Hundred of Cotton

Hundred of Cotton
Cadastral division
Map of Hundred of Cotton, 1964
Hundred of Cotton
Coordinates: 35°15′S140°21′E / 35.25°S 140.35°E / -35.25; 140.35
Country	Australia
State	South Australia
Region	Murray Mallee
Established	1894
Area
• Total	560.1 km2 (216.25 sq mi)
County	Chandos
Lands administrative divisions around Hundred of Cotton Hundred of Molineux Hundred of Auld Hundred of Billiatt Hundred of Cotton Hundred of Bews Hundred of Price Hundred of Allenby

The Hundred of Cotton is a hundred in the County of Chandos, South Australia, established in 1894. ^{[1] [2]}

The Hundred of Cotton was named on 4 January 1894 by Governor Kintore after George Witherage Cotton MLC who had been a member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1882 to 1892.

History

Street in Parrakie

The traditional owners of the land are the Ngargad Australian Aboriginal tribes. ^[3] The explorer Edward Eyre passed through the area during his 1840-1841 travels.

The former towns of Kulkami, Mulpata and Wilkawatt are within the hundred. Modern locality boundaries put three quarters of the Hundred of Cotton on the western side of Lameroo, and the southwestern quarter in Parrakie. Neither town centre is in this Hundred. ^[4]

See also

• Lands administrative divisions of South Australia

References

1. The Fleurieu Peninsula Family History Group Inc. of South Australia, The Counties & Hundreds of South Australia.
2. Leadbeater, Maureen M (5 June 2016). "Counties and Hundreds – South Australia". FamilyHistorySA.info. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
3. David Horton (ed.), Aboriginal Australia Map, published in The Encyclopedia of Aboriginal Australia (AIATSIS. 1994).
4. "Hundred of Cotton". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia . Retrieved 24 September 2025.