Highercombe District Council is a local government area in South Australia from 1853 to 1935.
It was proclaimed on July 14, 1853 in the eastern portion of Hundred Yatala, and was the original council of the area. It is bordered to the west by the eastern boundary of the Yatala District Council and in the south by the River Torrens. The five original board members appointed by the Governor were Joseph Ind, of Little Paradise, Robert Milne of Dry Creek, George McEwin of Glen Ewin Estate, John Gollop of Highercombe (now Paracombe) and Henry Klapper of Hope Valley. The new board met with various at five local hotels before building its own board room at Haines Road, Teatree Gully in 1855. This was the first district court room built in South Australia; the building has survived to this day and is listed on the South Australian Population List.
In 1858, disputes arose about the effectiveness of native boundaries, particularly between the population in the north and south of the district. A petition campaigning for the southern side to separate argues that "the interests of the north and south are not at all identical", there is "an absurd impossibility of friendly work in the district... as it is now." It was not a unanimous view, filled with a reply petition stating that its signatories were "stunned" by the separation proposal, arguing that the district worked satisfactorily and that a separate council would be too expensive. Those who argued for separation won the debate, and on 8 October 1858, Teatree Gully District Council, which comprised the northern section of the Highercombe council, was declared a separate council, while the southern section of the Highercombe council remained under that name.
In 1906, the council was described as including the Hope Valley cities, Highbury, Houghton and parts of Inglewood. The original boardroom has fallen within the boundaries of Tea Tree Gully's board, so the Highercombe council re-meets at local hotels, alternating between Highbury Hotel, Bremer Hotel in Hope Valley and Travelers's Rest in Houghton, the last two hotels which he used in 1883-1885 before the construction of the original rooms. Then settled in the Hope Valley Institute when the building was opened in 1921.
The abolition of the council was announced on March 21, 1935, following a report by the Local Government Commission advocating municipal cuts in South Australia from 196 to 142, joining Tea Tree Gully District Council and reassembling the boundaries of the original council under the name Tea Tree Gully. Highercombe was named one of 53 state councils with annual revenues of less than £ 2,000, and is therefore considered unfit as a separate municipality. The council ceased to exist on May 1, 1935.
Video District Council of Highercombe
Chair
- Robert Milne (1853)
- J. Gollop (1874)
- H. Pitman (1886)
- W. H. Ind (1890)
- Charles Hill (1903-1907)
- N. Packer (1907-1909)
- J. W. Newman (1909)
- T. H. Possingham (1911)
Maps District Council of Highercombe
References
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