County of Hindmarsh

It extends from the Fleurieu Peninsula in the southwest to the Murray Mouth in the southeast to Point Sturt on the Sturt Peninsula and the course of the Bremer River in the east, Mount Barker in the north and Sellicks Hill on the Gulf St Vincent coastline in the northwest including the southern end of Mt Lofty Ranges, Hindmarsh Island, Mundoo Island and part of Lake Alexandrina. This includes the following contemporary local government areas: • District Council of Yankalilla • Victor Harbor City • Alexandrina Council (excluding small portions on west and east flanks) • District Council of Mount Barker (central third including the Mount Barker township) ==History==

The following hundreds have been proclaimed within the county – Encounter Bay, Goolwa, Kondoparinga, Macclesfield, Myponga, Nangkita, Waitpinga and Yankalilla in 1846, Strathalbyn in 1850, and Alexandrina and Bremer in 1851. == Hundreds ==

The County of Hindmarsh is divided into the following hundreds: Hundred of Alexandrina The Hundred of Alexandrina () was proclaimed on 7 August 1851. It covers an area of and is named after the lake partially located within the county and which is known as Lake Alexandrina. It includes the following localities – Clayton Bay, Point Sturt and parts of Finniss, Lake Alexandrina and Milang. Hundred of Nangkita The Hundred of Nangkita () was proclaimed on 29 October 1846. It covers an area of and its name is derived from an aboriginal word meaning "place of little frogs". It contains the following localities – Hindmarsh Island, Mundoo Island and parts of Currency Creek, Finniss, Goolwa South, Mount Compass, Mount Observation, Mount Jagged, Nangkita and Tooperang. Hundred of Strathalbyn The Hundred of Strathalbyn was proclaimed in 1850 and covers an area of immediately west of the Bremer River. The main towns within the hundred are Strathalbyn, Woodchester and Langhorne Creek. It also includes the localities of Bletchley, Belvidere, Gemells, Highland Valley, Red Creek, Salem and Wistow. Hundred of Waitpinga The Hundred of Waitpinga () was proclaimed on 29 October 1846. It covers an area of and is reportedly named after an aboriginal word, "Waitpiinga" meaning "the windy place". It includes the following localities – Deep Creek and Tunkalilla and parts of Cape Jervis, Delamere, Parawa, Silverton, Waitpinga and Willow Creek. The town of Yankalilla was laid out on sections 1180-81 of the hundred circa 1857. ==See also==