Hundred of Dublin

Dublin South Australia
Dublin
Coordinates	34°27′0″S 138°21′0″E
Established	22 May 1856
Area	310 km^2 (119.5 sq mi)
Region	Northern Adelaide Plains
County	Gawler
Lands administrative divisions around Dublin: Inkerman Balaklava Dalkey Gulf St Vincent Dublin Grace Gulf St Vincent Port Gawler Port Gawler

The Hundred of Dublin is a cadastral unit of hundred located on the northern Adelaide Plains of South Australia spanning the township of Dublin and surrounds.[1] It is one of the eight hundreds of the County of Gawler.[2] It was proclaimed in 1856 by Governor Anthony Musgrave[1] and named by Governor Richard Graves MacDonnell after Dublin, Ireland, where he was born.[3]

The following localities and towns of the Adelaide Plains Council area are situated inside (or largely inside) the bounds of the Hundred of Dublin:

• Dublin
• Thompson Beach
• Webb Beach
• Parham
• Windsor
• Calomba
• Wild Horse Plains (southern half)
• Long Plains (southern half)

See also

• District Council of Dublin
• Lands administrative divisions of South Australia

References

1. "Placename Details: Hundred of Dublin". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 29 January 2009. SA0020882. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2017. Derivation of Name: A city in Ireland; Other Details: Area 119 1/2 square miles.
2. South Australia hundred maps 1:63 360. Surveyor General's Office. 1867.
3. Manning, Geoffrey. "Dublin" (PDF). Manning Index of South Austrlalian History - Place Names of South Australia – via State Library of South Australia. The Hundred of Dublin, County of Gawler, was proclaimed on 22 May 1856 and named by Governor MacDonnell after his birthplace in Ireland