Hundred of Moule

The Hundred of Moule is a cadastral hundred of South Australia[1] established in 1889 in the remote County of Way. Now bisected by the Eyre Highway, the traditional owners of the area are the Waringu people.

The Hundred of Moule is located on the southern coast of the County of Way, South Australia.

References
  1. Vaughan, A.; Strawbridge, William (1910), McKenzie: Hundred of Moule, South Australia, A. Vaughan, photo-lithographer, retrieved 28 December 2018


The Hundred of Moule (together with the Hundreds of Bartlett, Horn and Catt) were surveyed for closer settlement by William Richard Murray, E B Jones and H J Cant between Nov. 1888 and June 1889.

The Hundred was proclaimed on 17 Jan 1889 and named after John Moule MP (1884-1896). Storekeeper of Saddleworth. For a short period he was Commissioner of Public Works in the Downer Administration and interested himself in mining and land administration.

<ref> 'Manning's Place Names of South Australia: From Aaron Creek to Zion Hill', Geoffrey H Manning, Adelaide, 2006

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