Hundred of Anna

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Anna
South Australia
Anna is located in South Australia
Anna
Anna
Coordinates34°24′S 139°24′E / 34.4°S 139.4°E / -34.4; 139.4Coordinates: 34°24′S 139°24′E / 34.4°S 139.4°E / -34.4; 139.4
Established19 April 1860
Area108 square miles (280 km2)[1]
LGA(s)Mid Murray Council
CountyEyre
Lands administrative divisions around Anna:
Dutton Brownlow Hay
Dutton
Jellicoe
Anna Skurray
Jellicoe Bagot Fisher

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[]

  1. ^ a b c "Hundred of Anna". Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure, Government of South Australia. SA0001582. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  2. ^ South Australia hundred maps 1:63 360. Surveyor General's Office. 1867.
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