The Hundred of Yackamoorundie is a
cadastral unit of hundred in the
County of Stanley,
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 ...
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The main town of the hundred is
Yacka, which was named after the hundred, the hundred in turn being named after
Yackamoorundie Creek.
The bounded locality of
Gulnare, which overlaps the hundred's northern border is the only other town or locality within the hundred. Rising north of
Caltowie in the
Hundred of Caltowie, the Yackamoorundie Creek, a tributary of the
Rocky River Rocky River may refer to:
Localities
*Rocky River, Ohio, USA
* Rocky River, New South Wales near Uralla, Australia
Electorates
*Electoral district of Rocky River (South Australia)
Streams
In Australia:
* Rocky River (New South Wales)
* R ...
, flows briefly through the hundred near Gulnare, at which point it makes a significant change from flowing southwards to flowing westwards.
The indigenous place name ''yackamoorundie'' or ''jakaramurundi'' is officially thought to mean "sister to the big river", the Yackamoorundie Creek flowing from this point on a roughly parallel course to the bigger
River Broughton, which passes east to west through the centre of the hundred and ultimately receives the Yackamoorundie Creek flows. South Australian historian
Geoffrey 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 ...
instead records that the place name means "sandy plain country" and suggests a completely different etymology for the town of Yacka.
History
The hundred was proclaimed on 18 February 1869 by Governor
James Fergusson.
In 1888 the hundred was annexed by the
District Council of Georgetown The District Council of Georgetown was a local government area in South Australia, centred on the town of Georgetown.
History
It was proclaimed on 2 March 1876 as the District Council of George Town, encompassing the cadastral Hundred of Bundale ...
, bringing local government to the hundred. In 1988 the Georgetown council became part of the new
District Council of Rocky River
The District Council of Rocky River was a local government area in South Australia from 1988 to 1997, seated at Gladstone.
History
The council came into existence on 1 May 1988 with the amalgamation of the District Council of Georgetown, Dis ...
by amalgamation with neighbouring councils. Then, in 1997, the Rocky River council itself amalgamated with the
Jamestown and the
Spalding councils, bringing the hundred under local governance of the new
Northern Areas Council
Northern Areas Council is a local government area in the Yorke and Mid North region of South Australia. The council seat and main council offices are at Jamestown, while the council also maintains district offices at Gladstone and Spalding.
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See also
*
Lands administrative divisions of South Australia
The lands administrative divisions of South Australia are the cadastral (i.e., comprehensively surveyed and mapped) units of counties and hundreds in South Australia. They are located only in the south-eastern part of the state, and do not cove ...
References
Yackamoorundie
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