Hundred of Yatala
| Hundred of Yatala South Australia | |||||||||||||
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  Hundred of Yatala | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°49′S 138°40′E / 34.82°S 138.66°ECoordinates: 34°49′S 138°40′E / 34.82°S 138.66°E | ||||||||||||
| Established | 29 October 1846 | ||||||||||||
| County | Adelaide | ||||||||||||
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The Hundred of Yatala is a cadastral unit of hundred covering much of the the Adelaide metropolitan area north of the River Torrens and south of the Little Para River in South Australia.[1] It is one of the eleven hundreds of the County of Adelaide.[2] It was named in 1846 by Governor Frederick Robe, Yatala being a word from the Weira group of the Kaurna Aboriginal people meaning water running by the side of a river.[3]
The following local government areas of South Australia are situated inside (or largely inside) the bounds of the Hundred of Yatala:
- City of Salisbury (excluding portion north of the Little Para River)
- City of Tea Tree Gully
- City of Port Adelaide Enfield (only portions within approximate bounds of the former City of Enfield council area; that is, portions south of Grand Junction Road and east of Port Wakefield Road)
- City of Charles Sturt (excluding portion south of Henley Beach Road)
- City of Prospect
- City of Adelaide (only portions north of the River Torrens)
- Town of Walkerville
See also
References
- ↑ "Search for 'Hundred of Yatala' (ID SA0030790)". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
- ↑ South Australia hundred maps 1:63 360. Surveyor General's Office. 1867.
- ↑ "Place Names of South Australia - XYZ (Yatala)". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 28 February 2007.
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