District Council of Hutt and Hill Rivers
{{Short description|Former local government area in South Australia}}
The District Council of Hutt and Hill Rivers was a local government area in South Australia. It was established on 30 July 1885{{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 | access-date=30 October 2015 | author=Marsden, Susan | pages=41}} and included the entirety of the Hundred of Milne as well as the south half of the Hundred of Andrews.{{Cite journal |title=Proclamations—New distriot councils and councillors appointed—Hutt and Hill Rivers distriot council |journal=South Australian Government Gazette |date=30 July 1885 |volume=1885 |edition=33 |url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1885/33.pdf |page=306 |access-date=23 June 2017}} It gained the Hundred of Hart in January 1888 following the passage of the District Councils Act 1887.{{cite web | url=http://dspace.flinders.edu.au/xmlui/handle/2328/3465 | title=The District Councils Act 1887 No. 419 | publisher=Flinders University | access-date=14 November 2015}} The municipality had no township within its boundaries, so a council chambers was built at Bungaree; the building survives today and is used for tourist accommodation.{{cite web | url=http://bungareestation.com.au/accommodation/council-chambers/ | title=Council Chambers | publisher=Bungaree Station | access-date=17 March 2016}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97334744 |title=Hutt and Hill Rivers, June 18. |newspaper=The Northern Argus |volume=XX |issue=1,749 |location=South Australia |date=22 June 1888 |access-date=18 March 2016 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} In 1909, a section was severed and added to the District Council of Snowtown. It was abolished in 1935 following a Local Government Commission report that advocated cutting the number of municipalities in South Australia from 196 to 142, with Hutt and Hill Rivers being divided between the adjacent District Council of Spalding (Hundred of Andrews south portion), District Council of Clare (Hundred of Milne) and the remainder (Hundred of Hart) to the District Council of Blyth.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article192128211 |title=Alteration Of Council Boundaries |newspaper=Laura Standard and Crystal Brook Courier |volume=XLVI |issue=2,251 |location=South Australia |date=8 February 1935 |access-date=17 March 2016 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{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 | last=Hosking |first=P. | year=1936 | location=Adelaide | pages=203}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97765918 |title=The District Council of Hutt and Hill Rivers |newspaper=The Northern Argus |volume=LXVI |issue=3,549 |location=South Australia |date=12 April 1935 |access-date=18 March 2016 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Chairmen
- James Maitland (1897–1899) {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97310844 |title=Hutt and Hill Rivers, Sept. 4. |newspaper=The Northern Argus |volume=XXIX |issue=2,408 |location=South Australia |date=10 September 1897 |access-date=18 March 2016 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97313553 |title=District Councils |newspaper=The Northern Argus |volume=XXX |issue=2,451 |location=South Australia |date=8 July 1898 |access-date=18 March 2016 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article100464200 |title=Hutt and Hill Rivers, March 8 |newspaper=The Northern Argus |volume=XXXI |issue=2,486 |location=South Australia |date=10 March 1899 |access-date=18 March 2016 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}
- S. K. Walker (1901) {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87808533 |title=District Councils. |newspaper=The Chronicle |volume=44 |issue=2,243 |location=South Australia |date=17 August 1901 |access-date=18 March 2016 |page=33 |via=National Library of Australia}}
- John Noble (1904–1908) {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article100465741 |title=Hutt and Hill Rivers, September. |newspaper=The Northern Argus |volume=XXXVI |issue=2,774 |location=South Australia |date=16 September 1904 |access-date=18 March 2016 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97384814 |title=Hutt and Hill Rivers, July 5. |newspaper=The Northern Argus |volume=XXXVII |issue=2,816 |location=South Australia |date=7 July 1905 |access-date=18 March 2016 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97383903 |title=Hutt and Hill Rivers. June 6. |newspaper=The Northern Argus |volume=XXXVIII |issue=2,864 |location=South Australia |date=8 June 1906 |access-date=18 March 2016 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97293887 |title=Hutt and Hill Rivers, Sept. 4. |newspaper=The Northern Argus |volume=XXXIX |issue=2,929 |location=South Australia |date=6 September 1907 |access-date=18 March 2016 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article100457177 |title=Hutt and Hill Rivers, July 1. |newspaper=The Northern Argus |volume=XL |issue=2,973 |location=South Australia |date=10 July 1908 |access-date=18 March 2016 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}
- Alexander Lyell McEwin (1910, 1918) {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97343156 |title=Hutt and Hill Rivers, Dec. 7. |newspaper=The Northern Argus |volume=XLII |issue=3,100 |location=South Australia |date=16 December 1910 |access-date=18 March 2016 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article215155970 |title=Hutt and Hill Rivers, Jan. 7. |newspaper=Blyth Agriculturist |volume=IX |issue=469 |location=South Australia |date=18 January 1918 |access-date=18 March 2016 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}
- F. F. Chomley (1935)