Hundred of Talunga

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Talunga
South Australia
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Bridge over the Torrens at Gumeracha, circa 1869
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Talunga
Coordinates 34°49′16″S138°56′17″E / 34.821°S 138.938°E / -34.821; 138.938 Coordinates: 34°49′16″S138°56′17″E / 34.821°S 138.938°E / -34.821; 138.938
Established29 October 1846
Area230 km2 (89 sq mi)
Region Adelaide Hills
County Adelaide
Lands administrative divisions around Talunga:
Para Wirra Para Wirra Jutland
Yatala Talunga Tungkillo
Onkaparinga Onkaparinga Kanmantoo

The Hundred of Talunga is a cadastral hundred of the County of Adelaide, South Australia, spanning the Torrens Valley in the Adelaide Hills. [1] [2] [3] [4] It was proclaimed by Governor Frederick Robe in 1846 and named for an indigenous term thought to mean 'waterhole'.

The main towns within the hundred are Cudlee Creek, Kenton Valley, Gumeracha, Mount Torrens, Birdwood, Forreston and Mount Pleasant

Local government

The earliest local government within the hundred was established with the formation of the District Council of Talunga in 1853, which covered the whole hundred. In 1884, the Mount Pleasant ward in the east of the Talunga council area seceded to join the District Council of South Rhine (later called Springton), which had been established in 1865.

In 1935, Talunga council was abolished and the area amalgamated with most of Para Wirra and Mount Crawford councils to form the District Council of Gumeracha. In the same year, the Springton and Tungkillo councils merged with parts of Mannum and Mobilong councils to form the new District Council of Mount Pleasant.

In 1997 the larger western part of the hundred came under the local governance of the much larger Adelaide Hills Council area, when that council was formed by amalgamations of Gumeracha with the neighbouring East Torrens, Onkaparinga and Stirling councils. In the same year, the old Mount Pleasant ward in the east became part of the newly-formed Barossa Council.

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References

  1. ↑ Leadbeater, Maureen M (5 June 2016). "Counties and Hundreds – South Australia". FamilyHistorySA.info. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Counties and hundreds of South Australia".
  3. ↑ "Placename Details: Hundred of Talunga". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. SA0019043. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2017. Derivation of Name: Abna for a waterhole; Other Details: Area 89 square miles. According to Chas Hope Harris the word means "waterhole formed by wash-out in creek".
  4. ↑ Hundred of Talunga, at geodata.us.
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