The Hundred of Belvidere is a
cadastral unit of
hundred located in the north
Barossa Valley of
South Australia
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in the
County of Light
The County of Light is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed by Governor George Grey in 1842 and named for the River Light, the river being named after Colonel William Light, the first Surveyor-General of South A ...
.
The lightly-populated localities central to the hundred are
St Johns,
Moppa,
Koonunga,
Ebenezer Ebenezer may refer to:
Bible
* Eben-Ezer, a place mentioned in the Books of Samuel
People
* Ebenezer (given name), a male given name
Places Australia
* Ebenezer, New South Wales
* Ebenezer, Queensland, a locality in the City of Ipswich
* Ebeneze ...
and
St Kitts. The more populous towns of
Kapunda,
Greenock
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,
Nuriootpa,
Stockwell
Stockwell is a district in south west London, part of the London Borough of Lambeth, England. It is situated south of Charing Cross. Battersea, Brixton, Clapham, South Lambeth, Oval and Kennington all border Stockwell.
History
The na ...
and
Truro, and the localities of
Bagot Well and
Fords, also cross the boundaries of the hundred, but the townships are all outside the hundred bounds.
The name appears to be derived from the
Belvidere Range
The Belvidere Range is a mountain range of the Northern Mount Lofty Ranges in South Australia.
The range was named in 1840 by early geologist/explorer Johannes Menge because he thought the highest point commanded a beautiful view (Latin ''Bellu ...
, spanning from
Nain, south-easterly adjacent to the hundred, to
Black Springs, further north. The range was named by geologist explorer
Johannes Menge
Johannes Menge (4 January 1788 – 1852), is regarded as South Australia's first geologist, though he had no formal qualifications. An early explorer of the new colony, he was influential in the settlement of the Barossa Valley.
He has been call ...
in 1841 because of the view it commanded (Latin ''bellus'' meaning beaufitful and ''videre'' meaning sight).
History
The hundred was proclaimed by Governor
Henry Young in 1851,
the northern boundary being defined as a line due west from Mount Rufus to the River Light.
The
District Council of Belvidere was established in 1866 bringing dedicated local government administration to the hundred. There were no towns within the hundred then, as is presently the case, but a council chamber was erected at Koonunga and housed the council until the hundred was annexed by the
District Council of Kapunda
The District Council of Kapunda was a local government area in South Australia from 1866 to 1996. The Kapunda town corporation was formed a year earlier in 1865 and ultimately amalgamated into the district council.
History
The Corporate Town of ...
in 1932 more than 65 years later.
When Kapunda amalgamated with the
District Council of Light in 1996, the hundred came to be administered by the much larger
Light Regional Council
Light Regional Council is a local government area north of Adelaide in South Australia. It is based in the town of Kapunda, and includes the towns of Freeling, Greenock, Hansborough, Hewett, Roseworthy and Wasleys.
The council is named for ...
.
References
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Belvidere
1851 establishments in Australia