The County of Adelaide is one of the
49 cadastral counties of
South Australia and contains the city of
Adelaide.
It was proclaimed on 2 June 1842 by
Governor Grey. It is bounded by the
Gawler River and
North Para River in the north, the
Mount Lofty Ranges in the east, and
Gulf St Vincent in the west. The south border runs from
Aldinga Bay to
Willunga South and
Mount Magnificent
M, or m, is the 13th letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''em'' (pronounced ), plural ''ems''.
History
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The county held at least 60% of South Australia's population between 1855 and 1921; this figure rose to 70.6% in 1966.
Hundreds
The county is divided into the following
hundreds, from north west to south east:
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Hundred of Port Adelaide in the north west beside
Gulf St Vincent between the
Gawler River and
Grand Junction Road
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Hundred of Barossa in the north spanning the
Barossa Range
The Barossa Range ( Kaurna: ''Yampoori'') is a mountain range located in the Australian state of South Australia.
Location
The range is a part of the southern Mount Lofty Ranges and the western slopes primarily fall into the Barossa Valley ...
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Hundred of Munno Para in the north between the
Gawler and
Little Para rivers
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Hundred of Para Wirra in the north east immediately south of the
South Para River
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Hundred of Yatala beside
Gulf St Vincent between the Little Para and Torrens rivers
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Hundred of Talunga in the east, spanning the
Torrens Valley in the
Adelaide Hills
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Hundred of Adelaide in the west beside
Gulf St Vincent and south of the
Torrens River
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Hundred of Onkaparinga in the east spanning the
Onkaparinga Valley
The Onkaparinga River, known as Ngangkiparri or Ngangkiparingga ("place of the women’s river") in the Kaurna language, is a river located in the Southern Adelaide region in the Australian state of South Australia. Rising in the Mount Lofty Ran ...
in the
Adelaide Hills
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Hundred of Noarlunga in the south west beside
Gulf St Vincent between the
Sturt and
Onkaparinga rivers
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Hundred of Willunga in the south beside
Gulf St Vincent and immediately south of the Onkaparinga
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Hundred of Kuitpo in the south east spanning the
Adelaide Hills from the upper Onkaparinga and
South Eastern Freeway to
Mount Magnificent
M, or m, is the 13th letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''em'' (pronounced ), plural ''ems''.
History
The let ...
See also
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Lands administrative divisions of South Australia
References
{{Australian cadastral capitals
Adelaide