The Hundred of Forrest is a cadastral
hundred of the
County of Robinson
The County of Robinson is one of the 49 counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed in 1883 by Governor William Robinson who named it after himself. It lies on the north west coast of Eyre Peninsula stretching from Streaky Bay inland to i ...
in
South Australia.
It is located at 32°47′50″S 134°12′40″E on the coast on the western side of the
Eyre Peninsula, in
South Australia just off the
Flinders Highway northwest of
Port Lincoln and west by road from
Adelaide. The main population centre is the
Streaky Bay
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hinterland.
History
The
traditional owners of the area are the
Wirangu and
Nauo
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Cou ...
people, both speakers of the
Wirangu language. The first
European
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to sight the area was Dutch explorer
Pieter Nuyts, in 1627 in the
Golden Zeepaard and in 1802
Matthew Flinders
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. Flinders named Streaky Bay whilst on his voyage in the Investigator. The first European land exploration was that of
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and
Samuel Stephens in 1839, followed by
Edward John Eyrein the same year.
Climate
The climate is described as average in summer and winter with an average rainfall of per year.
References
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