{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2015}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = lga | name = City of Charles Sturt | state = sa | image = Adelaide-LGA-Charles Sturt-MJC.png | caption = | pop = 121,840 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name="Census2021">{{Census 2021 AUS|id=LGA41060|name=Charles Sturt (C)|accessdate=10 June 2025|quick=on}}</ref> | density =2336.8 | area = 52.14 | established = 1 January 1997 | established_footnotes = <ref name="SAGG-1996">{{cite web |last1=Ashenden |first1=E.S. |title=LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1934 SECTIONS 7 AND 14: AMALGAMATION OF THE CITY OF HENLEY AND GRANGE AND THE CITY OF HINDMARSH AND WOODVILLE |url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1996/147/1852.pdf |website=The South Australian Government Gazette |publisher=Government of South Australia |access-date=21 July 2019 |pages=1852–1853 |date=12 December 1996 |quote=17. Declare that this proclamation will come into operation on 1 January 1997.}}</ref> | seat = [[Woodville, South Australia|Woodville]] | mayor = Angela Evans | region = [[Western Adelaide]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Western Adelaide SA Government region|url=http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/13725/Western_Adelaide_SA_Government_region.pdf|publisher=The Government of South Australia|access-date=17 April 2017|archive-date=22 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322120042/http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/13725/Western_Adelaide_SA_Government_region.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> | logo = [[File:Logo of the City of Charles Sturt.svg|275px]] | logo_upright = 1.2 | url = http://www.charlessturt.sa.gov.au | stategov = [[Electoral district of Adelaide|Adelaide]], [[Electoral district of Cheltenham|Cheltenham]], [[Electoral district of Colton|Colton]], [[Electoral district of Croydon (South Australia)|Croydon]], [[Electoral district of Enfield|Enfield]], [[Electoral district of Lee|Lee]], [[Electoral district of West Torrens|West Torrens]] | fedgov = [[Division of Adelaide|Adelaide]], [[Division of Hindmarsh|Hindmarsh]], [[Division of Port Adelaide|Port Adelaide]] | near-nw = | near-n = [[City of Port Adelaide Enfield]] | near-ne = [[City of Prospect]] | near-e = [[City of Adelaide]] | near-se = [[City of West Torrens]] | near-s = [[City of West Torrens]] | near-sw = | near-w = }}
The '''City of Charles Sturt''' is a [[Local government in Australia|local government area]] in the western suburbs of [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]], stretching to the coast.
The council was formed on 1 January 1997 as a result of the amalgamation of the [[City of Hindmarsh Woodville]] and the [[City of Henley and Grange]]. It comprises a mix of residential, industrial and commercial areas and had a population of 121,840 in 2021.<ref name="Census2021" />
==History== [[File:Hindmarsh District Council 1853.png|thumb|left|Map showing the boundaries of the [[District Council of Hindmarsh]] in relation to the [[Hundred of Yatala]] in 1853. The area is very similar to the boundaries of the present-day City of Charles Sturt, with the exception of the north-west coastal strip that was once the [[District Council of Glanville]].]] The first local government to be established in the area was the [[District Council of Hindmarsh]] (established in 1853),<ref>{{cite journal |title=Proclamations - District of Hindmarsh |journal=[[South Australian Government Gazette]] |publisher=[[Government of South Australia]] |date=2 June 1853 |url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1853/22.pdf |volume=1853 |edition=22 |pages=357–358 |access-date=28 July 2017}}</ref> covering the north west suburbs of Adelaide south of the port and north of the [[River Torrens|Torrens]]. The boundaries of the Hindmarsh district council were remarkably similar to the boundaries of the City of Charles Sturt, but the intervening years from 1874 to 1997 saw several divisions and amalgamations in the original council area, leading to the current boundaries.
In 1874 the [[Town of Hindmarsh]] seceded from the original district council, the latter changing its name to [[District Council of Woodville]] a year later.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1875/54.pdf |journal=[[South Australian Government Gazette]] |title=District of Woodville. |date=30 December 1875 |volume=1875 |edition=54 |page=2386 |access-date=31 July 2017}}</ref><ref name="MarsdenHindmarsh">{{Cite web |url=https://www.lga.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/LGA-89938_-_2011_18_-_FINAL_History_of_SA_Councils.pdf |publisher=Local Government Association of South Australia |title=A History of South Australian Councils to 1936 |first=Susan |last=Marsden |date=2012 |page=18 |access-date=31 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317082016/https://www.lga.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/LGA-89938_-_2011_18_-_FINAL_History_of_SA_Councils.pdf |archive-date=17 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Town of Hindmarsh included the near-city communities of [[Hindmarsh, South Australia|Hindmarsh]], [[Bowden, South Australia|Bowden]], [[Brompton, South Australia|Brompton]], [[Croydon, South Australia|Croydon]] and what would become [[Renown Park, South Australia|Renown Park]]. The District Council of Woodville ultimately came to be seated at the present-day civic centre on Woodville Road at [[Woodville, South Australia|Woodville]].
As part of the [[District Councils Act 1887]] consolidation of local government in the state, the rump of the [[District Council of Glanville]] was amalgamated into Woodville council as the Davenport ward in 1888. This closely following the creation of the [[Town of Semaphore]] which removed a significantly-populated portion of Glanville. This now meant that the Woodville council's western boundary was the coastline from the [[River Torrens|Torrens]] to [[Fort Glanville]].
In December 1915, the seaside communities of [[Henley Beach, South Australia|Henley Beach]] and [[Grange, South Australia|Grange]] seceded from Woodville council (along with the [[West Beach, South Australia|West Beach]] area of [[City of West Torrens|West Torrens]] council) to form the [[City of Henley and Grange|Municipality of Henley and Grange]]<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1915/49.pdf |journal=[[South Australian Government Gazette]] |volume=1915 |edition=49 |page=1519 |title=Municipality of Henley and Grange. |date=2 December 1915 |publisher=[[Government of South Australia]] |access-date=31 July 2017}}</ref>
The Woodville and Hindmarsh councils were reunited in 1993 as the [[City of Hindmarsh Woodville]], and, four years later, the City of Henley and Grange was also reunited to form the present boundaries as the City of Charles Sturt.
==Councillors== [[File:Woodville Town Hall.jpg|thumb|Woodville Town Hall at Charles Sturt civic centre in 2017]] The current council {{as of|December 2022|lc=on}} is:<ref>{{cite web|title=2022 Council Elections|url=https://result.ecsa.sa.gov.au/lgeresults|website=ECSA|access-date=9 December 2022}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" |- !Ward!!colspan="2"|Party!!Councillor!!Notes |- | Mayor | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| | [[Independent politician|Independent]] | Angela Evans | |- | rowspan="2"|Beverley | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | [[Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch)|Labor]] | Edgar Agius | |- | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| | Independent | Michael McEwen | |- | rowspan="2"|Findon | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Labor | Peter Ppiros | |- | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| | Independent | George Turelli | |- | rowspan="2"|Grange | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| | Independent | Rachele Tullio | |- | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| | Independent | Tom Scheffler | |- | rowspan="2"|Henley | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| | Independent | Kenzie Van den Nieuwelaar | |- | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| | Independent | Merlindie Fardone | |- | rowspan="2"|Hindmarsh | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| | Independent | Katriona Kinsella | |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Labor | Alice Campbell | |- | rowspan="2"|Semaphore Park | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| | Independent | Stuart Ghent | |- | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| | Independent | Nicholas Le Lacheur | |- | rowspan="2"|Woodville | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| | Independent | Quin Tran | |- | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Labor | Senthil Chidambaranathan | |- | rowspan="2"|West Woodville | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| | Independent | Kelly Thomas | |- | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| | Independent | Nicole Mazeika | |}
==Suburbs== {{div col|colwidth=12em}} * [[Albert Park, South Australia|Albert Park]] * [[Allenby Gardens, South Australia|Allenby Gardens]] * [[Athol Park, South Australia|Athol Park]] * [[Beverley, South Australia|Beverley]] * [[Bowden, South Australia|Bowden]] * [[Brompton, South Australia|Brompton]] * [[Cheltenham, South Australia|Cheltenham]] * [[Croydon, South Australia|Croydon]] * [[Devon Park, South Australia|Devon Park]] * [[Findon, South Australia|Findon]] * [[Flinders Park, South Australia|Flinders Park]] * [[Fulham Gardens, South Australia|Fulham Gardens]] * [[Grange, South Australia|Grange]] * [[Hendon, South Australia|Hendon]] * [[Henley Beach, South Australia|Henley Beach]] * [[Henley Beach South, South Australia|Henley Beach South]] * [[Hindmarsh, South Australia|Hindmarsh]] * [[Kidman Park, South Australia|Kidman Park]] * [[Kilkenny, South Australia|Kilkenny]] * [[Ovingham, South Australia|Ovingham]] * [[Pennington, South Australia|Pennington]] * [[Renown Park, South Australia|Renown Park]] * [[Ridleyton, South Australia|Ridleyton]] * [[Rosewater, South Australia|Rosewater]] * [[Royal Park, South Australia|Royal Park]] * [[Seaton, South Australia|Seaton]] * [[Semaphore Park, South Australia|Semaphore Park]] * [[St Clair, South Australia|St Clair]] * [[Tennyson, South Australia|Tennyson]] * [[Welland, South Australia|Welland]] * [[West Beach, South Australia|West Beach]] * [[West Croydon, South Australia|West Croydon]] * [[West Hindmarsh, South Australia|West Hindmarsh]] * [[West Lakes, South Australia|West Lakes]] * [[West Lakes Shore, South Australia|West Lakes Shore]] * [[Woodville, South Australia|Woodville]] * [[Woodville North, South Australia|Woodville North]] * [[Woodville Park, South Australia|Woodville Park]] * [[Woodville South, South Australia|Woodville South]] * [[Woodville West, South Australia|Woodville West]] {{div col end}}
==See also== * [[List of Adelaide parks and gardens]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.charlessturt.sa.gov.au/ City of Charles Sturt website] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20130503092554/http://www.lga.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?c=4137 City of Charles Sturt LGA SA page] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091744/http://www.id.com.au/charlessturt/commprofile/default.asp?id=110&gid=10&pg=1 City of Charles Sturt community profile]
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