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Welcometo the City of Mount Gambier 'Blue Lake City' website. Mount Gambier, located
an equidistance between the major capital cities of Adelaide and Melbourne is South Australias second largest City
and is home to a population approaching 24,000 people. Mount Gambier is the regional centre for the South East
region of South Australia and much of the Western Districts of Victoria and is widely known as the home of Australias
softwood timber industry. This website is designed to inform about what the City has to offer whether it be Council
services and facilities, tourism attractions, community news and events or Mount Gambiers history and heritage, its all here!
Community News
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1/12/2012
Former Mount Gambier HospitalAs you may be aware Council purchased the site on 7th November 2011. The site was originally sold by the State Government in 1998 and has
remained vacant whilst held by private companies.
Further to Council’s purchase of the site, the following actions have been undertaken and will continue to occur:
• Council has spent considerable effort in cleaning up the site leading to a significant improvement in visual appearance. Feedback on this improvement from the nearby community has been very positive.
• In the week commencing 16th January 2012 the old fencing will be removed and a formal security fence will be erected around the buildings to ensure restricted site access.
• Following the completion of the fencing, as much land as possible on the north west and south side will be made available for public access.
• Shortly after purchase, Council commissioned a hospital building asbestos register that has identified remnants of asbestos products commonly used in buildings of this age.
• As required by legislation, Council has contacted a licensed asbestos removal company to remove the remnant asbestos from the site during January 2012. As part of this removal process, air quality monitoring will occur around the site for the duration of this work and that should be completed in 2-3 weeks.
• Community Consultation continues via the Council’s website and Council remains keen to receive your views on the future of the Former Mount Gambier Hospital site.
Should you have further questions they can be directed to Council’s Community Relations Officer, Barbara Linden on 8721 2587.
12/05/2011
Mayors say Wait !Following the announcement by the Treasurer to proceed with the forward sale of pine plantations harvest rotations, the three Mayors of the Lower South East have formally called on the Treasurer to immediately suspend the forward sale process to enable our local community to respond to the Regional Impact Statement and for the Select Committee to submit a report on it's findings to the Parliament.
Refer to media release for full details. 12/05/2011
2011 Tertiary Education Grants AnnouncedTwelve (12) Mount Gambier and District residents have been awarded grants from the 2011 Tertiary Education Grant Program which aims to provide some financial assistance to our residents who are required to leave our community to study degree programs in our focus areas.
Refer to media release for full details of the awardees and the Program. 09/12/2011
Hiaigh's Chocolates return to Mount GambierHaigh's Started from humble beginnings in Mount Gambier in 1905 and will be returning to Mount Gambier where it all began, with a presence in the new Main Corner development to be officially opened on Sunday 11th December, 2011. 22/12/2010
Main Corner to Include World Class DisplaysCouncil has allocated additional funding to the Main Corner development to enable the purchase and installation of world class light, sound, displays, exhibitions and presentations.
Themes selected to to represent 'the Spirit of Mount Gambier' will be Earth-Fire-Water representing Mount Gambiers unique natural heritage.
Please refer to the media release for full details of the project
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