District Council of Birkenhead

The District Council of Birkenhead was a local government area in South Australia centred on the suburb of Birkenhead. It was gazetted on 22 February 1877 from areas formerly part of the District Council of Lefevre's Peninsula.^[1] The council chambers were based out of the Birkenhead Hotel.^[2] It absorbed the remainder of the Lefevre's Peninsula council, which had been severely reduced in size by the creation of the Corporate Town of Semaphore, on 7 August 1884. It ceased to exist when it merged with the Corporate Town of Port Adelaide on 7 December 1886 as the Birkenhead Ward, a move supported by the council and the local population.^[1][2][3]

District Council of Birkenhead South Australia
District Council of Birkenhead
Coordinates	34.8365°S 138.5°E / -34.8365; 138.5
Established	1877
Abolished	1886
Council seat	Birkenhead
LGAs around District Council of Birkenhead: Yatala North Port Adelaide District Council of Birkenhead Yatala Yatala South/Enfield Port Adelaide Semaphore Glanville Port Adelaide Yatala Yatala South/Enfield Port Adelaide

Chairmen

• G. Playfair (1877–1878)^[4][5]
• T. Cruickshank (1879–1883)^{[6][7][8][9][10]}
• J. K. Charleston (1884–1886)^[11][12][13]