Hundred of Stokes explained

Type:cadastral
Stokes
State:sa
County:Flinders
Region:Eyre Peninsula
Lga:District Council of Tumby Bay
Est:21 November 1878
Coordinates:-34.2436°N 135.9121°W
Area:150mi2
Near-Nw:Shannon
Near-N:Brooker
Near-Ne:Moody
Near-E:Yaranyacka
Near-Se:Hutchison
Near-S:Koppio
Near-Sw:Mortlock
Near-W:Cummins

The Hundred of Stokes is a hundred in the County of Flinders, South Australia. It was proclaimed on 21 November 1878. The name is derived from Francis William Stokes, a member of the South Australian Parliament. Its extent includes the entirety of Cockaleechie in the northwest, part of Ungarra in the northeast, part of Tumby Bay in the southeast and the northern end of Yallunda Flat in the southwest.[1] [2] [3] [4]

The traditional owners of the land within the hundred are the Nauo peoples.[5]

Local government

In 1888 the Hundred of Stokes was annexed to the District Council of Lincoln as part of the District Councils Act 1887.[6] In 1906 the hundred, along with its southern and eastern neighbours, including the township of Tumby Bay, seceded to form the new District Council of Tumby Bay.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Search result for "Hundred of Stokes, HD" with the following datasets selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Gazetteer", "Counties" and "Hundreds" . Location SA Map Viewer . Government of South Australia . 24 December 2017 .
  2. The Fleurieu Peninsula Family History Group Inc. of South Australia, The Counties & Hundreds of South Australia.
  3. Web site: Counties and Hundreds – South Australia . Maureen M . Leadbeater . FamilyHistorySA.info . 5 June 2016 . 19 July 2016.
  4. Web site: HUNDRED MAP Series Index Map . December 2008 . 16 November 2015 . Department of Environment and Heritage, Government of South Australia . 27 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150927082445/http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/e929b24d-0a54-4d0b-88d6-9e4e008f770f/hundred_sheet_index.pdf . dead .
  5. David Horton (ed.), Aboriginal Australia Map, published in The Encyclopedia of Aboriginal Australia (AIATSIS. 1994).
  6. Web site: The District Councils Act 1887 No. 419 . Flinders University . 27 March 2015 . 90.