Hundred of Dalrymple

Dalrymple
South Australia
Dalrymple is located in South Australia
Dalrymple
Dalrymple
Coordinates34°56′43″S 137°39′29″E / 34.945150°S 137.657960°E / -34.945150; 137.657960 (Hundred of Dalrymple)
Established20 June 1872
Area250 square kilometres (97 sq mi)
CountyFergusson
Lands administrative divisions around Dalrymple:
Minlacowie Minlacowie
Ramsay		 Gulf St Vincent
Moorowie Dalrymple Gulf St Vincent
Moorowie Melville Gulf St Vincent

The Hundred of Dalrymple is a cadastral unit of hundred in South Australia on the southern Yorke Peninsula. It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Fergusson. Proclaimed on 20 June 1872, it is officially thought to be named after Dalrymple, East Ayrshire, Scotland.[1]

The townships of Stansbury and Wool Bay, as well as the north eastern part of the modern bounded locality of Yorketown, are within the hundred boundaries.

Dalrymple substation, midway between Stansbury and Wool Bay at Hayward Corner, is named for the hundred.[2][3]

Name

Officially it is thought to be named after Dalrymple, East Ayrshire, Scotland,[1] but it may alternatively have been named after the father of James Fergusson, the state governor of the day, Charles Dalrymple Fergusson.

Local government

The District Council of Dalrymple was established in 1877, bringing local government to the entire hundred. In 1932 it was amalgamated along with the District Council of Melville into the District Council of Yorketown. Yorketown council was amalgamated with the councils of Central Yorke Peninsula, Warooka and Minlaton in 1997 to form the present Yorke Peninsula Council, which locally governs most of the peninsula.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Placename Details: Hundred of Dalrymple". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. SA0017747. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  2. ^ "SA power: 30MW battery to be built by ElectraNet at Dalrymple on Yorke Peninsula". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017 – via ABC News.
  3. ^ "Search result for 'Hayward Corner, JUNC'". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. SA0053122. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2017.