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The Flinders Ranges Council is a local government area (LGA) located in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia.
The LGA is approximately 100 km from north to south, and 45 km from east to west, with a total area of 4,198 square kilometres.
The main towns within the council are Hawker and Quorn; it also includes the localities of Barndioota, Kanyaka and Stephenston, and part of Bruce, Cradock, Flinders Ranges, Moockra, Saltia, Shaggy Ridge, Wilmington and Yarrah.
It was created on 1 January 1997 following the merger of the District Council of Kanyaka-Quorn and the District Council of Hawker.
The LGA adjoins the following to the south - City of Port Augusta, District Council of Mount Remarkable and District Council of Orroroo Carrieton, while the remainder of the adjoining land is within the unincorporated area of South Australia where municipal services are provided by the Outback Communities Authority.
The Flinders Ranges Council is entirely in the state electorate of Giles and the federal Division of Grey.
Council
The Flinders Ranges Council has a directly elected Mayor. The last Mayoral election was completed in November 2022 with Mayor Anderson, defeating the incumbent Mayor Flint with 426 votes to 307.
Previous Mayor's of The Flinders Ranges Council
1997-2010 Mr Max McHugh
2010-2020 Mr Peter Slattery
2021-2022 Mr Greg Flint
The current Chief Executive Officer of The Flinders Ranges Council is Sean Holden.
Previous CEO's of The Flinders Ranges Council
1997-2002 Mr D A Cearns
2002-2004 Mr R D Walsh
2004-2009 Mr L E Connors
2009-2019 Mr C J Davies
2020-2023 Mr E J Brown
References
External links
Official site
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Melbourne
- Home and Away
- Flinders Ranges Council
- Flinders Ranges (disambiguation)
- Flinders Ranges, South Australia
- Hawker, South Australia
- Quorn, South Australia
- Flinders
- County of Frome
- District Council of Kanyaka-Quorn
- County of Hanson
- Mogurnda clivicola