Wudinna District Council
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Wudinna District Council South Australia |
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Location of the Wudinna District Council
(formerly Le Hunte) |
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| Population | 1,282 (2015 est) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.23768/km2 (0.61559/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1925 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 5,393.8 km2 (2,082.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Mayor | Eleanor Scholz | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Wudinna | ||||||||||||
| Region | Eyre and Western | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Flinders | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Grey | ||||||||||||
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| Website | Wudinna District Council | ||||||||||||
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Wudinna District Council is located in central Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
It was established on 28 May 1925 as the District Council of Minnipa. It was renamed the District Council of Le Hunte in 1932, after Sir George Ruthven Le Hunte, who as Governor of South Australia had proclaimed the local County of Le Hunte in 1908. It was again renamed on 24 April 2008 as Wudinna District Council.
The district's service centre is Wudinna, located on the Eyre Highway 580 km west of Adelaide. The districts economy is largely driven by agriculture, mainly cereal crops, with beef and sheep commonly farmed as well.
The district encompasses a number of towns and localities, including Cocata, Koongawa, Kyancutta, Minnipa, Pygery, Warramboo, Wudinna and Yaninee, Karcultaby, Mount Damper and Pinkawillinie. The former locality of Paney, which was a small portion of the present bounded locality of Gawler Ranges, is also in Wudinna council area. Paney was merged into the Gawler Ranges locality when the latter's boundaries were formalised in April 2013.
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