34-521: [REDACTED] Look up fergusson in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fergusson may refer to: Places [ edit ] County of Fergusson , South Australia, Australia Fergusson Island , off the coast of New Guinea Fergusson Glacier , Wilson Hills, Antarctica Nacimiento-Fergusson Road , the only road across the Santa Lucia Range in
68-671: A co-ed intermediate school Fergusson University (formerly Fergusson College ), in Pune, India Fergusson Museum , Bhuj, Kutch, Gujarat, India Robert Fergusson (store) , Australian chain of stores See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "Fergusson" on Misplaced Pages. Governor Fergusson (disambiguation) Fergusson College Road , Pune, India Fergusson Island striped possum All pages with titles beginning with Fergusson All pages with titles containing Fergusson Fergie (disambiguation) Ferguson (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
102-455: A hundred, to also name its county (as is done in some land administration systems such as that of New South Wales ). With the exception of the historic Hundred of Murray (1853–1870), which occupied parts of five counties, all hundreds have been defined as a subset of a single county. The hundreds of South Australia formed the basis for the establishment boundaries of most of the earliest local government bodies (that is, district councils). By
136-404: A quarter and a half having already been claimed by the early investors or purchased by early settlers. The country sections delineated in the early land surveys generally formed the hundred sections when the first hundreds were proclaimed in 1846 (in the counties of Adelaide and Hindmarsh ). From this time, the government surveyor systematically established new areas to be released by creating
170-599: A total value of £35,000 prior to the 1837 settlement. A preliminary land order entitled the buyer to a 1-acre (4,000 m ) town block and an 80-acre (32 ha) section of rural land which was to be chosen by the individual following the earliest land survey after settlement. The initial town survey of Adelaide was completed in March 1837. By February 1839 the surrounding country from coast to foothills , as far south as O'Halloran Hill and north to present-day Grand Junction Road , had been surveyed into country sections, with between
204-474: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages County of Fergusson Download coordinates as: County of Fergusson is a cadastral unit located in the Australian state of South Australia which spans Yorke Peninsula south of Price . It was proclaimed in 1869 by Governor Fergusson after whom the county was named. The County of Fergusson covers
238-529: Is reported as being derived from an aboriginal word meaning “Hollow Tree.” The first local government body within the hundred was the District Council of Melville . The Hundred of Warrenben ( 35°09′35″S 137°01′47″E / 35.159640°S 137.029660°E / -35.159640; 137.029660 ( Hundred of Warrenben ) ) was proclaimed on 24 January 1878. It covers an area of 429 square kilometres (165.5 sq mi) and its name
272-476: Is reported as being derived from an aboriginal word meaning “a waterhole.” The first local government body within the hundred was the District Council of Melville . Cadastral divisions of South Australia The lands administrative divisions of South Australia are the cadastral (i.e., comprehensively surveyed and mapped) units of counties and hundreds in South Australia . They are located only in
306-574: Is reported as being derived from the aboriginal words "curra" which means emu and "mulka" which means ‘deep waterhole.’ The first local government body within the hundred was the District Council of Minlaton . The localities of Curramulka , PortJulia , Sheoak Flat and part of the Port Vincent are within the hundred. The Hundred of Minlacowie ( 34°49′19″S 137°33′26″E / 34.821950°S 137.557210°E / -34.821950; 137.557210 ( Hundred of Minlacowie ) )
340-564: The Hundred of Dalrymple . Until 1888 the remaining residents of Yorke Peninsula, scattered across 14 hundred divisions, strongly resisted the establishment of local government. This allowed them to escape being subject to the expense of council rates until 1888 when the promulgation of the District Councils Act 1887 forced the incorporation of the entire peninsula into district councils. Thus, from January 1888: The hundreds located within
374-409: The 1930s most of the settled hundreds in the state had their own district councils. In the case of heavily settled lands, like the hundreds of Adelaide and Yatala , multiple town and city councils shared the governance of a single hundred. In the case of sparsely populated rural lands, adjacent hundreds were represented by a single district council. In every case, the hundred boundaries largely shaped
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#1732850999674408-668: The Central Coast of California Fergusson Square, Toorak Gardens, South Australia, Australia; in Adelaide People [ edit ] Fergusson (surname) , including a list of people with the surname Fergusson baronets of Nova Scotia Ferguson Wright Hume (1859–1932), British novelist Other uses [ edit ] Fergusson Bridge , Cambridge, New Zealand; over the Waikato River Fergusson Intermediate , Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand;
442-553: The County of Fergusson are laid out as follows: The Hundred of Kilkerran ( 34°22′45″S 137°33′14″E / 34.379050°S 137.553820°E / -34.379050; 137.553820 ( Hundred of Kilkerran ) ) was proclaimed on 20 June 1872. It covers an area of 320 square kilometres (123 sq mi) and its name is derived from “Governor Fergusson's estate in Scotland.” The first local government body within
476-537: The South Australian official gazetteer Placenames Online , with the 21 extra names unused today due to either renaming or failure to adopt proposed names. In 1916, during the First World War , ten hundreds with names of German origin (Basedow, Homburg, Krichauff, North Rhine, Paech, Pflaum, Scherk, Schomburgk, South Rhine, Von Doussa) were proposed for renaming with Aboriginal names, but this only occurred for
510-399: The boundaries of a county, and then dividing that into hundreds of approximately the same size. Outside the initial survey area centred on Adelaide, hundreds were surveyed into sections of varying sizes with the intention that the section would support a single viable farm. These sections were available for purchase soon after a hundred was surveyed and proclaimed. Most hundreds had a town near
544-499: The county were the District Council of Melville , formed in 1875 and comprising the Hundred of Melville and part of the Hundred of Moorowie , the Corporate Town of Yorketown which seceded from Melville in 1879, the Corporate Town of Edithburgh which seceded from the same in 1882, the Corporate Town of Maitland , formed in 1883 within the Hundred of Maitland , and the District Council of Dalrymple , formed in 1877 and comprising
578-500: The hundred was the District Council of Yorke Peninsula . Localities include Balgowan , Point Pearce , South Kilkerran and part of the Maitland boundary. The Hundred of Maitland ( 34°22′26″S 137°43′02″E / 34.373930°S 137.717120°E / -34.373930; 137.717120 ( Hundred of Maitland ) ) was proclaimed on 20 June 1872. It covers an area of 320 square kilometres (123 sq mi) and
612-438: The hundred. Proclaimed in 1874 on central Yorke Peninsula and first governed at the local level by the District Council of Minlaton . The Hundred of Curramulka ( 34°41′23″S 137°46′15″E / 34.6896°S 137.770750°E / -34.6896; 137.770750 ( Hundred of Curramulka ) ) was proclaimed on 31 December 1874. It covers an area of 270 square kilometres (105 sq mi) and its name
646-490: The initial boundaries of such district councils, as seen with the large-scale expansion of South Australian local government in the District Councils Act 1887 . In the early days of European settlement in South Australia, land was released in the colony for farming in an orderly manner by the government. Initial land sales were made as a prerequisite to the founding of the colony, with "preliminary land orders" being made to
680-518: The middle, and smaller sections closer to the township. Contemporary definitions of rural real estate in South Australia still typically includes the section number(s) and hundred name. A total of 540 hundreds were proclaimed in the state from 1846 to 1971, but only 535 exist today, following the discontinuation of the hundreds of Murray, Cooper, Randell, Giles and Morphett alongside the Murray River in 1870. A total of 561 names of hundreds are listed in
714-467: The part of Yorke Peninsula "lying to the south of the south boundary of the County of Daly , including Wauraltee Island ", the county boundary approximately aligning with Price town centre. The County of Fergusson was proclaimed by Sir James Fergusson , the eighth Governor of South Australia on 18 February 1869 along with three of its constituent hundreds, Melville, Moorowie and Para Wurlie. The county
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#1732850999674748-454: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Fergusson . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fergusson&oldid=1065430728 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
782-492: The south-eastern corner of Yorke Peninsula and first governed at the local level by the District Council of Melville , the Corporate Town of Yorketown and the Corporate Town of Edithburgh . The Hundred of Coonarie ( 35°06′38″S 137°16′50″E / 35.110590°S 137.2806°E / -35.110590; 137.2806 ( Hundred of Coonarie ) ) was proclaimed on 24 January 1878. It covers an area of 270 square kilometres (104 sq mi) and its name
816-471: The south-eastern part of the state, and do not cover the whole state. 49 counties have been proclaimed across the southern and southeastern areas of the state historically considered to be arable and thus in need of a cadastre . Within that area, a total of 540 hundreds have been proclaimed, although five were annulled in 1870, and, in some cases, the names reused elsewhere. All South Australian hundreds have unique names, making it unnecessary, when referring to
850-500: Was named after Governor Fergusson, who held office from 1869 to 1873. Sixteen hundreds were proclaimed within the county from 1869 to 1878: Carribie and Coonarie in 1878, Cunningham in 1873, Curramulka in 1874, Dalrymple and Kilkerran in 1872, Koolywurtie in 1874, Maitland in 1872, Melville in 1869, Minlacowie in 1874, Moorowie in 1869, Muloowurtie in 1874, Para Wurlie in 1869, Ramsay in 1872, Warrenben in 1878 and Wauraltee in 1874. The earliest local government bodies established within
884-545: Was named after Julia Maitland who is considered to be a relative of Governor Fergusson., The first local government bodies within the hundred were the District Council of Yorke Peninsula and the Corporate Town of Maitland . Localities include most of the Maitland boundary including the township, Yorke Valley and the western area of Cunningham. The Hundred of Cunningham ( 34°21′35″S 137°53′25″E / 34.359620°S 137.890150°E / -34.359620; 137.890150 ( Hundred of Cunningham ) )
918-448: Was proclaimed on 18 February 1869. It covers an area of 280 square kilometres (110 sq mi) and its name is reported as being derived from an aboriginal word meaning “a sandy or dusty water.” The first local government body within the hundred was the District Council of Melville . Proclaimed in 1872 on the southern Yorke Peninsula and first governed at the local level by the District Council of Dalrymple . Proclaimed in 1869 at
952-504: Was proclaimed on 18 February 1869. It covers an area of 330 square kilometres (126 sq mi) and its name is reported as being derived from the aboriginal words “Para” which means ‘water’ and “Wurlie” which means ‘hut’. The first local government body within the hundred was the District Council of Melville . The Hundred of Moorowie ( 35°00′01″S 137°28′15″E / 35.000160°S 137.47076°E / -35.000160; 137.47076 ( Hundred of Moorowie ) )
986-772: Was proclaimed on 19 June 1873. It covers an area of 350 square kilometres (134 sq mi) around the Ardrossan and Price areas and its name is reported as being derived from Hastings Cunningham which was the founder of what is now Mount Gambier and “a friend of Governor Fergusson.” The first local government body within the hundred was the District Council of Yorke Peninsula . The localities included are Ardrossan , Cunningham (eastern part), Dowlingville , Petersville , Price , Winulta (southern part). The Hundred of Wauraltee ( 34°32′51″S 137°35′57″E / 34.547450°S 137.5992°E / -34.547450; 137.5992 ( Hundred of Wauraltee ) )
1020-552: Was proclaimed on 20 June 1872. It covers an area of 280 square kilometres (110 sq mi) and was named after J G Ramsay , a South Australian parliamentarian. The first local government bodies within the hundred were the District Council of Minlaton and the District Council of Dalrymple . Localities include Ramsay, Port Vincent and part of Stansbury The Hundred of Carribie ( 35°00′01″S 137°03′58″E / 35.0004°S 137.066220°E / -35.0004; 137.066220 ( Hundred of Carribie ) )
1054-472: Was proclaimed on 24 January 1878. It covers an area of 350 square kilometres (137 sq mi) and its name is reported as being derived from an Aboriginal word meaning “Emu Flat.” The first local government body within the hundred was the District Council of Melville . The Hundred of Para Wurlie ( 34°59′12″S 137°16′36″E / 34.986790°S 137.276570°E / -34.986790; 137.276570 ( Hundred of Para Wurlie ) )
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1088-618: Was proclaimed on 26 March 1874. It covers an area of 280 square kilometres (110 sq mi) and its name is reported as being derived from an aboriginal word meaning “sweet water.” The first local government body within the hundred was the District Council of Minlaton . Localities include Minlaton , Brentwood , Parsons Beach and part of the Hardwicke Bay boundary. The Hundred of Ramsay ( 34°49′19″S 137°44′36″E / 34.821840°S 137.743360°E / -34.821840; 137.743360 ( Hundred of Ramsay ) )
1122-436: Was proclaimed on 31 December 1874. It covers an area of 280 square kilometres (107 sq mi) and its name is reported as being derived from an aboriginal word meaning “a rat burrow.” The first local government body within the hundred was the District Council of Yorke Peninsula . The localities of Sandilands , James Well , Rogues Point , Pine Point and Black Point , and a northern section of Curramulka are within
1156-609: Was proclaimed on 31 December 1878. It covers an area of 300 square kilometres (117 sq mi) and its name is reported as being derived from the aboriginal words “waural” which means ‘bandicoot’ and “tee” which means ‘island island (sic).’ !! The first local government body within the hundred was the District Council of Yorke Peninsula . Localities include Port Victoria , Urania and Wauraltee . The Hundred of Muloowurtie ( 34°33′13″S 137°47′33″E / 34.553590°S 137.792490°E / -34.553590; 137.792490 ( Hundred of Muloowurtie ) )
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