Hundred of Kuitpo
| Hundred of Kuitpo South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Hundred of Kuitpo | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°10′10″S 138°43′12″E / 35.16944°S 138.72000°E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 29 October 1846 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 320 km2 (124 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| County | Adelaide | ||||||||||||||
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The Hundred of Kuitpo is a cadastral unit of hundred in the Adelaide Hills.[1] It is one of the 11 hundreds of the County of Adelaide.[2] It was named in 1846 by Governor Frederick Robe and is presumed to be derived from an indigenous term ku-it-po, meaning reeds and referring to Blackfellow Creek in the contemporary locality of Yundi.[1]
The following localities and towns of the Alexandrina Council area are situated inside (or largely inside) the bounds of the Hundred of Kuitpo:
- Kuitpo
- Blackfellows Creek
- The Range (eastern part)
- Montarra
- Dingabledinga
- Hope Forest
- Kyeema
- Kuitpo Colony
- Mount Magnificent (north western part)
The following localities and towns of the City of Onkaparinga are situated largely inside the bounds of the Hundred of Kuitpo:
- Clarendon (south of Onkaparinga River)
- Kangarilla
The following localities and towns of the Mount Barker District Council area are situated inside (or largely inside) the bounds of the Hundred of Kuitpo:
- Hahndorf (west of main street)
- Paechtown
- Echunga (most part)
- Biggs Flat
- Chapel Hill
- Jupiter Creek
- Meadows
- Prospect Hill
See also
- Kuitpo, South Australia, contemporary locality at the centre of the hundred
- Kuitpo Colony, South Australia, contemporary locality at the south of the hundred
- Lands administrative divisions of South Australia
References
- 1 2 "Search result for 'Hundred of Kuitpo, HD'". Property Location Browser. SA0037834. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
Other details: Area 124 square miles. Reverend Forsyth stated that as far as he could ascertain Kuitpo was a native name of reeds growing in Blackfellows Creek & pronounced ku-it-po, information supplied by Mr I S Francis 25/3/1944.
- ↑ South Australia hundred maps 1:63 360. Surveyor General's Office. 1867.