Hundred of Anna
Anna South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Anna | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°24′S 139°24′E / 34.4°S 139.4°ECoordinates: 34°24′S 139°24′E / 34.4°S 139.4°E | ||||||||||||||
Established | 19 April 1860 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 108 square miles (280 km2)[1] | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Mid Murray Council | ||||||||||||||
County | Eyre | ||||||||||||||
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The Hundred of Anna is a cadastral unit of hundred in South Australia. It contains all or most of the localities of Steinfeld, Annadale and Sandleton and small parts of the localities of , Truro and Sedan.[1] It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Eyre.[2]
The hundred was named in 1860 by Governor Richard Graves MacDonnell after a daughter of James Chambers who had funded four of John McDouall Stuart's expeditions.[1] It is located on the plains between the Mount Lofty Ranges and the Murray River and is bisected by the Sturt Highway.
References[]
- ^ a b c "Hundred of Anna". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. SA0001582. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ South Australia hundred maps 1:63 360. Surveyor General's Office. 1867.
Categories:
- Hundreds of South Australia
- South Australia geography stubs