Corporate Town of Semaphore
| Town of Semaphore South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Town of Semaphore | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°50′19″S 138°28′53″E / 34.8387°S 138.4813°E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1884 | ||||||||||||||
| Abolished | 1900 | ||||||||||||||
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The corporate town of Semaphore was a
District Council of Woodville.[1][2] In 1889, the municipality acquired the Semaphore Institute building for use as the Semaphore Town Hall; the building survives today as the heritage-listed Semaphore Library.[3][4]
Wards of Semaphore included Clairville, Exeter, Glanville, Largs and Scarborough,[5] several being recognisable as the names of present-day suburbs Largs Bay, Glanville and Exeter.
It amalgamated with the
corporate town of Port Adelaide on 11 November 1900.[1]
Mayors
- Theodore Hack 1883–1885
- J. Neill (1886); first elected mayor[6]
- J. C. Lovely (1887)[7]
- Frederick Wallage Kennedy1889–1891
- Philip Sansom 1891–1894[8][9][10]
- Thomas Todd (1894–1896)[11][12]
- William E. Deslandes 1896–1898[13][14][15][16]
- Richard Bray 1898–1900[17][18]
- Elijah Branford (1900)[18][19]
- After the amalgamation, Branford held the unique position of "Mayor of Nowhere".[20]
References
- ^ a b Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- The Port Augusta Dispatch, Newcastle and Flinders Chronicle. SA. 30 June 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "A Chronology of Semaphore". Semaphore Mainstreet Association. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
- ^ "Semaphore Library & Shops". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
- The Express and Telegraph. Vol. XXIV, no. 6, 885. South Australia. 1 December 1886. p. 4. Retrieved 15 December 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- The South Australian Advertiser. Vol. XXVIII, no. 8463. South Australia. 2 December 1885. p. 5. Retrieved 12 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- Evening Journal. Adelaide. 24 November 1886. p. 2. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- Evening Journal. Adelaide. 3 December 1892. p. 6. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Semaphore". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 25 November 1893. p. 7. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser. SA. 23 November 1894. p. 1. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- Adelaide Observer. SA. 1 June 1895. p. 16. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Semaphore". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 2 December 1896. p. 6. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- Weekly Herald. Adelaide. 4 December 1896. p. 6. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- The Express and Telegraph. Adelaide. 24 November 1896. p. 2. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- Evening Journal. Adelaide. 25 September 1897. p. 5. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Semaphore Sports Day". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 24 September 1898. p. 4. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- Evening Journal. Adelaide. 2 December 1898. p. 3. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Evening Journal. Adelaide. 14 August 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Last Mayor Of Semaphore Dead". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 30 October 1935. p. 6. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Mayor of Nowhere". South Australian Register. Vol. LXV, no. 16, 846. South Australia. 9 November 1900. p. 4. Retrieved 12 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.