in the Hundred of Wright The
traditional owners of the area were the
Nauo Aboriginal people. The first European to the area was Dutch explorer
Pieter Nuyts, in 1627 in the
Gulden Zeepaard. In 1802
Matthew Flinders came past the district whilst on his voyage in the Investigator. The first European land exploration was that of
John Hill and
Samuel Stephens in 1839, followed shortly after by
Edward John Eyre in the same year. ==References==