The Hundred of Dalrymple is a

cadastral A cadastre or cadaster is a comprehensive recording of the real estate or real property's metes-and-bounds of a country.Jo Henssen, ''Basic Principles of the Main Cadastral Systems in the World,'/ref> Often it is represented graphically in a cad ...

unit of

hundred 100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101. In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to de ...

in South Australia on the southern

Yorke Peninsula The Yorke Peninsula is a peninsula located northwest and west of Adelaide in South Australia, between Spencer Gulf on the west and Gulf St Vincent on the east. The peninsula is separated from Kangaroo Island to the south by Investigator Strai ...

. It is one of the 16 hundreds of the

County of Fergusson County of Fergusson is a cadastral unit located in the Australian state of South Australia which spans Yorke Peninsula south of Price. It was proclaimed in 1869 by Governor Fergusson after whom the county was named. Description The County ...

. Proclaimed on 20 June 1872, it is officially thought to be named after

Dalrymple, East Ayrshire Dalrymple ( sco, Drumple) is a village and parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland, lying in the Doon Valley on the north bank of the River Doon. The population is around 1,347. The name Dalrymple comes from Gaelic meaning "flat field of the crooked p ...

, Scotland. The townships of Stansbury and Wool Bay, as well as the north eastern part of the modern bounded locality of Yorketown, are within the hundred boundaries. Dalrymple substation, midway between Stansbury and Wool Bay at Hayward Corner, is named for the hundred.

Name

Officially it is thought to be named after

, Scotland, but it may alternatively have been named after the father of James Fergusson, the state governor of the day,

Charles Dalrymple Fergusson Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet of Kilkerran FRSE (1800–1849) was a Scottish lawyer. Life He was born at Fort George in Inverness-shire on 26 August 1800. He was the eldest son of Sir James Fergusson, 4th Baronet, fourth baron ...

Local government

The

District Council of Dalrymple A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

was established in 1877, bringing local government to the entire hundred. In 1932 it was amalgamated along with the

District Council of Melville A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

into the District Council of Yorketown. Yorketown council was amalgamated with the councils of Central Yorke Peninsula,

Warooka Warooka is a town on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , ...

and Minlaton in 1997 to form the present

Yorke Peninsula Council The Yorke Peninsula Council is a local government area in South Australia. Its boundaries include most of the Yorke Peninsula. The council seat is at Maitland; the council also maintains branch offices at Minlaton and Yorketown. History It ca ...

, which locally governs most of the peninsula.

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{{Reflist Dalrymple Dalrymple 1872 establishments in Australia

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