Saturday, July 13, 2024

Municipality of Kapunda was established on 13 July 1865.

 The municipality of Kapunda was established on 13 July 1865.

The District Council (DC) of Kapunda was established on 5 July 1866

 

An official letter of congratulation arrived 13 July 1865 via magnetic telegraph, it read,



The two members for the Light take the earliest opportunity of congratulating his worship the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Kapunda on the Corporation being Gazetted.    The members for Light hope that Kapunda will now soon become an ornament to the Colony as the second city in importance.

Finis coronat opus - God save the Queen

F.S. Dutton

P. B. Coglin