District Council of Birkenhead
Local government area in South Australia
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The District Council of Birkenhead was a local government area in South Australia centred on the suburb of Birkenhead. It was gazetted on 22 February 1877 from areas formerly part of the District Council of Lefevre's Peninsula.[1] The council chambers were based out of the Birkenhead Hotel.[2] It absorbed the remainder of the Lefevre's Peninsula council, which had been severely reduced in size by the creation of the Corporate Town of Semaphore, on 7 August 1884. It ceased to exist when it merged with the Corporate Town of Port Adelaide on 7 December 1886 as the Birkenhead Ward, a move supported by the council and the local population.[1][2][3]
District Council of Birkenhead | |||||||||||||
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  District Council of Birkenhead | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 34.8365°S 138.5°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1877 | ||||||||||||
| Abolished | 1886 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Birkenhead | ||||||||||||
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