Lands administrative divisions of South Australia

The 37 counties of South Australia in 1886; 12 more were later proclaimed

The 45 counties of South Australia in 1893; 4 more would later be proclaimed

The Lands administrative divisions of South Australia refers to the cadastral units of counties, and hundreds in South Australia. These form part of the Lands administrative divisions of Australia. They are located in the south-eastern part of the state and do not cover the whole state. A total of 540 hundreds have been proclaimed, although five of these were annulled in 1870, and, in some cases, the names reused elsewhere.

In 1916, during the First World War, eight of the hundreds with names of German origin were proposed for renaming with Aboriginal names, but this did not happen. Instead, those eight, and two more, were renamed in 1918 with names derived from Allied commanders or battles.

A further three names have also been proposed for other Hundreds (extant or conjectured) over the years. Thus while 540 hundreds have been proclaimed, and only 535 exist today, a total of 561 names of hundreds are listed in the South Australian official gazetteer Placenames Online.^[1]

All South Australian hundreds have unique names; therefore it is unnecessary, when referring to a hundred, to also name its county. This is in contrast to the land administration of New South Wales, where a parish name might be reused in more than one county.

Apart from the single Hundred of Murray (1853–1870), which occupied parts of five counties, all hundreds fall entirely in one county. This is in contrast to the land administration of Victoria, whose parishes in some cases overlapped two or more counties.

List of Counties

List of Hundreds

See also

• List of South Australian place names changed from German names

References