Hundred of Wallaroo

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Wallaroo
Cadastral division
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1874 boundaries of Wallaroo Town shown on an excerpt of an 1888 map of the hundred
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Wallaroo
Coordinates: 33°59′42″S138°39′07″E / 33.995°S 138.652°E / -33.995; 138.652
Country Australia
State South Australia
Region Yorke Peninsula
LGA(s)
Established12 June 1862
Area
 • Total
320 km2 (124 sq mi)
County Daly
Lands administrative divisions around Wallaroo
Spencer Gulf Tickera Tickera
Spencer Gulf Wallaroo Kadina
Spencer Gulf Tiparra Tiparra

The Hundred of Wallaroo is a cadastral unit of hundred located on the Copper Coast of South Australia. [1] It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Daly. [2] It was named in 1862 by Governor Dominick Daly [1] after the indigenous term wadla warru presumed to mean wallaby urine. [1]

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Locations

Map of the hundred in 1912 Hundred of Wallaroo, 1912 (23156183994).jpg
Map of the hundred in 1912

The most densely populated town and localities of the Copper Coast council are situated inside (or largely inside) the bounds of the Hundred of Wallaroo:

Local government

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hundred of Wallaroo". Land Services, Government of South Australia. SA0016834. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2017. Derivation of Name: Corruption of Abna wadla warru; Other Details: Area 124 square miles. Wadla warru means wallaby's urine twisted to wallawaroo then to wallaroo.
  2. ↑ South Australia hundred maps 1:63 360. Surveyor General's Office. 1867.
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