Hundred of Dublin

Dublin
Cadastral division
Dublin
Coordinates: 34°27′0″S138°21′0″E / 34.45000°S 138.35000°E / -34.45000; 138.35000
Country	Australia
State	South Australia
Region	Northern Adelaide Plains
Established	22 May 1856
Area
• Total	310 km2 (119.5 sq mi)
County	Gawler
Lands administrative divisions around Dublin Inkerman Balaklava Dalkey Gulf St Vincent Dublin Grace Gulf St Vincent Port Gawler Port Gawler

The Hundred of Dublin is a cadastral unit of hundred located on the northern Adelaide Plains of South Australia spanning the township of Dublin and surrounds. ^[1] It is one of the eight hundreds of the County of Gawler. ^[2] It was proclaimed in 1856 by Governor Anthony Musgrave ^[1] and named by Governor Richard Graves MacDonnell after Dublin, Ireland, where he was born. ^[3]

The following localities and towns of the Adelaide Plains Council area are situated inside (or largely inside) the bounds of the Hundred of Dublin:

• Dublin
• Thompson Beach
• Webb Beach
• Parham
• Windsor
• Calomba
• Wild Horse Plains (southern half)
• Long Plains (southern half)

See also

• District Council of Dublin
• Lands administrative divisions of South Australia

References

1. "Placename Details: Hundred of Dublin". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 29 January 2009. SA0020882. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2017. Derivation of Name: A city in Ireland; Other Details: Area 119 1/2 square miles.
2. South Australia hundred maps 1:63 360. Surveyor General's Office. 1867.
3. Manning, Geoffrey. "Dublin" (PDF). Manning Index of South Austrlalian History - Place Names of South Australia– via State Library of South Australia. The Hundred of Dublin, County of Gawler, was proclaimed on 22 May 1856 and named by Governor MacDonnell after his birthplace in Ireland