrens in the south east, and to the borders of the former City of Port Adelaide in the west. The council area covered a major central portion of the cadastral Hundred of Yatala. North Adelaide's parklands clearly formed part of the southern boundary of the council area. The council area included the villages of Enfield, Prospect, Klemzig and Walkerville. Surveying of Yatala was started in 1837 and continued until completed in late 1850s. The survey showed the area had limited fresh water.
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