Hundred of Monarto
| Hundred of Monarto South Australia | |||||||||||||
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  Hundred of Monarto | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°04′S 139°06′E / 35.07°S 139.10°ECoordinates: 35°04′S 139°06′E / 35.07°S 139.10°E | ||||||||||||
| Established | 30 November 1847 | ||||||||||||
| County | Sturt | ||||||||||||
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The Hundred of Monarto is a cadastral unit of hundred, the centre of which lies about 47 kilometres (29 mi) east southeast of Adelaide in South Australia and about 19 kilometres (12 mi) west of the Murray River.[1] One of the ten hundreds of the County of Sturt, it is bounded on the west by the Bremer River, with the north west corner being set at the point where Mount Barker Creek merges with the river.[2] It was named in 1847 by Governor Frederick Robe after "Queen Monarto", an aboriginal woman who lived at the time in the area. According to John Wrathall Bull, in his writings on early South Australia history, she was the lubra (partner) of aboriginal tribal leader "King John", whose tribe resided "on the banks of the Murray" at the time.[3][1]
The following localities and towns of the Murray Bridge Council area are situated inside (or largely inside) the bounds of the Hundred of Monarto:
- Rockleigh (most part)
- Monarto, the township laid out in 1908 named after the hundred and located at its centre.
- Monarto South (northern half only)
- Callington (large part west of Bremer River)
District council
The District Council of Monarto was established by a division of the District Council of Nairne in 1882, with its boundaries corresponding approximately to those of the hundred.[4] The council ceased to exist in 1935 when it was absorbed into the District Council of Mobilong (itself later amalgamated to form the Rural City of Murray Bridge).[4]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Search for 'Hundred of Monarto' (ID SA0045594)". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ↑ "GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (EXTRAORDINARY). PROCLAMATION. By his Excellency FREDERICK HOLT". The South Australian. Adelaide. 3 December 1847. p. 4. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ↑ "NOMENCLATURE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. NAMES AND THEIR ORIGIN. XVII.—AN ALPHABETICAL REVIEW.". Adelaide: Evening Journal. 29 June 1908. p. 2. Retrieved 8 June 2007.
Monarto was the name of a native lubra. J. W. Bull, in his "Early Recollections," makes the following reference to a native tribe occupying a piece of country on the banks of the Murray [...] "We called their chief King John and the name of his lubra was Monarto, which was considered so pretty a name that the whites never changed it. [...]"
- 1 2 Marsden, Susan (2012). "LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA: A HISTORY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COUNCILS to 1936" (PDF). Retrieved 8 June 2016.
Monarto DC: Proclaimed on 5 October 1882 when Monarto District was severed from Nairne District. On 21 March 1935, on the recommendation of the Local Government Areas Commission, part of Onaunga Council was severed and added to DC of Monarto, which was then absorbed by DC of Mobilong.