Hundred of Booleroo

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Booleroo
South Australia
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Booleroo
Coordinates 32°52′41″S138°20′35″E / 32.878°S 138.343°E / -32.878; 138.343 Coordinates: 32°52′41″S138°20′35″E / 32.878°S 138.343°E / -32.878; 138.343
Established17 June 1875
Area280 km2 (108 sq mi)
LGA(s) Mount Remarkable
Region Mid North
County Frome
Lands administrative divisions around Booleroo:
Gregory Willowie Coomooroo
Wongyarra Booleroo Pekina
Appila Appila Tarcowie

The Hundred of Booleroo is a cadastral hundred of the County of Frome in South Australia, centred on the eponymous township of Booleroo Centre. [1] It was proclaimed by Governor Anthony Musgrave in 1875 and named for an indigenous term bulyeroo or bulyaroo, thought to mean "plenty" or "soft mud and clay". [1]

The hundred stretches about 8 km (5.0 mi) north and east from the township of Booleroo Centre, about 10 km (6.2 mi) west and 7 km (4.3 mi) south.

Local government

The District Council of Port Germein established in 1888 brought local government to the Hundred of Booleroo several neighbouring hundreds to the west. In 1980 the hundred became a part of the District Council of Mount Remarkable, which was formed by amalgamation of Wilmington and Port Germein councils.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Placename Details: Hundred of Booleroo". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. SA0008349. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2017. Other Details: Area 108 square miles. Name is taken from Abna bulyeroo or bulyaroo, meaning plenty or soft mud & clay.