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City of Prospect South Australia
Population	20,527 (2016 census)[1]
• Density	2,628.2972,628.3/km2 (6,807.266,807/sq mi)
Established	1872
Area	7.81 km2 (3.0 sq mi)
Mayor	David O'Loughlin
Council seat	Prospect
Region	Eastern Adelaide[2]
State electorate(s)	Adelaide, Enfield
Federal Division(s)	Adelaide
Website	City of Prospect
LGAs around City of Prospect: City of Port Adelaide Enfield City of Port Adelaide Enfield City of Port Adelaide Enfield City of Charles Sturt City of Prospect Town of Walkerville City of West Torrens City of Adelaide Town of Walkerville

The City of Prospect is an inner urban local government area (LGA) in Adelaide, South Australia. The council seat is the unusually-large suburb of Prospect, which makes up almost two thirds of the tiny council area which is less than 8km2. Established in 1872, it is one of the oldest local government bodies in South Australia.

Prospect's population is growing and reflective of a broader demographic.^[vague] Prospect has a relatively young resident population (average age 36yo), many of whom are ‘knowledge workers’, with high education, skills, intellectual capacity and disposable incomes.^{[citation needed]}

The community has embraced the significant change effected in recent years. The City of Prospect has had a clear intent over recent years to encourage new, mixed use, larger scale, high quality sustainable development along the arterial roads. This intent has been reflected in council's integrated strategic planning, master plans, public realm and infrastructure upgrades and changes to council's Development Plan.^{[citation needed]} This has created many commercial and business opportunities along the main roads, more housing options to accommodate a growing and diverse residential population and greater capacity for jobs and positive impact on the local economy.^{[citation needed]}

Council

The current council as of November 2018^[update] is:^[3]

History

Prior to European settlement in 1838, the Prospect area was a tiny part of the traditional lands of the Kaurna people, who lived in small bands across the Adelaide Plains.^[5]

To the new settlers, the locality presented a "beautiful prospect", being described as "well timbered, with waving gum and shady trees".^[6] Thus Prospect Village was named by Colonel William Light shortly after the colonisation of South Australia in 1838. George Fife Angas was given the right to make first choice of "country section", to which he and other early investors in South Australia were entitled by their purchase of land orders prior to settlement (see Lands administrative divisions of South Australia § Land division history). Under Light's plan for the city and adjoining rural areas, the present-day inner metropolitan area was laid out as hundreds which were further divided into sections, of about 80 acres (32 ha) in size.^[7] Prospect was to fall within the Hundred of Yatala when it was proclaimed in 1846, but prior to this the section were simply referred to as "country section" and the number.

At a meeting in March 1838, Angas made his choice, selecting the triangular section 474, now the Collinswood but earlier split between Collinswood and the historic suburb of Rosebery. Later in 1838 further selections were made and six sections (four in the southernmost parts of present-day City of Prospect) were purchased by the Mechanics Land Company, including section 349 in which the village of Prospect arose. The company divided the 80-acre sections into 8-acre (3.2 ha) blocks, and sold them for £10 a block.^[7]

Section 348 immediately south of Prospect Village was known as Little Adelaide.^[8]

As early as November 1838, plots of land "fronting the new road to the harbour" had been created from subdivisions in the new village of Prospect and were being publicly advertised for sale.^[9] These subdivided sections came to be known as Prospect Village. Early attempts to garden in the vicinity of Prospect failed as the soil is naturally dry, the nearest source of water then being the River Torrens. For many years blocks of land in the area remained unfenced and, in springtime, livestock from nearby areas were not prevented from feeding on the thick grass growing on the hills of Prospect.^[7]

Establishment of local government

In 1853 the District Council of Yatala was established and included, at its extreme south centre, the future area of the City of Prospect. In 1868 Yatala DC was divided at Dry Creek into the District Councils of Yatala South and Yatala North.^[10][11][12] In August 1872 the new District Council of Prospect split from the Yatala South DC following lobbying by residents of Prospect village.^[12]

Land boom and collapse

In the 1880s there was a land boom in Prospect. Many new subdivisions were made and new houses built. The 1890s saw a collapse of land values and vacant houses were available to rent for just a few shillings per week.^[13]

Municipality

In December 1933, the district council was given municipal status as the Corporation of the Town of Prospect. As such it retained the five pre-existing wards of Nailsworth, Kingston, Fitzroy, St. John's Wood and Highbury, each represented by two councillors. The councillors named in the June 1933 proclamation were: Elder George Whittle as mayor, Leonard Andrew Day for Nailsworth, William Henry Verco for Kingston, Richard Angwin for St. John's Wood, and William Thomas Smith for Highbury, with an instruction that the remaining six vacancies be filled by elections later in that year.^[14]

Symbols

In 1934 a competition to design a coat of arms for the Town of Prospect was held and a design by Mr. Allan F. Sierp was chosen.^[15] It contained the following emblems:

• The first and fourth quarters had shocks of wheat signifying "the early days of the district".


• The second quarter contained a pair of wings to "show the progress to the present prosperity".


• The third depicted a cornucopia, or horn of plenty, overflowing with fruit.

Suburbs

See also

• Local Government Areas of South Australia


• List of Adelaide suburbs


• List of Adelaide parks and gardens

References

External links

• Official website


• Old Prospectors of South Australia: A Project of Prospect Local History Group


• Prospect Local History Group

Coordinates: 34°53′S 138°36′E / 34.883°S 138.600°E / -34.883; 138.600