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Barossa Council
Local government area in South Australia
Barossa Council is a local government area in the Barossa Valley in South Australia. The council area covers 912 square kilometres, and had a population of over 23,000 in the 2016 Census.
This article is about the local government area. For other uses, see Barossa (disambiguation).
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| Barossa District Council South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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The location of the Barossa Council in blue | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 25,066 (LGA 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 27,48/km2 (7,120/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1996 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 912 km2 (352.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Michael "Bim" Lange [2] | ||||||||||||||
| Council seat | Nuriootpa | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Barossa Light and Lower North[3] | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Schubert | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | Barossa District Council | ||||||||||||||
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Barossa Council was created in July 1996, following the amalgamation of the District Council of Angaston, the District Council of Barossa and the District Council of Tanunda. The council gained a portion of the former District Council of Mount Pleasant in July 1997.[4]
Townships in the council area include
- Brian Hurn - 1996-2014
- Bob Sloane - 2014-2018
- Michael "Bim" Lange - 2018 - present
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Barossa (Local Government Area)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- "Your Elected Members". Barossa Council. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- "Barossa, Light and Lower North SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- "About Council Fact Sheet" (PDF). Barossa Council. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
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