What area did the Division of Wakefield cover?
Q: What area did the Division of Wakefield cover?
A: The Division of Wakefield covered an area from the northern suburbs of Adelaide to the Clare Valley, 135 km north of Adelaide. It included the suburbs of Elizabeth, Craigmore, Munno Para, Virginia, and part of Salisbury, and the towns of Gawler, Balaklava, Clare, Kapunda, Riverton, Mallala, Freeling, Tarlee, Williamstown and parts of Port Wakefield.
Q: Who was Edward Gibbon Wakefield?
A: Edward Gibbon Wakefield was a British politician who planned settlements in South Australia as well as Western Australia New Zealand and Canada.
Q: When was the Division of Wakefield set up?
A: The Division of Wakefield was set up in 1903.
Q: How many divisions were there in South Australia before 2019?
A: Before 2019 there were 11 divisions in South Australia.
Q: What happened to the Division of Wakefield in 2019?
A: In 2019 a redistribution cut the number of divisions in South Australia to ten which resulted in the abolition of the Division of Wakefield.
Q: What are some towns located within the boundaries for this division?
A: Towns located within this division include Gawler Balaklava Clare Kapunda Riverton Mallala Freeling Tarlee Williamstown and parts or Port Wakefiled.
