The Hundred of Roby is a
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 ...
within the
County of Buccleuch
The County of Buccleuch is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed in 1893 and named for the sixth Duke of Buccleuch, William Scott, of Scotland. It is located east of the Murray River at the south western edge o ...
in the Mallee region of
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 , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
.
The only township within the hundred is
Coomandook
Coomandook is a settlement about east-south-east of Adelaide on Dukes Highway 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 th ...
, a settlement about east-south-east of Adelaide on
Dukes Highway
Dukes Highway is a 190 kilometre highway corridor in South Australia which is part of the link between the Australian cities of Adelaide and Melbourne. It is part of the National Highway (Australia), National Highway system spanning Australia, a ...
.
Parts of the localities of
Cooke Plains,
Sherlock,
Peake, and
Yumali also lie within the hundred.
Local government
In 1911 the
District Council of Peake
The District Council of Peake was a local government area in the Australian state of South Australia that existed from 1911 to 1997 on land in the state’s south-east.
It was proclaimed on 16 November 1911 with its seat being located in the ...
was proclaimed and the Hundred of Roby became one of four wards within the new council area. When Peake was amalgamated with the district councils of
Coonalpyn Downs and
Meningie in 1997 the hundred became part of the much larger
Coorong District Council
Coorong District Council is a local government area in South Australia located between the River Murray and the Limestone Coast region. The district cover mostly rural areas with small townships, as well as part of the Coorong National Park.
...
.
References
Roby
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