Hundred of Strathalbyn
The Hundred of Strathalbyn is a cadastral division of the County of Hindmarsh in South Australia. It lies west of the Adelaide Hills and east of Lake Alexandrina and includes at its southwestern extremity the town of Strathalbyn. Its name is derived from that used for a sub-division granted in 1841. No definitive derivation for the subdivision of Strathalbyn name is known but it is deemed probable that John Rankine or his brother William provided the name with the meaning given as "white valley" from the Scottish srath and albion.[2] Mount Barker Creek forms much of the northern hundred boundary while the Bremer River forms the eastern border.
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| Hundred of Strathalbyn South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Hundred of Strathalbyn | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35.20°S 138.95°E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | December 12, 1850 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 83 square miles (210 km2)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Alexandrina Council | ||||||||||||||
| County | County of Hindmarsh | ||||||||||||||
| Hundred | Strathalbyn | ||||||||||||||
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The localities of Highland Valley, Red Creek, Salem and the township of Woodchester are also within the hundred along with parts of Belvidere, Bletchley, Gemmells, Hartley, and Langhorne Creek. Parts of the Bugle Ranges, Mount Barker, Mount Barker Springs, Petwood and Wistow localities also overlap the northwestern part of the hundred.[1]
Local government
The District Council of Strathalbyn was established within the south of the hundred in 1854. The Corporated Town of Strathalbyn seceded in 1868 to form dedicated local government for the township until it re-amalgamated with the district council in 1976.[3] In 1997 the Strathalbyn council was dissolved and absorbed into the new and much larger Alexandrina Council.
References
- "Placename Details: Hundred of Strathalbyn". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 29 January 2009. SA0064831. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- "Placename Details: Strathalbyn". Property Location Browser Report. Government of South Australia. 4 July 2008. SA0064818. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
On 16 November 1841 William Rankine and James Dawson received the land grant of Section 2600 and shortly thereafter subdivided it, the first sale of allotments being registered on 10 January 1844. Various views as to origin of name. Possible named by Rankine brothers in 1839 with the meaning give as 'white valley' as the Scottish 'strath' was suggested by the resemblance & 'albion' 'white'. Private subdivision of same name over sec 2745, Hundred of Bremer. Includes prior named private subdivisions of Strathalbyn, Strathalbyn Extension, Strathalbyn North, Strathalbyn South, Strathalbyn East and Strathalbyn West. Boundaries created in August 2000 for long established name. The Surveyor-General approved the exclusion of a portion of Macclesfield and inclusion into Strathalbyn on the 29/5/2008, the change was gazetted on 3/7/2008.
- Matthews, Penny (1986), South Australia, the civic record, 1836–1986, Wakefield Press, p. 562, ISBN 978-0-949268-82-2