District Council of Mount Barker

The Mount Barker District Council is a local government area, centred on the Adelaide hills town of Mount Barker, just outside the Adelaide metropolitan area in South Australia.

The council was established in October 1853.^[4] In May 1935, it expanded to four times its original size as part of a major series of council amalgamations, absorbing the District Council of Nairne and parts of the District Council of Echunga and the District Council of Macclesfield.^[5]

The current council as of December 2023 is:^[6]

Ward		Councillor
Mayor	Independent	David Leach
South	Independent	Richard Coombe
	Independent	Narelle Hardingham
		Rebecca Hewett
Central	Independent	Sally Harding
	Liberal	Bradley Orr
	Greens	Ian Grosser
	Independent	Samantha Jones
North		Jessica Szilassy
	Independent	Simon Westwood
	Independent	Harry Seager

Towns and localities in the Mount Barker District Council include:^[8]

Biggs Flat

Blakiston

Bradbury (part)

Bridgewater (part)

Brukunga

Bugle Ranges

Bull Creek (part)

Callington (part)

Dorset Vale (part)

Hay Valley (part)

Kangarilla (part)

Kuitpo (part)

Macclesfield (part)

Mount Barker Junction (part)

Mount Barker Springs

Mount Barker Summit

Mount Torrens (part)

Mylor (part)

Paris Creek (part)

Prospect Hill (part)

Verdun (part)

Woodside (part)

List of parks and gardens in rural South Australia

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Mount Barker (Local Government Area)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

^ "Mount Barker District Council". Local Government Association of South Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2016.

^ "Adelaide Hills SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.

^ "NEW DISTRICT COUNCILS". Adelaide Times. Vol. VII, no. 1003. South Australia. 24 October 1853. p. 2. Retrieved 9 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

^ Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. p. 6. Retrieved 30 October 2015. The District Council of Mount Barker was expanded to an area four times its previous size in 1935, including parts of Macclesfield and Echunga.

^ "Council Members". District Council of Mount Barker. Retrieved 6 June 2016.

^ "Council Members Register of Interests" (PDF). District Council of Mount Barker. Retrieved 6 June 2016.

^ "District Council of Mount Barker, Suburbs Localities". Local Government Association of South Australia. Retrieved 27 August 2015.

District Council of Mount Barker

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