Established 1842 Ocean Russell | Hindmarsh Sturt Founded 1842 | |
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Area 2,650 square kilometres (1,025 sq mi) Footnotes Coordinates
Adjoining counties Lgas Alexandrina Council, District Council of Mount Barker, City of Victor Harbor, District Council of Yankalilla | ||
The County of Hindmarsh is one of the 49 counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed by Governor George Grey in 1842 and named for Governor John Hindmarsh.
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Description
It extends from the Fleurieu Peninsula in the southwest to the Murray Mouth in the southeast to Point Sturt on the Sturt Peninsula and the course of the Bremer River in the east, Mount Barker in the north and Sellicks Hill on the Gulf St Vincent coastline in the northwest including the southern end of Mt Lofty Ranges, Hindmarsh Island, Mundoo Island and part of Lake Alexandrina. This includes the following contemporary local government areas:
History
The following hundreds have been proclaimed within the county - Encounter Bay, Goolwa, Kondoparinga, Macclesfield, Myponga, Nangkita, Waitpinga and Yankalilla in 1846, Strathalbyn in 1850, and Alexandrina and Bremer in 1851.
Hundreds
The County of Hindmarsh is divided into the following hundreds:
Hundred of Alexandrina
The Hundred of Alexandrina (35°27′06″S 138°57′07″E) was proclaimed on 7 August 1851. It covers an area of 200 square kilometres (76 sq mi) and is named after the lake partially located within the county and which is known as Lake Alexandrina. It includes the following localities - Clayton Bay, Point Sturt and parts of Finniss, Lake Alexandrina and Milang.
Hundred of Bremer
The Hundred of Bremer (35°21′07″S 138°57′09″E) was proclaimed on 7 August 1851. It covers an area of 240 square kilometres (92 sq mi) and is named after the British naval officer, Sir J Gordon Bremer. It includes the following localities - Nurragi, Willyaroo and parts of Belvidere, Finniss, Langhorne Creek, Lake Plains, Lake Alexandrina, Milang, Sandergrove and Strathalbyn.
Hundred of Encounter Bay
The Hundred of Encounter Bay (35°29′46″S 138°31′48″E) was proclaimed on 29 October 1846. It covers an area of 240 square kilometres (94 sq mi) and is named after the bay which it overlooks on its south-east boundary. It includes the following localities - Back Valley, Hindmarsh Tiers, Lower Inman Valley and Victor Harbor and parts of Encounter Bay, Hindmarsh Valley, Inman Valley and Waitpinga.
Hundred of Goolwa
The Hundred of Goolwa (35°27′52″S 138°40′59″E) was proclaimed on 29 October 1846. It covers an area of 240 square kilometres (94 sq mi) and is named after the lake partially located within the county and whose name is reported as being derived from an aboriginal word meaning “the elbow.” It contains the following localities - Goolwa, Goolwa Beach, Goolwa North, Hayborough, McCracken, Middleton, Mosquito Hill and Port Elliot and parts of Currency Creek, Goolwa South, Hindmarsh Valley, Mount Jagged and Tooperang.
Hundred of Kondoparinga
The Hundred of Kondoparinga (35°17′19″S 138°47′24″E) was proclaimed on 29 October 1846. It covers an area of 210 square kilometres (80 sq mi) and whose name is derived from an aboriginal word “long winding water, breeding crawfish, between steep banks.” It includes the following localities - Ashbourne and Bull Creek and parts of Finniss, McHarg Creek, Meadows, Mount Magnificent, Mount Observation, Nangkita, Paris Creek, Prospect Hill, Sandergrove and Strathalbyn.
Hundred of Macclesfield
The Hundred of Macclesfield (35°08′29″S 138°50′33″E) was proclaimed on 29 October 1846. It covers an area of 180 square kilometres (70 sq mi) and is named after the Earl of Macclesfield while the aboriginal name used for the area covered by the hundred is reported to be “Kangowirranilla meaning 'the place for kangaroos & water'.” It includes the following localities - Blakiston, Flaxley, Littlehampton, Macclesfield, Totness and parts of Bugle Ranges, Echunga, Gemmells, Meadows, Mount Barker, Mount Barker Junction, Mount Barker Summit, Nairne, Paris Creek, Strathalbyn and Wistow.
Hundred of Myponga
The Hundred of Myponga (35°22′46″S 138°30′08″E) was proclaimed on 29 October 1846. It covers an area of 250 square kilometres (96 sq mi) and whose name is derived from an aboriginal word “Maippunga, which in one source is stated to mean “divorced wife” while in an other is stated to mean "standing water". It contains the following localities - Myponga, Myponga Beach, Pages Flat, Wattle Flat and parts of Carrickalinga, Hope Forest, Mount Compass, Mount Magnificent, Sellicks Hill, Willunga Hill, Yankalilla and Yundi.
Hundred of Nangkita
The Hundred of Nangkita (35°27′06″S 138°57′07″E) was proclaimed on 29 October 1846. It covers an area of 300 square kilometres (117 sq mi) and its name is derived from an aboriginal word meaning “place of little frogs”. It contains the following localities - Hindmarsh Island, Mundoo Island and parts of Currency Creek, Finniss, Goolwa South, Mount Compass, Mount Observation, Mount Jagged, Nangkita and Tooperang.
Hundred of Strathalbyn
The Hundred of Strathalbyn (35°11′45″S 138°57′01″E) was proclaimed on 12 December 1850. It covers an area of 210 square kilometres (83 sq mi) and its name is derived from that used for a sub-division granted in 1841. It includes the following localities - Highland Valley, Red Creek, Salem and Woodchester and parts of Belvidere, Bletchley, Bugle Ranges, Gemmells, Hartley, Langhorne Creek, Mount Barker, Mount Barker Springs, Petwood, Strathalbyn and Wistow.
Hundred of Waitpinga
The Hundred of Waitpinga (35°35′40″S 138°22′30″E) was proclaimed on 29 October 1846. It covers an area of 320 square kilometres (123 sq mi) and is reportedly named after an aboriginal word, “Waitpiinga” meaning “the windy place”. It includes the following localities - Deep Creek and Tunkalilla and parts of Cape Jervis, Delamere, Parawa, Silverton, Waitpinga and Willow Creek.
Hundred of Yankalilla
The Hundred of Yankalilla (35°31′38″S 138°16′37″E) was proclaimed on 29 October 1846. Its name is reported as being derived as follows by Professor N.B. Tindale:
It is derived from the Aboriginal word jankalan, meaning "falling, from an incident in the myth of Tjilbruke, whose sister's [sic] mummified body began to fall into pieces here, as he was carrying it from Brighton to Cape Jervis for burial.
The hundred includes the following localities - Bald Hills, Hay Flat, Normanville, Rapid Bay, Second Valley, Torrens Vale, Wirrina Cove and parts of Cape Jervis, Carrickalinga, Delamere, Inman Valley, Parawa, Silverton, Willow Creek and Yankalilla.