Hundred of Wallaroo
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Cadastral in South Australia
| Wallaroo South Australia | |
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| 1874 boundaries of Wallaroo Town shown on an excerpt of an 1888 map of the hundred | |
Wallaroo is located in South Australia Wallaroo Wallaroo | |
| Coordinates | 33°59′42′′S 138°39′07′′E / 33.995°S 138.652°E / -33.995; 138.652 |
| Established | 12 June 1862 |
| Area | 320 km2 (124 sq mi) |
| LGA(s) | Copper Coast |
| Region | Yorke Peninsula |
| County | Daly |
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Lands administrative divisions around Wallaroo: Spencer Gulf
Wallaroo
Kadina
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The Hundred of Wallaroo is a cadastral unit of hundred located on the Copper Coast of South Australia.[1] It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Daly.[2] It was named in 1862 by Governor Dominick Daly [1] after the indigenous term wadla warru presumed to mean wallaby urine.[1]
Locations
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The most densely populated town and localities of the Copper Coast council are situated inside (or largely inside) the bounds of the Hundred of Wallaroo:
- Wallaroo and North Beach
- Kadina (western half) and its suburbs: New Town, Jericho, Wallaroo Mines, Matta Flat and Jerusalem
- Moonta and its suburbs: Moonta Bay, North Moonta, Paramatta, Cross Roads, North Yelta, Yelta, Moonta Mines, East Moonta, Hamley, Port Hughes and Kooroona
- Rural localities of Wallaroo Plain (west portion), Warburto and Boors Plain (larger west portion)
Local government
[edit ]- Corporate Town of Kadina (1872-1977)
- Corporate Town of Moonta (1872-1984)
- Corporate Town of Wallaroo (1874-1997)
- District Council of Kadina (1888-1984)
- District Council of Northern Yorke Peninsula (1984-1997)
- District Council of the Copper Coast (1997-)
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ a b c "Hundred of Wallaroo". Land Services, Government of South Australia. SA0016834. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
Derivation of Name: Corruption of Abna wadla warru; Other Details: Area 124 square miles. Wadla warru means wallaby's urine twisted to wallawaroo then to wallaroo.
- ^ South Australia hundred maps 1:63 360. Surveyor General's Office. 1867.