Hundred of Gregory

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Gregory
South Australia
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Willochra Plain from the northern foothills of Mount Remarkable, facing north
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Gregory
Coordinates 32°44′10″S138°09′54″E / 32.736°S 138.165°E / -32.736; 138.165 Coordinates: 32°44′10″S138°09′54″E / 32.736°S 138.165°E / -32.736; 138.165
Established12 August 1858
Area230 km2 (90 sq mi)
LGA(s) Mount Remarkable
County Frome
Lands administrative divisions around Gregory:
Woolundunga Willochra Pinda
Winninowie Gregory Willowie
Baroota Wongyarra Booleroo

The Hundred of Gregory is a cadastral hundred of the County of Frome in South Australia. [1] It was proclaimed by Governor Richard MacDonnell in 1858 and named for the explorer, Augustus Charles Gregory.

The hundred straddles the northern slopes of Mount Remarkable from just north of Melrose to just south of Wilmington. No townships or significant settlements lie within the hundred but the entirety is enclosed within the local bounds of Wilmington in the north and Melrose in the south.

Local government

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Hundred of Gregory, 1886

The District Council of Wilmington, established in 1888, included the whole of the Hundred of Gregory along with neighbouring hundreds to the north, northeast and east. In 1890 the southern part of the hundred was annexed by the District Council of Port Germein but this was returned to Wilmington in 1933. 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. "Placename Details: Hundred of Gregory". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. SA0028068. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2017. Derivation of Name: Explorer, A C Gregory; Other Details: Area 90 square miles.