Hundred of Bews

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Hundred of Bews, 1957.

The Hundred of Bews is a hundred in the County of Chandos, South Australia, established in 1894. [2] [3]

The only towns in the hundred is Lameroo.

History

The traditional owners of the land are the Ngargad Australian Aboriginal tribes. [4] The explorer Edward John Eyre passed through the area during his 1840-1841 travels.

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References

  1. State Library of South Australia.
  2. The Fleurieu Peninsula Family History Group Inc. of South Australia, The Counties & Hundreds of South Australia.
  3. Leadbeater, Maureen M (5 June 2016). "Counties and Hundreds – South Australia". FamilyHistorySA.info. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  4. David Horton (ed.), Aboriginal Australia Map, published in The Encyclopedia of Aboriginal Australia (AIATSIS. 1994).