The Hundred of Karcultaby is a cadastral unit of hundred located on the northern Eyre Peninsula of South Australia spanning the townships of Poochera, Karcultaby and surrounds.[1] One of the 24 hundreds of the County of Robinson, it was proclaimed in 1913 by Governor Day Bosanquet and named for Karcultaby Homestead, in the extreme southeast of the hundred.[1]
| Karcultaby South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Karcultaby | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°42′36″S 134°54′11″E / 32.710°S 134.903°E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 23 October 1913 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 193 km2 (74.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Streaky Bay | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Eyre Peninsula | ||||||||||||||
| County | Robinson | ||||||||||||||
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Located within a vast low-rainfall wheat belt, the hundred has been locally governed since 1888 by the District Council of Streaky Bay, which was established in that year.
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edit- ^ a b "Placename Details: Hundred of Karcultaby". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 29 January 2009. SA0034189. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
Derivation of Name: Karcultaby Homestead; Other Details: Area 74 1/2 square miles.