The Hundred of Gilbert is a

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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 ...

in the northern Mount Lofty Ranges including the town of Riverton. It is one of the nine hundreds of 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 ...

. It was proclaimed in 1851 by Governor

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and named after the Gilbert River, which flows from north to south through the hundred. The river, in turn, was named in honour of South Australian pioneer Thomas Gilbert. Riverton, Marrabel (west half), Rhynie (part east of

Horrocks Highway Main North Road is the major north-south arterial route through the suburbs north of the Adelaide City Centre in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. It continues north through the settled areas of South Australia and is a total of long, fro ...

), Giles Corner (part) and Tarlee of the Clare and Gilbert Valleys council are situated inside (or largely inside) the bounds of the Hundred of Gilbert, as well as

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(west of Marrabel Road) of the

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Local government

The District Council of Gilbert was established in 1866 with boundaries including all of the hundred except that part west of the contemporary

, which was already governed by the

District Council of Stockport The District Council of Stockport was a local government area in South Australia seated at Stockport from 1865 to 1932. History The council was proclaimed on 23 November 1865 and included land either side of the Gilbert River across the Hundred ...

. In 1932 a small part of the council's south east was added to 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 ...

and the remainder was joined with the councils of Rhynie and Stockport to form the new

District Council of Riverton 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 ...

. From 1997 the

District Council of Clare and Gilbert Valleys The Clare and Gilbert Valleys Council is a local government area located in the Yorke and Mid North region of South Australia. The council was founded on 1 July 1997 with the amalgamation of the District Council of Clare, the District Council of ...

amalgamated the council of Riverton with the councils of Clare and Saddleworth & Auburn. In 1996 the small south east portion of the hundred became part of the District Council of Light and Kapunda (later called Light Regional Council) by the amalgamation of the District Council of Light and the Kapunda council.

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* {{Cite web , url=http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/maps/series/hundreds_SA_63360/G/gilbert/map830bje63360_gilbert1875.pdf , title=Map of Hundred of Gilbert, 1875 , date=1875 , publisher=State Library of South Australia , accessdate=21 June 2017 Gilbert

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