City of Enfield

The City of Enfield (formerly District Council of Yatala South) was a local government area of South Australia from 1868 to 1996. It was known as Yatala South up until 1933, which was named for its local government area predecessor, the District Council of Yatala, and known as Enfield thereafter.

City of Enfield South Australia
Second Enfield council chamber, Rakes Road, Enfield
City of Enfield
Coordinates	34°51′9″S 138°36′3″E / 34.85250°S 138.60083°E / -34.85250; 138.60083
Established	1868
Abolished	1996
Area	47.3 km^2 (18.25 sq mi) (1872–1930) ^[1]^[2]
Council seat	Enfield
LGAs around City of Enfield: Port Adelaide Yatala North Salisbury Highercombe Tea Tree Gully Woodville Hindmarsh Woodville City of Enfield Payneham/ Campbelltown Hindmarsh Hindmarsh Woodville Adelaide Prospect Walkerville Payneham/ Campbelltown

The seat of the City of Enfield was the township of Enfield, approximately 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north of the Adelaide central business district, named after Enfield Town in the London borough of same name.^[3] In 1868, the council area ranged approximately from Dry Creek in the north to the River Torrens in the south east and Torrens Road (unrelated to the river) in the south west.

History

Early years

 

Map showing the boundaries of Yatala North and Yatala South immediately after the 1868 split, with relation to the Hundred of Yatala (shaded in green and yellow) and the Hundred of Port Adelaide (shaded in cyan and orange)

The District Council of Yatala South was established on 18 June 1868 when the District Council of Yatala was divided at Dry Creek and the Dry Creek-Port Adelaide railway line into Yatala South and Yatala North.^[4][5] The council office was located near Gepps Cross intersection at the northern end of the suburb of Enfield.^[6]

The division still did not satisfy everyone, as the council had trouble collecting rates from the rural north-western areas; and Prospect ratepayers who did pay, believed they were not getting their fair share of roadworks and that the council office was too far away at Gepps Cross. Led by council member James Harrington, Prospect Village residents petitioned for separation from Yatala South, and on 1 August 1872 part was severed to form the new District Council of Prospect.^[4][7] This reduced Yatala South in area by about 3 square miles (7.8 km²).

In 1927 the second Enfield council chamber, located on Regency Road, Enfield was erected.

In 1930, the recorded population of Yatala South was 4,979.^[1]

Well over half a century since its establishment, on 22 June 1933, Yatala South was renamed to be the District Council of Enfield following lobbying from residents.^[5] The district council was now named after its major population centre and council seat, the township of Enfield.

Municipality

In April 1944 the Enfield council was granted municipal status, becoming the Town of Enfield. In January 1953, the population had reached a point where the municipality was granted city status and known thereafter as the City of Enfield.^[4] The chairman of the council became the mayor from 1944.^[8]

In March 1996 the City of Enfield merged with the City of Port Adelaide to form the City of Port Adelaide Enfield.^[4]

Chairmen and mayors

Yatala South (Chairman)

• G. W. W. Sudholz (1868–1876)^[9][10][11]
• John Williams (1876-1885)^[9][12][13]
• J. L. Thompson (1885-1886)^[9]
• George Morris (1886-1889)^[9]
• Robert Emery (1889-1893)^[9]
• John Francis (1893-1895)^[9]
• John Duncanson (1895-1896)^[9]
• James R. Musson (1896-1897)^[9]
• Andrew W. Shillabeer (1897-1899)^[9][14][15]
• James R. Musson (1899-1901)^[9][16]
• William Duthie (1904-1905)^[9][17]
• John Williams (1905-1908)^{[9][12][18][13]}
• Andrew W. Shillabeer (1908-1922)^[9][19]
• William Duthie (?)^[20]
• Thomas Keith Shutter (1931–1933)^[9][21]

Enfield

• Thomas Keith Shutter (1933–1938)^[8]
• Arthur George Owen Gray (1938–1943)^[8]
• Keith Teller (1943–1944)^[8]
• Harold Frank Stevens (1944–1947)^[8]
• Thomas Keith Shutter (1947–1955)^[8]
• Thomas Turner (1955–1964)^[8]
• Joseph Robert Chaplin (1964–1968)^[8]
• Roy Donald Amer (1968–1971)^[22][8]
• Ray J Norton (1971–1974)^[23]
• (1974–1976) ?
• Ray J Norton (1976–1988)^[22][23]
• Ronald Henry Charles Bonner (1988–1989)^[22]
• Roy Donald Amer (1989–1993)^[22]
• Michael Charles Stock (1993–1996)^[22]

See also

• Clearview, South Australia
• Klemzig, South Australia
• Hampstead Gardens, South Australia
• Regency Park, South Australia
• Angle Park, South Australia
• Ferryden Park, South Australia

Notes

1. The Official civic record of South Australia : centenary year, 1936. Adelaide: Universal Publicity Company. 1936. pp. 126–127.
2. The City of Enfield South Australia 1853–1953, p. 19, retrieved 28 March 2019
3. . Property Location Browser. SA0022644. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2016. Previous Name: Poor Mans Section; Derivation of Name: A town near London; Other Details: Originally a private subdivision of Section 340. In 1943 portions of the area identified as Enfield were added to Clearview & Broadview.
4. . City of Port Adelaide Enfield. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
5. Marsden, Susan (2012). (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2016. Formed on 18 June 1868 when the original Yatala Council (see Yatala) was divided into DCs of Yatala North and Yatala South. On 22 June 1933 Yatala South was renamed DC of Enfield.
6. Marsden, Susan (2012). (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016. [In 1868,] Prospect ratepayers [...] believed they were not getting their fair share of roadworks, and that the council office was too far away at Gepps Cross.
7. . City of Prospect. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
8. Matthews, Penny (1986). South Australia, the civic record, 1836-1986. Wakefield Press. p. 159. ISBN 978-0-949268-82-2.
9. District Council of Enfield Historical Records 1853–1935, City of Port Adelaide Enfield, p. 22, retrieved 28 March 2019
10. "YATALA SOUTH". South Australian Chronicle And Weekly Mail. Vol. XI, no. 555. South Australia. 27 March 1869. p. 7. Retrieved 28 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
11. "YATALA SOUTH". The South Australian Advertiser. South Australia. 8 January 1873. p. 3. Retrieved 28 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
12. "YATALA SOUTH". South Australian Chronicle And Weekly Mail. Vol. XIX, no. 935. South Australia. 22 July 1876. p. 22. Retrieved 28 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
13. "YATALA SOUTH COUNCIL". The Advertiser. Vol. XLVIII, no. 14, 633. South Australia. 11 September 1905. p. 4. Retrieved 28 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
14. "DISTRICT COUNCILS". Adelaide Observer. Vol. LIV, no. 2, 912. South Australia. 24 July 1897. p. 11. Retrieved 28 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
15. District Council of Enfield Historical Records 1853–1935, p. 10
16. "YATALA SOUTH COUNCIL". The Advertiser. Vol. XLIII, no. 13024. South Australia. 16 July 1900. p. 4. Retrieved 28 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
17. "MISCELLANEOUS NEWS". The Advertiser. Vol. XLVII, no. 14, 431. South Australia. 18 January 1905. p. 8. Retrieved 7 June 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
18. "YATALA SOUTH". South Australian Chronicle And Weekly Mail. Vol. XX, no. 987. South Australia. 21 July 1877. p. 13. Retrieved 28 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
19. "YATALA SOUTH". Daily Herald. Vol. 5, no. 1388. South Australia. 3 September 1914. p. 8. Retrieved 28 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
20. "BEFORE THE PUBLIC". The News. Vol. XX, no. 2994. South Australia. 21 February 1933. p. 3. Retrieved 28 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
21. "AGAINST FLOOD SCHEME". The News. Vol. XXIII, no. 3, 467. South Australia. 30 August 1934. p. 11. Retrieved 28 March 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
22. (PDF). City of Port Adelaide Enfield. pp. 6–12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
23. "Mayor's Message". Pen 2 Paper (3 ed.). City of Port Adelaide Enfield. 18: 2. June 2013. Ray Norton the Mayor of Enfield 1971-1974 and 1976-1988 at his 80th birthday on 28 April