City of Enfield
What was the official name of City of Enfield from 1953 to 1954?
City of Enfield The City of Enfield ( formerly District Council of Yatala South ) was a local government area of South Australia from 1868 to 1996 . It was known as Yatala South up until 1933 , which was named for its local government area predecessor , the District Council of Yatala , and known as Enfield thereafter . The seat of the City of Enfield was the township of Enfield , approximately north of Adelaides centre , named after Enfield Town in the London borough of same name . In 1868 , the council area ranged approximately from Dry Creek in the north to the Torrens River in the south east and Torrens Road ( unrelated to the river ) in the south west . History . Early years . The District Council of Yatala South was established on 18 June 1868 when the District Council of Yatala was divided at Dry Creek and the Dry Creek-Port Adelaide railway line into Yatala South and Yatala North . The council office was located near Gepps Cross intersection at the northern end of the suburb of Enfield . In August 1872 the District Council of Prospect was established by severance from Yatala South , reducing the latter in area by about . In 1927 the second Enfield council chamber , located on Regency Road , Enfield , pictured above , was erected . In 1930 , the recorded population of Yatala South was 4,979 . Well over half a century since its establishment , on 22 June 1933 , Yatala South was renamed to be the District Council of Enfield following lobbying from residents . The district council was now named after its major population centre and council seat , the township of Enfield . Municipality . In April 1944 the Enfield council was granted municipal status , becoming the Town of Enfield . In January 1953 , the population had reached a point where the municipality was granted city status and known thereafter as the City of Enfield . The chairman of the council became the mayor from 1944 . In March 1996 the City of Enfield merged with the City of Port Adelaide to form the City of Port Adelaide Enfield . Chairmen and mayors . Yatala South . - I . W . Sudholz ( 1868–1869 , 1873 ) - J . Williams ( 1876 , 1877 ) - A . W . Shillabeer ( 1897 ) - J . R . Musson ( 1900 ) - James Duthie ( 1905 ) - J . Williams ( 1905 , 1907 ) - Andrew W . Shillabeer ( 1914 , 1915 ) - William Duthie ( ? ) - Thomas Keith Shutter ( 1931–1933 ) Enfield . - Thomas Keith Shutter ( 1933–1938 ) - Arthur George Owen Gray ( 1938–1943 ) - Keith Teller ( 1943–1944 ) - Harold Frank Stevens ( 1944–1947 ) - Thomas Keith Shutter ( 1947–1955 ) - Thomas Turner ( 1955–1964 ) - Joseph Robert Chaplin ( 1964–1968 ) - Roy Donald Amer ( 1968–1971 ) - Ray J Norton ( 1971–1974 ) - ( 1974–1976 ) ? - Ray J Norton ( 1976–1988 ) - Ronald Henry Charles Bonner ( 1988–1989 ) - Roy Donald Amer ( 1989–1993 ) - Michael Charles Stock ( 1993–1996 )