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Town of Walkerville

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Established
  
1944

Website
  
Town of Walkerville

Founded
  
1944

Mayor
  
Raymond Grigg

Population
  
7,673 (2015 est)

State electorate(s)
  
Adelaide, Torrens

Area
  
3.57 km²

Council seat
  
Gilberton

Region
  
Adelaide

Town of Walkerville httpswwwwalkervillesagovauwebdataresource

Town of Walkerville
  
City of Norwood Payneham St Peters

Federal divisions
  
Division of Adelaide, Division of Sturt

The Corporation of the Town of Walkerville (or Town of Walkerville) is a small local government area in the central suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia.

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History

The District Council of Walkerville was first proclaimed on 5 July 1855, severing the area from the District Council of Yatala. It was granted town status on 1 October 1944, becoming the Town of Walkerville.

Suburbs

  • Gilberton (5081)
  • Medindie (5081)
  • Vale Park (5081)
  • Walkerville (5081)

    • Mayors (formerly Chairmen) of Walkerville

  • Alfred Thiele (1935-1937)
  • Louis David Waterhouse (1937-1938)
  • John Creswell (1939-1944)
  • Frank Davies Wilson (1944-1946)
  • George Dorricutt Shaw (1946-1947)
  • Frederick Louis Rungie (1948-1951)
  • Howard Herbert Dayman (1951-1955)
  • Frank Davies Wilson (1955-1956)
  • Cecil Ernest Seale (1956-1961)
  • Lance Milne (1961-1964)
  • Ernest Charles Phillipson (1964-1965)
  • Leonard Thomas Ewens (1966-1969)
  • Edwin Charles Scales (1969-1977)
  • Kenneth Bonamy Price (1977-1982)
  • George William Sparnon (1982-1987)
  • Margot Vowles (1987-1991)
  • Rosemary Craddock (1995-2000)
  • John Rich (2000-2006)
  • David Whiting (2006-2010)
  • Heather Wright (2010-2014)
  • Ray Grigg (2014-present)

    • References

    Town of Walkerville Wikipedia
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