{{Use Australian English|date=September 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}} {{about|the local government area|the associated island|Kangaroo Island}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = lga | name = Kangaroo Island Council | state = sa | image = Kangaroo Island LGA.png | caption = Location of Kangaroo Island Council | pop = <!--leave blank to draw the latest automatically from Wikidata--> | density =1.11 | area = 4400.1 | est = 1996 | seat = [[Kingscote, South Australia|Kingscote]] | mayor = Michael Pengilly<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.kangarooisland.sa.gov.au/electedmembers | title=Elected Members | publisher=Kangaroo Island Council | access-date=9 April 2016 | archive-date=11 April 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411091019/https://www.kangarooisland.sa.gov.au/electedmembers | url-status=dead }}</ref> | region = [[Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island]]<ref name=region>{{cite web|title=Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island SA Government region|url=http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/21612/Fleurieu_Kangaroo_Island_SA_Government_region.pdf|publisher=The Government of South Australia|access-date=10 October 2014}}</ref> | logo = [[File:Logo_of_the_Kangaroo_Island_Council.svg|250px]] | url = http://www.kangarooisland.sa.gov.au | stategov = [[Electoral district of Mawson|Mawson ]]<ref name=EDBC>{{cite map |url=https://edbc.sa.gov.au/redistributions/2016/2016-electoral-district-maps/mawson-map-2016-pdf/download.html |title=Mawson |publisher=Electoral District Boundaries Commission |year=2016 |access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref> | fedgov = [[Division of Mayo|Mayo]]<ref name=AEC>{{cite web|title=Federal electoral division of Mayo, boundary gazetted 16 December 2011|url=https://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/sa/files/2011/2011-aec-a4-map-sa-mayo.pdf |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|access-date=2 August 2015}}</ref> | near-nw = | near-n = ''[[Investigator Strait]]'' | near-ne = [[District Council of Yankalilla]] | near-e = | near-w = ''[[Southern Ocean]]'' | near-sw = ''[[Southern Ocean]]'' | near-s = ''[[Southern Ocean]]'' | near-se = ''[[Southern Ocean]]'' }} The '''Kangaroo Island Council''' is a [[Local government in Australia|local government area]] in [[South Australia]] that covers the entirety of [[Kangaroo Island]], 13&nbsp;km off the [[coast]] of the mainland. The council was formed on the 28 November 1996 by the amalgamation of the [[District Council of Kingscote]] and the [[District Council of Dudley]]. Its first meeting held on 11 December 1996.<ref>{{Cite web | last = Kangaroo Island Council | title = About Council | url = http://www.kangarooisland.sa.gov.au/about | access-date = 3 December 2015 | archive-date = 21 November 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151121181412/http://www.kangarooisland.sa.gov.au/about | url-status = dead }}</ref>

The seat of the council is located in the island's largest town, [[Kingscote, South Australia|Kingscote]]. The district's population at the [[2016 Australian census|2016 census]] was approximately 4,700.<ref name="Census2016">{{Census 2016 AUS|id=LGA42750|name=Kangaroo Island (DC)|accessdate=16 November 2017|quick=on}}</ref>

==Elected members== '''Mayor''': Michael Pengilly '''CEO''': Greg Georgopoulos<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kangarooisland.sa.gov.au/notice-board/latest-news/new-ceo-appointed-for-kangaroo-island-council|title=New CEO appointed for Kangaroo Island Council|last=Council|first=Kangaroo Island|date=2019-11-01|website=Kangaroo Island Council|language=en|access-date=2019-12-20}}</ref>

'''[[Councillors]]''':<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kangarooisland.sa.gov.au/council/elected-members|title=Elected Members|last=Council|first=Kangaroo Island|date=2019-11-07|website=Kangaroo Island Council|language=en|access-date=2019-12-20}}</ref>

*Bob Teasdale *Ken Liu *Peter Denholm *Peter Tiggemann *Rosalie Chirgwin *Sam Mumford *Shirley Pledge *David Mepham *Richard Cotterill

==Economy== The district's largest industry is agriculture, forestry, and fishing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kangaroo Island: 2021 Census Community Profiles: Working Population Profile |url=https://abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/community-profiles/2021/LGA42750 |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics}}</ref> Tourism is also a contributor to the economy, with tourists coming to the island for its natural environment.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-01 |title=About Kangaroo Island |url=https://www.kangarooisland.sa.gov.au/community/recreation/aboutki |access-date=2025-10-15 |website=Kangaroo Island Council |language=en}}</ref>

==Localities== Localities within the jurisdiction of the Kangaroo Island Council are as follows: [[American Beach, South Australia| American Beach]], [[American River, South Australia| American River]], [[Antechamber Bay, South Australia| Antechamber Bay]], [[Ballast Head, South Australia|Ballast Head]], [[Baudin Beach, South Australia| Baudin Beach]], [[Bay of Shoals, South Australia|Bay of Shoals]], [[Birchmore, South Australia| Birchmore]], [[Brown Beach, South Australia| Brown Beach]], [[Brownlow KI, South Australia| Brownlow KI]], [[Cape Borda, South Australia|Cape Borda]], [[Cassini, South Australia| Cassini]], [[Cuttlefish Bay, South Australia| Cuttlefish Bay]], [[Cygnet River, South Australia|Cygnet River]], [[De Mole River, South Australia| De Mole River]], [[D'Estrees Bay, South Australia|D'Estrees Bay]], [[Dudley East, South Australia| Dudley East]], [[Dudley West, South Australia| Dudley West]], [[Duncan, South Australia| Duncan]], [[Emu Bay, South Australia| Emu Bay]], [[Flinders Chase, South Australia|Flinders Chase]], [[Gosse, South Australia|Gosse]], [[Haines, South Australia| Haines]], [[Island Beach, South Australia| Island Beach]], [[Ironstone, South Australia|Ironstone]], [[Kangaroo Head, South Australia| Kangaroo Head]], [[Karatta, South Australia|Karrata]], [[Kingscote, South Australia| Kingscote]], [[Kohinoor, South Australia| Kohinoor]], [[MacGillivray, South Australia| MacGillivray]], [[Menzies, South Australia| Menzies]], [[Middle River, South Australia| Middle River]], [[Muston, South Australia| Muston]], [[Nepean Bay, South Australia| Nepean Bay]], [[Newland, South Australia| Newland]], [[North Cape, South Australia| North Cape]], [[Parndana, South Australia| Parndana]], [[Pelican Lagoon, South Australia| Pelican Lagoon]], [[Penneshaw, South Australia| Penneshaw]], [[Porky Flat, South Australia| Porky Flat]], [[Sapphiretown, South Australia| Sapphiretown]], [[Seal Bay, South Australia| Seal Bay]], [[Seddon, South Australia| Seddon]], [[Stokes Bay, South Australia| Stokes Bay]], [[Stun'Sail Boom, South Australia|Stun'Sail Boom]], [[Vivonne Bay, South Australia (locality)| Vivonne Bay]], [[Western River, South Australia| Western River]], [[Willoughby, South Australia| Willoughby]], [[Willson River, South Australia| Willson River]], and [[Wisanger, South Australia| Wisanger]].<ref name=PLB>{{cite web |title=Search result for " Kangaroo Island (IS)" (Record no SA0033933) with the following layers selected – "Suburbs and Localities" and "Local Government Areas" |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/# |work=Property Location Browser |publisher=Government of South Australia |access-date=22 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |archive-date=12 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==See also== *[[List of parks and gardens in rural South Australia]] *[[Kangaroo Island (disambiguation)]] ==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.kangarooisland.sa.gov.au Council Website] *[https://www.tourkangarooisland.com.au Tourism Site]

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