The Hundred of Stokes is a hundred in the County of Flinders, South Australia. It was proclaimed on 21 November 1878. The name is derived from Francis William Stokes, a member of the South Australian Parliament. Its extent includes the entirety of Cockaleechie in the northwest, part of Ungarra in the northeast, part of Tumby Bay in the southeast and the northern end of Yallunda Flat in the southwest.[1][2][3][4]
| Stokes South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Stokes | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°14′37″S 135°54′44″E / 34.243629°S 135.912146°E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 21 November 1878 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 390 square kilometres (150 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | District Council of Tumby Bay | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Eyre Peninsula | ||||||||||||||
| County | Flinders | ||||||||||||||
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The traditional owners of the land within the hundred are the Nauo peoples.[5]
Local government
editIn 1888 the Hundred of Stokes was annexed to the District Council of Lincoln as part of the District Councils Act 1887.[6] In 1906 the hundred, along with its southern and eastern neighbours, including the township of Tumby Bay, seceded to form the new District Council of Tumby Bay.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Search result for "Hundred of Stokes, HD" with the following datasets selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Gazetteer", "Counties" and "Hundreds"". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ The Fleurieu Peninsula Family History Group Inc. of South Australia, The Counties & Hundreds of South Australia.
- ^ Leadbeater, Maureen M (5 June 2016). "Counties and Hundreds – South Australia". FamilyHistorySA.info. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ "HUNDRED MAP Series Index Map" (PDF). Department of Environment and Heritage, Government of South Australia. December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- ^ David Horton (ed.), Aboriginal Australia Map, published in The Encyclopedia of Aboriginal Australia (AIATSIS. 1994).
- ^ "The District Councils Act 1887 No. 419". Flinders University. p. 90. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
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