Berri Barmera Council
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Berri Barmera Council is a local government area in the Riverland
region of South Australia
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The towns covered by the council area are Barmera
, Berri
, Cobdogla
, Glossop
, Loveday
, Monash
, Overland Corner and Winkie
.
The District Council of Berri was declared in 1922, 11 years after the town was proclaimed. Its first major project was to provide reliable electricity to the entire area. It bought the Berri Electric Supply Company in 1936 to facilitate this, and later sold it to the Electricity Trust of South Australia, a state government agency.
The Cobdogla District Council was gazetted on 17 June 1924, and its name changed to District Council of Barmera in 1937. Barmera had been a soldier settlement community after World War I
.
Berri and Barmera District Councils merged in 1996 as part of a rationalisation of local government areas.
Riverland
The Riverland, is a region of South Australia. It covers the area near the Murray River from where it flows into South Australia downstream to Blanchetown.The major town centres are Renmark, Berri, Loxton, Waikerie and Barmera...
region of South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
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The towns covered by the council area are Barmera
Barmera, South Australia
Barmera is a town in the Riverland region of South Australia. It is on the Sturt Highway A20, 220 kilometres north-east of Adelaide, the capital of the state of South Australia. It is primarily an agricultural and viticultural town and is located on Lake Bonney , a freshwater lake...
, Berri
Berri, South Australia
Berri is a town in the Riverland region of South Australia. It is 238 kilometres north-east of Adelaide, the capital of the state of South Australia. It is primarily an agricultural and viticultural town on the north bank of the Murray River...
, Cobdogla
Cobdogla, South Australia
Cobdogla is a town in the Riverland region of South Australia, The town is located on the Murray River, north east of the state capital, Adelaide. At the 2006 census, Cobdogla had a population of 232....
, Glossop
Glossop, South Australia
Glossop is a small town in the Riverland region of South Australia. It was gazetted in 1921 as the town in a soldier settlement area after World War I and was named after Admiral Glossop, who had been in charge of when it sank in 1914. At the 2006 census, Glossop had a population of 652.- Local...
, Loveday
Loveday, South Australia
Loveday is a settlement in the Riverland region of South Australia, located south of Barmera and near the Murray River.Administratively it is part of the Berri Barmera Council LGA. At the 2006 census, Loveday had a population of 1,071.-History:...
, Monash
Monash, South Australia
Monash is a town in the Riverland area of South Australia. It is on the Sturt Highway between Barmera and Renmark. At the 2006 census, Monash had a population of 1,115....
, Overland Corner and Winkie
Winkie, South Australia
Winkie is a settlement in South Australia, around 11 km southwest of the Riverland town of Berri, and around the same distance southeast of Barmera. It is close to the Murray River, which passes through Berri. At the 2006 census, Winkie had a population of 706....
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The District Council of Berri was declared in 1922, 11 years after the town was proclaimed. Its first major project was to provide reliable electricity to the entire area. It bought the Berri Electric Supply Company in 1936 to facilitate this, and later sold it to the Electricity Trust of South Australia, a state government agency.
The Cobdogla District Council was gazetted on 17 June 1924, and its name changed to District Council of Barmera in 1937. Barmera had been a soldier settlement community after World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
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Berri and Barmera District Councils merged in 1996 as part of a rationalisation of local government areas.