District Council of Portland Estate

Local government area in South Australia

34°51′05″S 138°30′28″E / 34.8514°S 138.5077°E / -34.8514; 138.5077Established1859Abolished1884

LGAs around District Council of Portland Estate:
Glanville	Port Adelaide	Port Adelaide
Glanville	District Council of Portland Estate	Yatala Yatala South Rosewater
Hindmarsh Woodville	Hindmarsh Woodville	Queenstown and Alberton

The District Council of Portland Estate was a local government area of South Australia established in 1859 and abolished in 1884. It was seated at the Portland Estate subdivision, immediately south of the modern township of Port Adelaide.^[1]

History

The council was proclaimed on 15 September 1859.^[2]^[3] It included sections 1128 through 1131 on the boundary of the hundreds of Port Adelaide and Yatala. This being the land south of the Tam O'Shanter Creek and east of the Old Port Reach (Port Creek), stretching eastwards to modern Commercial Road and southwards to Webb Street, the modern boundary of Port Adelaide and Queenstown^[2]

The council was amalgamated in to the Corporate Town of Port Adelaide on 4 December 1884.

References

^ "Search result for 'Portland Estate, SUBD'". Property Location Browser. SA0040777. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2017. Current Name: Port Adelaide (portion); Alternative Name: Port Land Estate; Other Details: Private subdivision of sections 1129/30, by Levi and Watts in the 1850s. Portland name as suburb formally submitted by City of Port Adelaide at council meeting held on 10 May 1945 but included into Port Adelaide following recommendation by Nomenclature Committee to avoid confusion with locality in Victoria.
^ ^a ^b "Proclamations" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. 1859 (37 ed.). Government of South Australia: 839. 15 September 1859. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^ Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). p. 27. Retrieved 28 August 2017.