The District Council of Hutt and Hill Rivers was a local government area in South Australia. It was established on 30 July 1885[1] and included the entirety of the Hundred of Milne as well as the south half of the Hundred of Andrews.[2] It gained the Hundred of Hart in January 1888 following the passage of the District Councils Act 1887.[3] 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.[4][5] 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.[1][6][7][8]
- ^ a b Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. p. 41. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ "Proclamations—New distriot councils and councillors appointed—Hutt and Hill Rivers distriot council" (PDF). South Australian Government Gazette. 1885 (33 ed.): 306. 30 July 1885. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ "The District Councils Act 1887 No. 419". Flinders University. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ "Council Chambers". Bungaree Station. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ^ "Hutt and Hill Rivers, June 18". The Northern Argus. Vol. XX, no. 1, 749. South Australia. 22 June 1888. p. 3. Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Alteration Of Council Boundaries". Laura Standard and Crystal Brook Courier. Vol. XLVI, no. 2, 251. South Australia. 8 February 1935. p. 3. Retrieved 17 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Hosking, P. (1936). The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. p. 203.
- ^ "The District Council of Hutt and Hill Rivers". The Northern Argus. Vol. LXVI, no. 3, 549. South Australia. 12 April 1935. p. 6. Retrieved 18 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.