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The Kangaroo Island Council is a local government area in South Australia that covers the entirety of Kangaroo Island, 13 km off the coast of the mainland. The council was formed on the 28 November 1996 by the amalgamation of the District Council of Kingscote and the District Council of Dudley. Its first meeting held on 11 December 1996. [5]
Agriculture was concerned with the production of wool and meat, while tourism was changing from a traditional focus on recreational fishing to one where people visited the island to see its landscape, flora and fauna. [7] In 1996, it was amalgamated with the District Council of Dudley to create the Kangaroo Island Council. [8]
Gosse is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on Kangaroo Island about 175 kilometres (109 miles) south-west of the state capital of Adelaide city centre. [3] The locality includes a part of the Hundred of Gosse which was proposed as the site of a soldier settlement town during the 1950s.
Michael Redding Pengilly (born 13 June 1950) is an Australian politician who is the mayor of Kangaroo Island. [ 3 ] He formerly represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Finniss from the 2006 election to 2018, representing the Liberal Party .
The Islander is a weekly newspaper published in Kingscote, South Australia, founded in, and published continuously since, 1967.In addition to local news and events, "Council Matters", the Kangaroo Island Council's information to the community, is also published in the newspaper every Thursday [1] It was later sold to Rural Press in 1995, previously owned by Fairfax Media, but now an Australian ...
The Kangaroo Island Council provides local government for the entire island and was formed in 1996, following amalgamation of the previous District Councils of Kingscote and Dudley. Kangaroo Island is in the federal Division of Mayo and in the state Electoral district of Mawson.
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On 7 June 1888, the local government area of the District Council of Dudley was established. This was subsequently merged in 1996 with the District Council of Kingscote to create the Kangaroo Island Council. [17] [18] [19] [20]