Hundred of Yarra

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The Hundred of Yarra is a cadastral hundred of the County of Newcastle in South Australia.

The traditional owners of the area are the Ngadjuri peoples, [1] and the first European explorer to the area was Thomas Burr in September 1842.

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References

  1. "Ngadjuri". AusAnthrop Australian Aboriginal tribal database. Retrieved 16 March 2015.

Coordinates: 32°11′42″S138°12′54″E / 32.195°S 138.215°E / -32.195; 138.215