Hundred of Balaklava

The Hundred of Balaklava is a cadastral unit of hundred located on the northern Adelaide Plains in South Australia immediately south of the Wakefield River. It is one of the eight hundreds of the County of Gawler. It was named in 1856 by Governor Dominick Daly after the Crimean War Battle of Balaklava. The township of Balaklava is at the extreme north east corner of the hundred.

Balaklava
South Australia
Balaklava main street at the northeast corner of the hundred
Balaklava
Coordinates34.231°S 138.358°E / -34.231; 138.358
Established22 May 1856
Area280 km2 (110 sq mi)
RegionMid North
CountyGawler
Lands administrative divisions around Balaklava:
Goyder Stow Hall
Inkerman Balaklava Dalkey
Dublin Dublin Grace

The following localities of the Wakefield council area are situated inside (or largely inside) the bounds of the Hundred of Balaklava:

  • Balaklava (western quadrant south of Wakefield River only)
  • Saints
  • Erith
  • Kallora (eastern half)
  • Avon
  • Pinery (western half)
  • Long Plains (northern half)
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