The Hundred of Stow is the
cadastral
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Often it is represented graphically in a cad ...
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 ...
on the northern
Adelaide Plains.
It is one of the 16 hundreds of the
County of Stanley. It was named in 1867 by Governor
Dominick Daly
Sir Dominick Daly (11 August 1798 – 19 February 1868) was the Governor of Prince Edward Island from 11 July 1854 to 25 May 1859 and later Governor of South Australia from 4 March 1862 until his death on 19 February 1868.
He was born in ...
after
Randolph Isham Stow (1828–1878), twice
Attorney-General of South Australia
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.
Parts of the localities of
Mount Templeton,
Stow
Stow may refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* Stow, Lincolnshire or Stow-in-Lindsey, a village
* Stow of Wedale or Stow, Scottish Borders, a village
* Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, a small town
* Stow, Shropshire or Stowe, a village
* Stow ...
,
Whitwarta,
Watchman and
Balaklava
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are within the hundred.
Local government
On 14 November 1878, the entire Hundred of Stow was annexed to the
District Council of Balaklava along with an eastern strip of the
Hundred of Goyder
The Hundred of Goyder is the cadastral unit of hundred on the northern Adelaide Plains centred on the locality of Goyder. It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Stanley. It was named in 1862 by Governor Dominick Daly after George Goyd ...
, following petitioning by resident landowners.
The hundred was locally governed by
District Council of Wakefield Plains from 1983 following the amalgamation of Balaklava council with
Port Wakefield and
Owen councils. In 1997 the merger of Wakefield Plains and Blyth-Snowtown councils brought hundred under the governance of
Wakefield Regional Council
Wakefield Regional Council is a local government area in the Yorke and Mid North region of South Australia. The council seat is at Balaklava.
Geography
The Wakefield Regional Council includes the towns and localities of Avon, Balaklava, Bar ...
with the North ward and Central ward boundary passing east to west through the middle of the hundred.
See also
*
Lands administrative divisions of South Australia
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References
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Stow
Stow may refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* Stow, Lincolnshire or Stow-in-Lindsey, a village
* Stow of Wedale or Stow, Scottish Borders, a village
* Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, a small town
* Stow, Shropshire or Stowe, a village
* Stow ...