District Council of Kondoparinga
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District Council of Kondoparinga | |||||||||||||
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  District Council of Kondoparinga | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 35°11′0″S 138°45′0″E / 35.18333°S 138.75000°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1853 | ||||||||||||
| Abolished | 1935 | ||||||||||||
| Council seat | Meadows | ||||||||||||
| Area (1935)[1] | |||||||||||||
• Total | 240 km2 (92 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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The District Council of Kondoparinga was a local government area in South Australia from 1853 until 1935, at which point the council lands and resources formed the heart of the new District Council of Meadows.
Kondoparinga was amongst the earliest group of district councils established in South Australia, being proclaimed on 22 October 1853, the same day as the adjacent Echunga, Macclesfield and Mount Barker councils.[2]
The first councillors were George Vickery, John Thomas Scown, Duncan Cameron, Thomas Jones, and James Stone.[3] The council seat was at Meadows in the north of the district.
Kondoparinga was abolished in March 1935, taking effect from 1 May that year, by enactment of the Local Government Areas (Re-arrangement) Acts 1929 and 1931. Most of Kondoparinga was amalgamated with most of Echunga, Clarendon and Macclesfield councils to form the new District Council of Meadows, so named for the council seat of the old Kondoparinga council. The remainder of Kondoparinga was annexed by the District Council of Strathalbyn.
