The Hundred of Mount Muirhead is a cadastral division of the

County of Grey The County of Grey is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed in 1846 by Governor Frederick Robe and named for former Governor George Grey. It covers the extreme south-east of the state from Penola and Lake Georg ...

in southeastern South Australia. It was named on 15 July 1869 for the geographical feature of the same name which, in turn, was named by

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for one of his stockmen. Two townships lie within the hundred— Millicent and Hatherleigh along with the localities of Sebastopol and Rocky Camp. Parts of

Rendelsham Rendelsham is a town in the south-east of South Australia, south east of the state capital, Adelaide. It is on the Southern Ports Highway between Beachport and Millicent. Rendelsham was also on the narrow-gauge railway between Beachport and ...

, Furner, Canunda and Mount Burr localities also overlap the hundred. The hundred includes the northern part of

Canunda National Park Canunda National Park is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located about southeast of Adelaide, on the coast about southwest of Millicent. It consists of coastal dunes, limestone cliffs, and natural bushland. The ...

Local government

The historic Drainage District of Mount Muirhead and Drainage District of Mayurra (established 1882) were located in the vicinity of the hundred. The Mayurra district formed the basis of the early local government body, the District Council of Mayurra, later renamed to Millicent, and likewise Mount Muirhead to the north formed the basis for the

District Council of Mount Muirhead The District Council of Mount Muirhead was a local government area in South Australia from 1888 to 1914. History According to South Australian local government historian Sue Marsden "development of South Australia's South East was greatly helped ...

(both established in 1888). Mount Muirhead district was amalgamated into Millicent district in 1914, bringing the whole hundred under a single local government for the first time. Millicent was amalgamated with Beachport and Penola councils in 1997 to form the much larger

Wattle Range Council Wattle Range Council is a local government area in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia. It stretches from the coast at Beachport east to the Victorian border. It had a population of over 11,000 as at the 2016 Census. The council is ...

but the council seat remained at Millicent.

References

Mount Muirhead 1869 establishments in Australia {{SouthAustralia-geo-stub