Hundred of Willunga

Willunga
South Australia
Willunga
Coordinates 35°14′S 138°32′E / 35.24°S 138.53°E / -35.24; 138.53Coordinates: 35°14′S 138°32′E / 35.24°S 138.53°E / -35.24; 138.53
Established 29 October 1846
Area 260 km2 (99 sq mi)
County Adelaide
Lands administrative divisions around Willunga:
Gulf St Vincent Noarlunga Kuitpo
Gulf St Vincent Willunga Kuitpo
Myponga Myponga Myponga

The Hundred of Willunga is a cadastral unit of hundred covering the extreme south suburbs of the Adelaide metropolitan area and the flanking semi-rural areas on South Australia's northern Fleurieu Peninsula.[1] It is one of the eleven hundreds of the County of Adelaide.[2] It was named in 1846 by Governor Frederick Robe probably deriving from a Kaurna/Ngarrindjeri place label willannga, meaning place of green trees.[3][4]

The hundred is bounded on the north by the Onkaparinga River and includes the McLaren Vale wine region. The bounds of the Hundred of Willunga span the southern half of the contemporary City of Onkaparinga local government area, including localities south of the Onkaparinga and west of Kangarilla and Kuitpo.

Local government

The District Council of Willunga was established in 1853 to govern the hundred. By 1856, residents on the northern boundary at Noarlunga had seceded from the council along with parts of Morphett Vale over the Onkaparinga River to form the District Council of Noarlunga. The following year, residents of Aldinga successfully lobbied for their own independent local governance and the District Council of Aldinga was formed. In 1932 Aldinga was dissolved and the land absorbed back into Willunga council. In 1997 Willunga council was amalgamated with Noarlunga and Happy Valley councils to the north to form the City of Onkaparinga, spanning both the Hundred of Willunga and Hundred of Noarlunga.

Towns and other localities

The following Adelaide seaside suburbs and semi-urban localities are located within the hundred:

The following semi-rural towns and localities are located within the hundred:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Search for 'Hundred of Willunga'". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. SA0022178. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  2. ↑ South Australia hundred maps 1:63 360. Surveyor General's Office. 1867.
  3. ↑ "Place Names of South Australia - Willunga". Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. 1990. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  4. ↑ Amery, Rob; Buckskin, Vincent (Jack) Kanya (March 2009), "Chapter 10. Pinning down Kaurna names: Linguistic issues arising in the development of the Kaurna Placenames Database" (PDF), in Hercus, Luise; Hodges, Flavia; Simpson, Jane, The Land is a Map: Placenames of Indigenous Origin in Australia, ANU Press, p. 201, ISBN 9781921536571
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