Hundred of Woolundunga

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Woolundunga
South Australia
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Pichi Richi Railway carriages at Saltia in the northwest of the hundred
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Woolundunga
Coordinates 32°32′S138°01′E / 32.53°S 138.01°E / -32.53; 138.01 Coordinates: 32°32′S138°01′E / 32.53°S 138.01°E / -32.53; 138.01
Established8 July 1875
Area410 km2 (157 sq mi)
County Frome
Lands administrative divisions around Woolundunga:
Crozier Pichi Richi Palmer
Davenport Woolundunga Willochra
Winninowie Winninowie Gregory

The Hundred of Woolundunga is a cadastral unit of hundred in South Australia spanning Mount Brown Conservation Park and including the localities of Woolundunga and Saltia. [1] It is one of the 14 hundreds of the County of Frome close to the northeast coast of Spencer Gulf.

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References

  1. "Hundred of Woolundunga". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. SA0024695. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2018. Other Details: Area 157 square miles. Aboriginal for some springs at Mt Brown, also the name of an Aboriginal tribe.