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The District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula is a local government area located on Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. The district covers the southern tip of the peninsula, except for the small area taken up by the City of Port Lincoln.The main council offices are in Cummins, with a branch office in Port Lincoln, even though Port Lincoln is actually in its own council area, not encompassed by the council.HistoryThe District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula traces its history back to 1880, when a district council was created for the Port Lincoln area; it first met at the Pier Hotel in July of that year. The new district council was variously referred to as "Port Lincoln" or "Lincoln" in newspapers, but is referred to in the landmark District Councils Act 1887, which initiated widespread local government reform, as the existing District Council of Lincoln. The boundaries of the district were extended to cover the entire County of Flinders (southern Eyre Peninsula up to a line north of Cummins) when that act came into effect in 1888. The boundaries were extended again in 1890 when it gained the hundreds of Kiana, Mitchell and Shannon to the north in the County of Musgrave.