Hundred of Dalkey
The Hundred of Dalkey 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 Richard Graves MacDonnell for his hometown Dalkey, a seaside resort in Ireland.
| Dalkey South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Silos and harvest mural at Owen in the west of the hundred | |||||||||||||||
| Established | 22 May 1856 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 280 square kilometres (109 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Mid North | ||||||||||||||
| County | Gawler | ||||||||||||||
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The eastern outskirts of the township of Balaklava spills over the western boundary of the hundred (from the Hundred of Balaklava). Apart from the towns of Dalkey and east Balaklava, other localities within the hundred include: Owen, Stockyard Creek, Pinery and Hoskin Corner.
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