The Hundred of Stanley 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. It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Stanley. The following localities and towns of the Clare and Gilbert Valleys council area are situated inside (or largely inside) the bounds of the hundred:

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, Black Springs, Mintaro (part),

Farrell Flat Farrell Flat (formerly Hanson) is a town in South Australia. The town is located east of Clare and southwest of Burra on the former Peterborough railway line, in the Regional Council of Goyder. At the 2006 census, Farrell Flat and the surrou ...

(part) and Manoora (part)

History

The hundred was proclaimed in 1851 by Governor

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and named after its parent County of Stanley, which itself was named after Edward Smith-Stanley, a British parliamentarian who had, in 1842, advocated financial support for the province of South Australia. The first local government bodies within the hundred were the District Council of Stanley and District Council of Black Springs, established in 1868. Both councils ultimately became a part of the

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. Clare council in turn ultimately became part of the much larger

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 ...

by amalgamation with councils to its south in 1997.

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1851 establishments in Australia States and territories established in 1851 Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby

History

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