The Hundred of Tungkillo is a
cadastral unit of
hundred in the southeastern foothills of the
Mount Lofty Ranges.
One of the 10 hundreds of the
County of Sturt
The County of Sturt is one of the Lands administrative divisions of South Australia, 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed by Governor George Grey in 1842 and named for early Australian explorer, Charles Sturt. It stretches ...
, it was proclaimed on 7 August 1851 by Governor
Henry Young. According to local historian
Geoff Manning
Geoffrey Haydon Manning (1926–2018) was an Australian author and historian, commonly known as Geoff Manning and cited as an author as Geoffrey H. Manning. He is known particularly for his books on South Australian placenames; ''Manning's Place ...
, the place name is derived from ''tainkila'' an indigenous term used by the
Peramangk
The Peramangk are an Aboriginal Australian people whose lands traditionally comprise the Adelaide Hills, as well as lands to the west of the Murray River in mid Murraylands and through to the northern part of the Fleurieu Peninsula in the Au ...
people meaning "ghost moth grubs"
which was first applied to Tungkillo mine, about south of the township of
Palmer in the east of the hundred.
Apart from the towns of
Tungkillo in the hundred's west
and
Palmer in the hundred's east, minor portions of the localities of
Mount Pleasant,
Birdwood,
Mount Torrens,
Milendella,
Mannum and
Rockleigh cross over the western, northern and eastern borders of the hundred, respectively.
Local government
The
District Council of Tungkillo
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was established in 1855, incorporating the entirety of the hundred. In 1935 the council amalgamated with the
District of Springton to become part of the new
District of Mount Pleaseant. In the late 1990s the councils in the region were shuffled again and Mount Pleasant was dissolved. The Hundred of Tungkillo became the Tungkillo–Palmer ward of the new
Mid Murray Council. the hundred forms a part of the Mid Murray council's Shearer ward.
See also
*
Lands administrative divisions of South Australia
References
{{Hundreds of South Australia
1851 establishments in Australia
Tungkillo