Hundred Of Rounsevell
The Hundred of Rounsevell is a cadastral Hundred (county division), hundred of the County of Robinson in South Australia. The main town of the hundred is Mortana, South Australia, Mortana. References

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Murphys Haystacks
Murphy's Haystacks are inselberg rock formations located at Mortana, between Streaky Bay and Port Kenny on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. They are of a 'tumulus' form of weathered granite outcrop. They are made of a pink, massive, coarsely equigranular rock consisting mostly of quartz and orthoclase. Their appearance may be due to a combination of erosion by underground rainwater and then by subsequent weathering after they were exposed. Most of the pillars emerge without a break from the underlying granite. Their structural base may be of orthogonal or vertically-aligned sheet jointing. They obtained their name because a traveller in a coach saw the formation in the distance. He asked how a farmer could produce so much hay. As the farm was on a property owned by a man called Murphy, the rocks became known as Murphy's Haystacks. The site is listed on the South Australian Heritage Register The South Australian Heritage Register, also known as the SA Heritage Registe ...
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