The Hundred of Witera is a cadastral hundred of the

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History

The traditional owners of the area are the Wirangu and Nauo people. In 1802

Matthew Flinders Captain Matthew Flinders (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was a British navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then called New Holland. He is also credited as being the first person to u ...

. Flinders named Streaky Bay whilst on his voyage in the Investigator. The first European land exploration was that of

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and Samuel Stephens in 1839, followed by Edward John Eyre in the same year.

Climate

The climate is described as average in summer and winter with an average rainfall of per year.

References

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