Hundred of Dublin explained

Type:	cadastral
Dublin
State:	sa
Coordinates:	-34.45°N 138.35°W
County:	Gawler
Region:	Northern Adelaide Plains
Est:	22 May 1856
Area:	119.5order=flipNaNorder=flip
Near-Nw:	Inkerman
Near-N:	Balaklava
Near-Ne:	Dalkey
Near-E:	Grace
Near-Se:	Port Gawler
Near-S:	Port Gawler
Near-Sw:	Gulf St Vincent
Near-W:	Gulf St Vincent

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Placename Details: Hundred of Dublin . Property Location Browser . SA0020882 . 29 January 2009 . . 6 November 2017 . Derivation of Name: A city in Ireland; Other Details: Area 119 1/2 square miles. . 7 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151207082745/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . dead .
2. Book: South Australia hundred maps 1:63 360 . Surveyor General's Office . 1867.
3. Web site: Dublin . Manning Index of South Austrlalian History - Place Names of South Australia . Geoffrey . Manning . Geoffrey Manning . 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.