Hundred of Dublin
The Hundred of Dublin is a cadastral unit of hundred located on the northern Adelaide Plains of South Australia spanning the township of Dublin and surrounds.[1] It is one of the eight hundreds of the County of Gawler.[2] It was proclaimed in 1856 by Governor Anthony Musgrave[1] and named by Governor Richard Graves MacDonnell after Dublin, Ireland, where he was born.[3]
| Dublin South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Dublin | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°27′0″S 138°21′0″E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 22 May 1856 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 310 km2 (119.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Northern Adelaide Plains | ||||||||||||||
| County | Gawler | ||||||||||||||
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The following localities and towns of the Adelaide Plains Council area are situated inside (or largely inside) the bounds of the Hundred of Dublin:
- Dublin
- Thompson Beach
- Webb Beach
- Parham
- Windsor
- Calomba
- Wild Horse Plains (southern half)
- Long Plains (southern half)
References
- "Placename Details: Hundred of Dublin". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 29 January 2009. SA0020882. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
Derivation of Name: A city in Ireland; Other Details: Area 119 1/2 square miles.
- South Australia hundred maps 1:63 360. Surveyor General's Office. 1867.
- Manning, Geoffrey. "Dublin" (PDF). Manning Index of South Austrlalian History - Place Names of South Australia – via State Library of South Australia.
The Hundred of Dublin, County of Gawler, was proclaimed on 22 May 1856 and named by Governor MacDonnell after his birthplace in Ireland
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