Hundred of Clare
| Hundred of Clare South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Hundred of Clare | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°51′S 138°38′E / 33.85°S 138.64°ECoordinates: 33°51′S 138°38′E / 33.85°S 138.64°E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1850 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 280 km2 (110 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| County | Stanley | ||||||||||||||
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The Hundred of Clare is a cadastral unit of hundred in the northern Mount Lofty Ranges centred on the town of Clare.[1] It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Stanley.[2] It was proclaimed in 1850 by Governor Henry Young and named after the existing locality of Clare, itself named by Edward Burton Gleeson in 1838 after his home, County Clare in Ireland.[1]
The following localities and towns of the Clare and Gilbert Valleys council area are situated inside (or largely inside) the bounds of the Hundred of Clare:
- Armagh
- Benbournie
- Boconnoc Park
- Emu Flat
- Gillentown
- Hill River (most part)
- Penwortham
- Polish Hill River
- Spring Farm
- Sevenhill
- Spring Gully
- Stanley Flat (most part)
See also
References
- 1 2 "Property Location Browser (Search 'Hundred of Clare', ID SA0014119)". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
Locality named Clare by E B Gleeson in 1838 after his home in Ireland. Area 110 square miles.
- ↑ South Australia hundred maps 1:63 360. Surveyor General's Office. 1867.
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