The District Council of Light was a local government area in South Australia from 1867 to 1892.
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Fords is a locality in the Mid North region of South Australia, southwest of Kapunda, South Australia. It is crossed by the Thiele Highway. The northern boundary of Fords is the Light River. Fords is named after an early landowner, John Ford. It was located on the Morgan railway line until it closed in the 1990s.
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Light Regional Council is a local government area north of Adelaide in South Australia. It is based in the town of Kapunda, and includes the towns of Freeling, Greenock, Hansborough, Hewett, Roseworthy and Wasleys.
The council is named for the River Light, the south bank of which forms much of the council area's northwest border. The river is named after William Light, the first Surveyor-General of South Australia.
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Morn Hill is a locality in the Mid North region of South Australia. It straddles the Horrocks Highway midway between Gawler and Tarlee.
Morn Hill is a rural locality with a handful of farms—at the 2016 census, there were six dwellings housing 17 people. The locality drew its name from the Morn Hill School which opened in 1891 but has long since closed. Morn Hill also had a Primitive Methodist church which had opened by 1870 and closed soon after 1900.
In the Morn Hill area, the Horrocks Highway forms the boundary between the federal electoral divisions of Grey and Barker.
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Freeling is a small town in South Australia, about 60 km north of Adelaide. It neighbours the Barossa Valley wine region. At the 2021 census, Freeling had a population of 2,688.
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Freeling railway station was located on the Morgan railway line in the town of Freeling, South Australia.