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Hundred Of Redhill
The Hundred of Redhill is a cadastral unit of hundred located in the Mid North of South Australia spanning the northern Barunga Range. It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Daly and was named in 1869 by Governor James Fergusson after the same hill giving rise to the name for the township of Redhill, uphill from the west bank of the Broughton River. The town of Redhill and the locality of Collinsfield are inside the Hundred of Redhill as well as the east half of Clements Gap and a north eastern portion of Mundoora. Local government The District Council of Broughton was established in 1888 to locally govern the hundreds of Redhill, Mundoora, Wokurna and Koolunga, each of the four constituent hundreds forming a ward of the council. The council was renamed to the District Council of Red Hill (later Redhill) in 1912. From 1988, the Redhill ward, matching hundred boundaries, remained a ward in the larger District Council of Crystal Brook-Redhill following amalgamation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Of Daly
The County of Daly is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed in 1862 and named for Governor Dominick Daly. It covers the northern half of Yorke Peninsula stretching just east of the Hummock-Barunga Range in the west and just past the Broughton River in the north. Hundreds The county is divided into the following sixteen hundreds from north to south: * Hundred of Mundoora (Fisherman Bay, Clements Gap, Mundoora, Port Broughton) * Hundred of Redhill ( Redhill, Mundoora, Collinsfield) * Hundred of Wokurna (Port Broughton, Wokurna) * Hundred of Barunga ( Snowtown, Hope Gap) * Hundred of Tickera ( Tickera, Alford) * Hundred of Wiltunga ( Bute) * Hundred of Cameron ( Bumbunga, Lochiel, Barunga Gap) * Hundred of Ninnes ( Ninnes, Thomas Plain) * Hundred of Kadina ( Kadina, Willamulka, Thrington) * Hundred of Wallaroo (Wallaroo, Kadina, Moonta) * Hundred of Kulpara ( Kulpara, Paskeville, South Hummocks, Melton) * Hundred of Clinton ( Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barunga Range
The Barunga Range is a range of hills in the northern Mount Lofty Ranges starting near Clements Gap and Merriton in South Australia's Mid North. At the range's southern end it merges with Hummock Range at Barunga Gap, approximately south west of Snowtown. The name 'Barunga' derives from an indigenous term meaning "gap in the range". The Barunga and Hummock ranges are host to the Clements Gap and Snowtown wind farms. Etymology According to the Australian Biospecimen Network Association, ''Barunga'' is an indigenous term meaning "gap in the range", but South Australian historian Geoffrey Manning instead states it means "place for meat". The term was also used to name Barunga Hill, north west of Snowtown, and Barunga Creek, which flows off from Barunga Range to the south west of Snowtown. The term was also used in turn to name the cadastral Hundred of Barunga The Hundred of Barunga is a cadastral unit of hundred located in the Mid North of South Australia on the approxim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Port Pirie
The City of Port Pirie was a local government area in South Australia from 1876 to 1997, centred on the city of Port Pirie. It was proclaimed on 28 September 1876 as the Corporate Town of Port Pirie, nearly four years after the town was surveyed. It consisted of two wards (North and South) at its creation, each electing two councillors. It subsequently expanded to four wards: North, South, West and Solomontown. It occupied a room in the Institute building in its early decades as a combined office and council chamber. The council purchased the buildings of the Institute Committee in 1932, and after substantial renovations, reopened the former institute as the new Port Pirie Town Hall and Municipal Offices. A new building next door was built for the Institute Library next door. Both developments had been funded from the profits of the council's electric works. It also owned a camping ground at Mount Ferguson, following the gift of a former Broken Hill Associated Smelters Camp wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District Council Of Crystal Brook
The District Council of Crystal Brook was a local government area in South Australia from 1882 until 1988, seated at Crystal Brook. History The Hundred of Crystal Brook was released for settlement under the Strangways Land Act with the first land sale on 3 March 1873. A Local Board of Main Roads for the North Midland District was established at Gladstone in 1874. This ceased to function in 1887. The District Council of Crystal Brook was proclaimed on 11 November 1882, and comprised only the township of Crystal Brook and the suburban sections of the hundred, after a proposed broader council covering the entire hundred met with resistance from rural residents. The council expanded significantly under the ''District Councils Act 1887'', adding the remainder of the Hundred of Crystal Brook, the sections of the Hundred of Pirie not included in the Corporate Town of Port Pirie, the entirety of the Hundreds of Napperby and Wandearah, and the as yet ungazetted Hundred of Howe (sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District Council Of Crystal Brook-Redhill
The District Council of Crystal Brook-Redhill was a local government area in South Australia. It came into existence on 1 July 1988 as a result of the merger of the District Council of Crystal Brook and District Council of Redhill at the instigation of the two councils. It followed an earlier unsuccessful proposal that would have also involved the District Council of Georgetown joining the merger. The new council had twelve members, representing the seven wards of the two former councils: Town Ward (4 members), Koolunga Ward (2 members), Redhill Ward (2 members), Broughton Extension Ward, East Ward, Napperby Ward and West Wards (1 member each). As of 1995, the district council operated from chambers located in Crystal Brook. It ceased operation on 17 March 1997, when it amalgamated with the City of Port Pirie to form the Port Pirie Regional Council. Former state MP Ivan Venning Ivan Howard Venning (born 26 December 1945) is an Australian politician and was the Liberal Party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District Council Of Broughton
Broughton may refer to: People *Broughton (name) Places Australia * Broughton, Queensland, a locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland * Broughton, Victoria Canada * Broughton, Nova Scotia * Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia ** Broughton Island (British Columbia), an island in that archipelago ** North Broughton Island, to the north of Broughton Island ** Broughton Point, on the south coast of North Broughton Island *the Broughton Strait off the north coast of Vancouver Island, between that island and Queen Charlotte Strait *the Broughton Peaks, a small group of peaks in the Barkley Sound region of the west coast of Vancouver Island Jamaica * Broughton, Jamaica United Kingdom England * Broughton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire * Broughton, Cambridgeshire * Broughton, Claverley, Shropshire, a List of United Kingdom locations: Broo-Brt#Broo-Broy, location * Broughton, Craven, North Yorkshire * Broughton, Cumbria * Broughton, Hampshire * Broughton, Lancashire * Brought ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mundoora, South Australia
Mundoora is a settlement in South Australia, 16 km inland from Port Broughton, to which it was connected by the horse-drawn Port Broughton tramway around 1876. Its tram, dubbed "The Pie Cart", which was described as a "kind of second-hand coffin drawn by one horse" and still in operation in 1923 was later relegated to the Railways Museum and the line dismantled. At the 2006 census, Mundoora had a population of 248. Governance The first local government established in the area was the District Council of Broughton, later called District Council of Redhill. Mundoora was never served by the historic District Council of Mundoora, which was instead based at Port Broughton, to the west. Today the township of Mundoora is in the District Council of Barunga West but the locality is at the meeting point of three local government areas, the Port Pirie Regional Council spanning the north east and Wakefield Regional Council spanning the south east corners of the locality. Mundoora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clements Gap, South Australia
Clements Gap is a locality in South Australia's Mid North. The name is a reference to the co-located pass through the north end of the Barunga Range. The Clements Gap pass in turn is thought to be named after a shepherd in the area prior to 1880, per research by local historian Rodney Cockburn. The Clements Gap school was opened in 1880 by John Wauchope and closed in 1942. See also * Clements Gap Conservation Park Clements Gap Conservation Park is a protected area located in the Mid North of South Australia about west of Redhill, South Australia, Redhill, north east of Port Broughton, South Australia, Port Broughton and 42 metres above sea level. The pa ... * Clements Gap Wind Farm * List of cities and towns in South Australia References External links * * Towns in South Australia {{SouthAustralia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broughton River (South Australia)
The Broughton River is a river in the Australian state of South Australia. Course The river flows from the junction of the Hill River and the Yakillo Creek immediately south of Spalding in a westerly direction towards Spencer Gulf. Its mouth is located in the gazetted locality of Port Davis about north of Port Broughton and south west of Port Pirie. Tributaries of the Broughton include Freshwater Creek, Bundaleer Creek, the Rocky River, Crystal Brook, Yakillo Creek, the Hill River and the Hutt River. The river descends over its course. History The river was named in May 1839 in honour of the Anglican cleric, William Broughton, by the explorer, Edward John Eyre. See also *Rivers of South Australia This is a list of rivers of Australia. Rivers are ordered alphabetically, by state. The same river may be found in more than one state as many rivers cross state borders. Longest rivers nationally Longest river by state or territory Althoug ... References Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redhill, South Australia
Redhill (formerly Broughton) is a town in the Mid North of South Australia adjacent to the Broughton River. Governance Redhill is in the Port Pirie Regional Council local government area, the South Australian House of Assembly electoral district of Frome and the Australian House of Representatives Division of Grey. History Redhill was established in the late nineteenth century under the name of ''Broughton'', with a hotel, blacksmith, general store and other businesses built within the township. A primary school operated in the town for many years. Several churches were also built in the township and there is also a cemetery on the town's south eastern outskirts. The town now has a small museum opposite the hotel (''Eureka Hotel''), located in the former District Council of Redhill offices. It was renamed as ''Redhill'' in 1940, but was known by that name well before then. The Redhill Geological Site on the Redhill to Yacka Road is listed on the South Australian Herita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet
Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet (14 March 1832 – 14 January 1907) was a British soldier, Conservative politician and colonial administrator. Background and education Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Fergusson was the eldest son of Sir Charles Fergusson, 5th Baronet, and his wife Helen, daughter of David Boyle. He was educated at Cheam, Rugby, and University College, Oxford (although he left without taking a degree). He entered the Grenadier Guards in 1851 and served in the Crimean War where he was wounded. He retired from the army in 1859. Political and administrative career Fergusson was elected Member of Parliament for Ayrshire and represented the constituency in parliament from 1854 to 1857 and 1859 to 1868. He was Under-Secretary of State for India under Lord Derby from 1866 to 1867 and Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department from 1867 to 1868 under Derby and Benjamin Disraeli and was admitted to the Privy Council in 1868. Fergusson served as Governor of South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
