Hundred of Goyder
The Hundred of Goyder is the cadastral unit of hundred on the northern Adelaide Plains centred on the locality of Goyder. It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Stanley. It was named in 1862 by Governor Dominick Daly after George Goyder, famed South Australian surveyor. In addition to the localities of Goyder and Beaufort, most of Nantawarra lies within the Hundred of Goyder. The portions of Port Wakefield and Bowmans north of the Wakefield River are also inside the hundred, and small parts of the localities of South Hummocks and Mount Templeton cross the western and eastern of boundaries of the hundred, respectively.
| Goyder South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Grain silo at Nantawarra in the north of the hundred | |||||||||||||||
Goyder | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34.070°S 138.219°E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 26 June 1862 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 258 square kilometres (99.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Wakefield | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Mid North | ||||||||||||||
| County | Stanley | ||||||||||||||
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