Corporate Town of Gladstone

The Corporate Town of Gladstone was a local government area in South Australia, centred on the town of Gladstone. It was proclaimed on 8 March 1883, separating the township from the surrounding District Council of Gladstone. It was divided into three wards at its inception (North, East and West), each represented by two councillors.{{cite web | url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1883/13.pdf | title=Thursday, March 8, 1883 | publisher=Government of South Australia | work=The Government Gazette of South Australia | accessdate=8 February 2017}} In 1923, it covered an area of 2,243 acres, with a capital value of £137,740.{{cite book | title=The Civic record of South Australia, 1921–1923 | publisher=Associated Publishing Service | year=1924 | pages=303}} In 1924, it transferred ownership of the Town Hall and the Soldiers' Memorial to the Gladstone Institute.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102231000 |title=GLADSTONE. |newspaper=Recorder |issue=7,822 |location=South Australia |date=3 March 1924 |accessdate=9 April 2016 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} It ceased to exist on 15 May 1933 when it merged back into the District Council.{{cite web | url=https://www.lga.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/LGA-89938_-_2011_18_-_FINAL_History_of_SA_Councils.pdf | title=A History of South Australian Councils to 1936 | publisher=Local Government Association of South Australia | date=2012 | accessdate=30 October 2015 | author=Marsden, Susan | pages=41 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317082016/https://www.lga.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/LGA-89938_-_2011_18_-_FINAL_History_of_SA_Councils.pdf | archive-date=17 March 2016 | url-status=dead }} It was expressed at the time that there was local regret at the loss of the distinct town council, but that a decline in rates and reductions in state government expenditure had made it a necessity.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article132986121 |title=CHANGE-OVER AT GLADSTONE |newspaper=The News |volume=XX |issue=3,066 |location=South Australia |date=17 May 1933 |accessdate=9 April 2016 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Mayors

Oliver Horner (1883–1884) {{cite book | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-11350397/view#page/n826/mode/1up | title=The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936 | publisher=Universal Publicity Company | author=Hosking, P. | year=1936 | location=Adelaide | pages=596}}
J. J. Bonnar (1884–1885)
C. W. Hamilton (1885–1886)
B. J. Knight (1886–1889)
R. McDougall (1889–1891)
A. C. Catt (1891–1895)
H. Crabb (1895–1896)
D. Coe (1896–1897)
W. Hancock (1897–1902)
J. R. Creber (1902–1904)
C. Budge (1904–1905)
P. R. Lee (1905)
W. Odgers (1906–1909)
C. H. Chancellor (1909–1910)
J. H. Sargent (1910–1912)
J. A. Gallasch (1912–1913)
J. Eley (1913–1914)
Walter Langdon Parsons (1914–1916)
F. C. Grubb (1916–1917)
E. A. Gale (1917–1920)
R. E. Lines (1920–1921)
E. A. Gale (1921–1923)
W. Odgers (1923–1924)
C. O. Bennett (1924–1927)
H. T. Harslett (1927–1929)
J. W. MacNamee (1929–1932)
F. C. Grubb (1932–1933) {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article218903788 |title=GLADSTONE CORPORATION |newspaper=The Areas' Express |volume=LVII |issue=3588 |location=South Australia |date=10 March 1933 |accessdate=9 April 2016 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}

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