Lord Mayor Sandy Verschoor and her council colleagues will take to the streets of Adelaide this afternoon as part of a more than 170 year old tradition marking the election of the city’s new council.
Kitted out in full regalia and led by the City of Adelaide’s historic ceremonial mace, the Lord Mayor and elected members will walk from Town Hall in King William Street to Government House.
There they will meet formally with His Excellency the Honourable Hieu Van Le AC, Governor of South Australia.
The tradition of the procession, also known as the ‘Call on the Governor’, dates back to the first meeting of the first council on November 4, 1840.
The ceremony has continued to this day and occurs following the investiture of every newly elected city council.
It is the oldest ceremony of its type in the country as the City of Adelaide was Australia’s first local government authority.
Anyone can go and watch the procession, which leaves the Adelaide Town Hall at 1.45 pm, goes up King William Street and arrives at Government House at approximately 2 pm.
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