Kangaroo Island Council

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Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "about". Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Kangaroo Island Council is a local government area in South Australia that covers the entirety of Kangaroo Island, 13 km off the coast of the mainland. The council was formed on the 28 November 1996 by the amalgamation of the District Council of Kingscote and the District Council of Dudley. Its first meeting held on 11 December 1996. [1]

The seat of the council is located in the island's largest town, Kingscote. The district's population at the 2016 census was approximately 4,700.[2]

Elected members

Mayor: Michael Pengilly CEO: Greg Georgopoulos[3]

Councillors:[4]

  • Bob Teasdale
  • Ken Liu
  • Peter Denholm
  • Peter Tiggemann
  • Rosalie Chirgwin
  • Sam Mumford
  • Shirley Pledge
  • David Mepham
  • Richard Cotterill

Economy

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Localities

Localities within the jurisdiction of the Kangaroo Island Council are as follows: American Beach, American River, Antechamber Bay, Ballast Head, Baudin Beach, Bay of Shoals, Birchmore, Brown Beach, Brownlow KI, Cape Borda, Cassini, Cuttlefish Bay, Cygnet River, De Mole River, D'Estrees Bay, Dudley East, Dudley West, Duncan, Emu Bay, Flinders Chase, Gosse, Haines, Island Beach, Ironstone, Kangaroo Head, Karrata, Kingscote, Kohinoor, MacGillivray, Menzies, Middle River, Muston, Nepean Bay, Newland, North Cape, Parndana, Pelican Lagoon, Penneshaw, Porky Flat, Sapphiretown, Seal Bay, Seddon, Stokes Bay, Stun'Sail Boom, Vivonne Bay, Western River, Willoughby, Willson River, and Wisanger.[5]

See also

References

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External links

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