| Beatty South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Beatty | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°02′53″S139°26′46″E / 34.048°S 139.446°E Coordinates: 34°02′53″S139°26′46″E / 34.048°S 139.446°E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 15 February 1883 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 300 km2 (116 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Western Murraylands | ||||||||||||||
| County | Eyre | ||||||||||||||
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The Hundred of Beatty, formerly the Hundred of Krichauff is a cadastral unit of hundred located in the Murraylands of South Australia spanning the localities of Beatty and Mount Mary.
The hundred was proclaimed in 1883 in the County of Eyre and named 'Krichauff' for the state parliamentarian Friedrich Krichauff. [1]
In 1888 the District Council of Morgan was established in the area as part of the District Councils Act 1887. It included seven hundreds in addition to the Hundred of Beatty.
In 1918 many South Australian place "names of enemy origin" were changed to sound less German and the hundred was renamed to 'Beatty' after David Beatty, a British naval leader in the First World War. [1] [2]
In 1997 the Morgan council was abolished by amalgamation with Ridley-Truro and Mannum councils, to the south, and the Hundred of Beatty became a part of the much larger Mid Murray Council.
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Derivation of Name: F E H W Krichauff, MP; Other Details: Area 116 square miles. F. Krichauff was born in Schelswig in 1824 & arrived in South Australia in 1848 and became the Commissioner of Public Works in the Strangways Ministry in 1870. He was credited as the originator of the S.A. Forest Department. Originally proposed by Nomenclature Committee as Mundawora Hundred during the move to alter "names of enemy origin" in 1916. However, eventually altered to Beatty on 10/1/1918. No reason for the non-acceptance has been recorded.
Date Named: 10/01/1918; Previous Name: Hundred of Krichauff; Derivation of Name: Admiral Beatty of World War 1; Other Details: Area 116 square miles. Originally proposed by Nomenclature Committee as Mundawora Hundred during the move to alter "names of enemy origin" in 1916 - not accepted and no reason given.