Hundred of Mount Muirhead

Hundred of Mount Muirhead South Australia
Hundred of Mount Muirhead
Coordinates	37.528°S 140.333°E / -37.528; 140.333
Established	July 15, 1869 (1869-07-15)
Area	101 square miles (260 km^2)[1]
LGA(s)	Wattle Range Council
Region	Limestone Coast
County	County of Grey
Hundred	Mount Muirhead
Lands administrative divisions around Hundred of Mount Muirhead: Symon Kennion Short Rivoli Bay Mount Muirhead Riddoch Mayurra Mayurra Hindmarsh

The Hundred of Mount Muirhead is a cadastral division of the County of Grey in southeastern South Australia. It was named on 15 July 1869 for the geographical feature of the same name which, in turn, was named by Charles Bonney for one of his stockmen.[1][2]

Two townships lie within the hundred—Millicent and Hatherleigh along with the localities of Sebastopol and Rocky Camp. Parts of Rendelsham, Furner, Canunda and Mount Burr localities also overlap the hundred. The hundred includes the northern part of Canunda National Park.

Local government

The historic Drainage District of Mount Muirhead and Drainage District of Mayurra (established 1882) were located in the vicinity of the hundred. The Mayurra district formed the basis of the early local government body, the District Council of Mayurra, later renamed to Millicent, and likewise Mount Muirhead to the north formed the basis for the District Council of Mount Muirhead (both established in 1888).[3] Mount Muirhead district was amalgamated into Millicent district in 1914, bringing the whole hundred under a single local government for the first time. Millicent was amalgamated with Beachport and Penola councils in 1997 to form the much larger Wattle Range Council but the council seat remained at Millicent.

References

1. "Placename Details: Hundred of Mount Muirhead". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 29 January 2009. SA0035680. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
2. "Placename Details: Mount Muirhead". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 11 March 2008. SA0035689. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2019. Named By: Charles Bonney; Derivation of Name: One of his stockmen
3. Marsden, Susan (2012). "LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA: A HISTORY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COUNCILS to 1936" (PDF). Retrieved 22 January 2019.