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Northern Areas Council

Northern Areas Council
South Australia
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Location of the Northern Areas Council
Population 4,488 (2015 est)
 • Density 1.4619/km2 (3.786/sq mi)
Established 1997
Area 3,070 km2 (1,185.3 sq mi)
Mayor Denis Clark
Council seat Jamestown
Region Yorke and Mid North
State electorate(s) Frome, Stuart
Federal Division(s) Grey
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Website Northern Areas Council
LGAs around Northern Areas Council:
Mount Remarkable Orroroo Carrieton Peterborough
Port Pirie Northern Areas Council Goyder
Wakefield Clare and Gilbert Valleys Goyder

Northern Areas Council is a local government area in the Yorke and Mid North region of South Australia. The council seat and main council offices are at Jamestown, while the council also maintains district offices at Gladstone and Spalding.

Most of the region was first settled in the early 1840s, only a few years after the settlement of Adelaide. Several explorers had passed through the area on their way to more remote places, including Edward John Eyre and John Horrocks.

The Northern Areas Council came into effect on 3 May 1997, when the District Council of Rocky River, the District Council of Spalding and the District Council of Jamestown merged. Rocky River and Jamestown had themselves been previously been subject to a number of amalgamations, and had a large number of predecessor municipalities; in contrast, the Spalding council had a much different history, as prior to the merger, it had been an independent municipality predating the landmark District Councils Act 1887.

The district encompasses a number of towns and localities, including Andrews, Beetaloo Valley, Belalie East, Belalie North, Broughton River Valley, Bundaleer Gardens, Bundaleer North, Caltowie, Caltowie North, Caltowie West, Euromina, Georgetown, Gladstone, Gulnare, Hacklins Corner, Hornsdale, Jamestown, Laura, Mannanarie, Mayfield, Narridy, Spalding, Washpool, West Bundaleer and Yacka, and part of Appila, Canowie Belt, Huddleston, Stone Hut, Tarcowie and Yatina.


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