The Hundred of English 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 des ...

containing all or part of the localities of Brady Creek (also in Hundred of Apoinga), Robertstown (extends into both Hundreds of Apoinga and

Bright Bright may refer to: Common meanings *Bright, an adjective meaning giving off or reflecting illumination; see Brightness *Bright, an adjective meaning someone with intelligence People * Bright (surname) * Bright (given name) *Bright, the stage na ...

), Rocky Plain, Geranium Plains (spans hundreds of Bright, Bundey and Bower), Ngapala, Point Pass, Australia Plains (also in Hundred of Bower) and Eudunda (mostly in

Hundred of Neales The Hundred of Neales is a hundred and a locality within the County of Eyre, South Australia The main towns of the hundred are Eudunda Eudunda is a rural town in South Australia, roughly 103 kilometres northeast of Adelaide, established in 18 ...

). It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Eyre. It was named in 1866 by Governor of South Australia,

Dominick Daly Sir Dominick Daly (11 August 1798 – 19 February 1868) was the Governor of Prince Edward Island from 11 July 1854 to 25 May 1859 and later Governor of South Australia from 4 March 1862 until his death on 19 February 1868. He was born in ...

after T English MLC (1820–1884), a former mayor of

Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...

and current Member of the colony's Legislative Council at the time. Local government came to the Hundred of English when the

District Council of English The District Council of English was a local government area in South Australia from 1878 to 1932. The council was proclaimed on 31 October 1878, consisting of the whole of the cadastral Hundred of English, in which residents had been advocating ...

was established on 31 October 1878, with boundaries the same as the hundred. The Hundred of English became the English and Point Pass wards of the

District Council of Robertstown The District Council of Robertstown was a Local government areas of South Australia, local government area in South Australia from 1932 to 1997. The central town and council seat was Robertstown, South Australia, Robertstown. It was established ...

in 1932. It became part of the much larger

Regional Council of Goyder The Regional Council of Goyder is a local government area located in the Mid North region of South Australia. The council area is reliant on agriculture as a mainstay of its economy, with manufacturing and tourism also becoming prominent. The co ...

in 1997.

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English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...