Hundred of Davenport

Hundred of Davenport
Hundred of Davenport; South Australia
	Hundred of Davenport
Coordinates	32°31′19″S137°51′36″E / 32.522°S 137.860°E Coordinates: 32°31′19″S137°51′36″E / 32.522°S 137.860°E [1]
Established	February 23, 1860 [2]
Area	125 square miles (320 km2) [1]
LGA(s)	Port August City Council [1]
Region	Far North [1]
County	Frome [1] [2]
Hundred	Davenport
	Lands administrative divisions around Hundred of Davenport:
Footnotes	Adjoining Hundreds [1]

Last updated April 08, 2019

The Hundred of Davenport is a cadastral hundred within the County of Frome in South Australia, proclaimed in 1860.^[2]

The County of Frome is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia in straddling the Mid North and Flinders Ranges regions. It was proclaimed in 1851 by Governor Henry Young and was named for the former Surveyor-General of South Australia, Edward Charles Frome. The iconic Mount Remarkable in the Hundred of Gregory is at the centre of the county.

South Australia is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of 983,482 square kilometres (379,725 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, and fifth largest by population. It has a total of 1.7 million people, and its population is the second most highly centralised in Australia, after Western Australia, with more than 77 percent of South Australians living in the capital, Adelaide, or its environs. Other population centres in the state are relatively small; Mount Gambier, the second largest centre, has a population of 28,684.

Within its bounds are the rural city of Port Augusta, the township of Stirling North and the localities of Davenport, Winninowie, Port Paterson, Mundallio and Wami Kata on the east coast of the head of the Spencer Gulf.^[1]

Port Augusta is a small city in South Australia. Formerly a seaport, it is now a road traffic and railway junction city mainly located on the east coast of the Spencer Gulf immediately south of the gulf's head and about 322 kilometres (200 mi) north of the state capital, Adelaide. The suburb of Port Augusta West is located on the west side of the gulf on the Eyre Peninsula. Other major industries included, up until the mid-2010s, electricity generation. At June 2015, the estimated urban population was 14,214.

Stirling North is a town located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) east of Port Augusta in South Australia. The obsolete Leigh Creek coal rail line which runs between Port Augusta and Stirling North is the official border line separating the two towns. It acts primarily as a satellite town to Port Augusta with the town's railway station lying at a major rail junction linking the Port Augusta power station and the main east-west rail link to the coal rail link to Leigh Creek. It also lies on the junction of the Augusta Highway and the Flinders Ranges Way. At the 2016 census, Stirling North had a population of 2,673.

Davenport is a suburb in the Australian state of South Australia located about 282 kilometres (175 mi) north of the state capital of Adelaide and about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north-east of the municipal seat in Port Augusta.

Local government

In November 1875 the Corporate Town of Port Augusta was established on the east bank of the head of Spencer Gulf. Less than two years later, the Corporate Town of Davenport was established in August 1887.^[3] Local government for the remainder of the hundred was established in January of the following year by the promulgation of the District Councils Act 1887 which established the District Council of Davenport (later called Woolundunga to distinguish it from the corporate town). In February 1933 Davenport municipality was annexed by the larger Port Augusta town council along with part of Woolundunga (and Port Augusta West in the westerly adjacent Hundred of Copley), bringing the entire hundred and extensive surrounds under the local governance of a single body now known as the City of Port Augusta.

The Spencer Gulf is the westernmost of two large inlets on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, facing the Great Australian Bight. It spans from the Cape Catastrophe and Eyre Peninsula in the west to Cape Spencer and Yorke Peninsula in the east.

The Corporate Town of Davenport was a local government area in South Australia that existed from 1887 to 1932 on land now located within the suburb of Port Augusta.

The District Councils Act 1887 was an act of the Parliament of South Australia. It received assent on 9 December 1887, and its provisions came into effect when proclaimed by Governor William C. F. Robinson on 5 January 1888.

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The City of Port Augusta is a local government area located at the northern end of Spencer Gulf in South Australia. It is centred on the town of Port Augusta. The city was the site of South Australia's main power supplier, the Port Augusta powerhouse, located on the coast of the Spencer Gulf.

Clinton, South Australia Town in South Australia

Clinton is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the east coast of Yorke Peninsula overlooking the north west head of Gulf St Vincent about 101 kilometres (63 mi) west of the state capital of Adelaide and about 36 kilometres (22 mi) north-east of the municipal seat of Maitland.

Mambray Creek is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the east coast of Spencer Gulf about 240 kilometres (150 mi) north of the state capital of Adelaide and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of the city of Port Pirie.

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Yorkey Crossing is a ford in the Australian state of South Australia located at the head of Spencer Gulf in the gazetted locality of Emeroo about 4 nautical miles north of Port Augusta. As of 2014, it is the site of an unsealed road that serves as a by-pass route around the head of the gulf for 'over dimensional vehicles', which are not permitted to cross the gulf using the Port Augusta Bridge. It is also near the location of the crossing for the Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta Railway built after 1911. It is considered to be the most north easterly part of Eyre Peninsula.

The Corporate Town of Port Augusta West was a local government area in South Australia centred on the suburb of Port Augusta West. It was gazetted on 6 October 1887. They met in council chambers in Loudon Road, which ceased to be used by its successor council upon its amalgamation, but remained in use by the community until their demolition in the 1940s, at which time the building was described as "definitely unsafe". It was not uncommon for positions to be elected unopposed or without any nominations at all; in the election of November 1903, no one nominated for either mayor or councillor.

The District Council of Woolundunga was a local government area in South Australia from 1888 until 1933.

The District Council of Port Germein was a local government area in South Australia, centred on the town of Port Germein. It was gazetted on 5 January 1888 under the provisions of the District Councils Act 1887 and encompassed the hundreds of Baroota, Wongyarra, Booleroo, Telowie, Darling and Appila. It replaced an abortive earlier municipality, the Corporate Town of Port Germein, which had been established on 15 September 1887 when residents, concerned about increased taxation and their interests being lost in a broader shire under the forthcoming reforms, decided to incorporate the town. The local residents reportedly regretted the decision, and when the Act passed late in the year creating the new District Council, state parliament agreed to amalgamate the Corporate Town into the new municipality.

Winninowie is a locality in the Mid North of South Australia. It is traversed by the Augusta Highway which is part of the Australian National Highway on Highway 1. It includes the intersection of Horrocks Pass Road, also known as Main North Road with the main highway. Winninowie is 21 kilometres (13 mi) southeast of Port Augusta, on the plain between Spencer Gulf on the west and the southern Flinders Ranges on the east.

Blanche Harbor is a locality in South Australia located on the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula overlooking Spencer Gulf about 260 kilometres north north-west of the Adelaide city centre and about 20 kilometres south of the centre of Port Augusta.

Port Paterson is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the east coast of Spencer Gulf at the gulf's northern end about 237.4 kilometres north of the state capital of Adelaide and about 9 kilometres south of the centre of Port Augusta.

Baroota is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the east coast of Spencer Gulf about 230 kilometres north of the state capital of Adelaide and about 29 kilometres (18 mi) north-east of the city of Port Pirie.

County of Fergusson Cadastral in South Australia

County of Fergusson is a cadastral unit located in the Australian state of South Australia which spans Yorke Peninsula south of Price. It was proclaimed in 1869 by Governor Fergusson after whom the county was named.

County of Manchester is a cadastral unit located in the Australian state of South Australia that covers land both located in the north-east of Eyre Peninsula and to the peninsula's north. It was proclaimed in 1891 and named after George Montagu, 6th Duke of Manchester who was the father-in-law of the Rt Hon. Earl of Kintore GCMG, the Governor of South Australia at the time.

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Saltia is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the western side of the Flinders Ranges about 279 kilometres (173 mi) north of the state capital of Adelaide and about 19 kilometres (12 mi) east of the city of Port Augusta.

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Search results for "Hundred of Davenport" with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 30 March 2019. Derivation of Name: Sir Samuel Davenport MLC 1846-1866
1 2 3 Younghusband, W. (23 February 1860). "Proclamation" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 175. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
↑ Ramsay, J.G. (25 August 1887). "Corporation of Davenport" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. pp. 441–442. Retrieved 28 March 2019.

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[LMV-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Search results for "Hundred of Davenport" with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and localities', 'Counties', 'Hundreds', 'Local Government Areas', 'SA Government Regions' and 'Gazetteer'". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 30 March 2019. Derivation of Name: Sir Samuel Davenport MLC 1846-1866

[SAGG-1860-2] 1 2 3 Younghusband, W. (23 February 1860). "Proclamation" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. p. 175. Retrieved 30 March 2019.

[SAGG-1887-3] Ramsay, J.G. (25 August 1887). "Corporation of Davenport" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. pp. 441–442. Retrieved 28 March 2019.