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Encyclopedia > City of Holdfast Bay
City of Holdfast Bay
Geography
State: South Australia
Region: Metropolitan Adelaide
Area: 13.72 km²
Council seat: Brighton
Demographics
Population: 32,340 (2001 census)
- Density: 2,358 / km²
Born in Australia: 75.4%
Indigenous Australian origin: 0.5%
Government


http://www.holdfast.sa.gov.au
Mayor: Ken Rollond
Deputy Mayor:
Federal electorates: Boothby, Hindmarsh
State electorates: Bright, Morphett

The City of Holdfast Bay is a Local Government Area in the south western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. Australia, having a federal system of government, is divided into states and territories. ... Motto: United for the Common Wealth Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Governor Premier Const. ... This is a list of regions in Australia that are not Australian states or territories. ... Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia with a population of almost 1. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a Physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Brighton is a small coastal hamlet in Adelaide, South Australia, situated between Seacliff and Glenelg and aside the Holdfast Bay. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ... The Indigenous Australians are the first inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands, continuing their presence during European settlement. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... The Division of Boothby is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia. ... The Division of Hindmarsh is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia. ... Local Government Area (abbreviated LGA) is a term used in Australia (and especially by the Australian Bureau of Statistics) to refer to areas controlled by each individual Local Government. ... Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia with a population of almost 1. ... Motto: United for the Common Wealth Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Governor Premier Const. ...


Suburbs

  • Brighton (5048)
  • Glenelg (5045)
  • Glenelg East (5045)
  • Glenelg North (5045)
  • Glenelg South (5045)
  • Hove (5048)
  • Kingston Park (5049)
  • North Brighton (5048)
  • Seacliff (5049)
  • Seacliff Park (5049)
  • Somerton Park (5044)
  • South Brighton (5048)

Brighton is a small coastal hamlet in Adelaide, South Australia, situated between Seacliff and Glenelg and aside the Holdfast Bay. ... The historic Glenelg Town Hall in Moseley Square. ... Seacliff Park is a suburb of Adelaide partly in the City of Marion and the City of Holdfast Bay. ...

External links

  • City of Holdfast Bay website
  • City of Holdfast Bay community profile


Local Government Areas of South Australia
Metropolitan
City of AdelaideCity of BurnsideCity of CampbelltownCity of Charles SturtTown of GawlerCity of Holdfast BayCity of MarionCity of MitchamCity of Norwood Payneham St PetersCity of OnkaparingaCity of PlayfordCity of Port Adelaide EnfieldCity of ProspectCity of SalisburyCity of Tea Tree GullyCity of UnleyCity of West TorrensTown of Walkerville
Cities
City of Mount GambierCity of Murray BridgeCity of Port AugustaCity of Port Lincoln • City of Victor Harbor • City of Whyalla
Regional
Adelaide Hills CouncilBarossa CouncilFlinders Ranges Council • Kangaroo Island Council • Mid Murray CouncilWakefield RC
District Councils
Alexandrina CouncilDC of Barunga WestBerri Barmera Council • DC of Ceduna • DC of Clare and Gilbert ValleysDC of Cleve • DC of Coober Pedy • DC of Copper Coast • DC of Elliston • DC of Franklin Harbour • RC of Goyder • DC of Grant • DC of Karoonda East MurrayDC of Kimba • DC of Lacepede • DC of Le Hunt • RC of LightDC of Lower Eyre PeninsulaDC of Loxton Waikerie • DC of Mallala • DC of Mt. Barker • DC of Mt. Remarkable • DC of Naracoorte and Lucindale • Northern Areas Council • DC of Orroroo Carieton • DC of Peterborough • RC of Port Pirie • DC of Renmark Paringa • DC of RobeMC of Roxby DownsDC of Southern Mallee • DC of Streaky Bay • DC of Tatiara • DC of The Coorong • DC of Tumby Bay • DC of Wattle Range • DC of Yankalilla • DC of Yorke Peninsula

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City of Holdfast Bay - Environment (1106 words)
The City is also proud to be the home of extensive marine and terrestrial biodiversity including the Kingston Park Cliff Face Conservation Park, Gilbertson Gully, Barton Gully, Pine Gully and Minda dunes - all unique areas to the City of Holdfast Bay.
Where once Holdfast Bay was home to rolling sand dunes, a creek lined with Kangaroo honey-myrtle (Melaleuca halmaturorum), vast lagoons fed by fresh water springs and dramatic gullies carving channels to the coast it soon became a place for settlement with commercial operations, tourist facilities and general urban design masking the original landscape.
Holdfast Bay is part of the greater Adelaide Mediterranean climate with warm dry summers and cool wet winters.
City Sites - Carclew (3477 words)
City Sites is an innovative visual art employment project developed by Carclew Youth Arts, which employs young visual artists as trainees to work under the mentorship of professional artists.
City Sites is an inventive art, employment and mentorship project providing young South Australians with an opportunity to further their artistic skills and build self-confidence through employment in the visual arts.
City Sites has provided several significant outcomes for this Council, those being the development opportunities for artists, the significant educational benefits for council staff and elected members, high quality artworks whilst also assisting with the development of a significant working partnership between this Council and Carclew.
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