The Hundred of Dublin is a cadastral unit of hundred located on the northern Adelaide Plains of South Australia spanning the township of Dublin and surrounds.[1] It is one of the eight hundreds of the County of Gawler.[2] It was proclaimed in 1856 by Governor Anthony Musgrave[1] and named by Governor Richard Graves MacDonnell after Dublin, Ireland, where he was born.[3]

Dublin
South Australia
Dublin is located in South Australia
Dublin
Dublin
Coordinates34°27′0″S 138°21′0″E / 34.45000°S 138.35000°E / -34.45000; 138.35000
Established22 May 1856
Area310 km2 (119.5 sq mi)
RegionNorthern Adelaide Plains
CountyGawler
Lands administrative divisions around Dublin:
Inkerman Balaklava Dalkey
Gulf St Vincent Dublin Grace
Gulf St Vincent Port Gawler Port Gawler

The following localities and towns of the Adelaide Plains Council area are situated inside (or largely inside) the bounds of the Hundred of Dublin:

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Placename Details: Hundred of Dublin". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 29 January 2009. SA0020882. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2017. Derivation of Name: A city in Ireland; Other Details: Area 119 1/2 square miles.
  2. ^ South Australia hundred maps 1:63 360. Surveyor General's Office. 1867.
  3. ^ Manning, Geoffrey. "Dublin" (PDF). Manning Index of South Austrlalian History - Place Names of South Australia – via State Library of South Australia. The Hundred of Dublin, County of Gawler, was proclaimed on 22 May 1856 and named by Governor MacDonnell after his birthplace in Ireland