Hundred of Port Gawler
The Hundred of Port Gawler is a cadastral unit of hundred located on the central Adelaide Plains in South Australia and bounded on the south by the Gawler River. It is centred on the town of Two Wells with the locality of Port Gawler at the south western corner of its boundary. It is one of the eight hundreds of the County of Gawler. It was named in 1851 by Governor Henry Young either directly or indirectly after the former Governor George Gawler.
| Port Gawler South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Ford over Light River at Korunye | |||||||||||||||
Port Gawler | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°37′59″S 138°29′38″E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 7 August 1851 | ||||||||||||||
| County | Gawler | ||||||||||||||
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The following localities and towns of the Adelaide Plains Council area are situated inside (or largely inside) the bounds of the Hundred of Port Gawler:
- Port Gawler
- Two Wells
- Lewiston
- Middle Beach
- Lower Light (most part)
- Korunye (most part)
- Reeves Plains (most part)
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