Cameron South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 33°53′S 138°10′E / 33.89°S 138.17°E | ||||||||||||||
Established | 18 February 1869 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 306 km2 (118.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Wakefield | ||||||||||||||
Region | Mid North | ||||||||||||||
County | Daly | ||||||||||||||
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The Hundred of Cameron is a cadastral unit of hundred located in the Mid North of South Australia centred on Lake Bumbunga. The northern Hummock Range occupies much of the western half of the area and the Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line runs near and parallel to the eastern boundary.[1] It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Daly.[2] It was named in 1869 by Governor James Fergusson for early pioneer Hugh Cameron.[1]
The town of Lochiel, most of the locality of Bumbunga and the southern half of the locality of Barunga Gap are situated inside the bounds of the hundred.
Derivation of Name: Hugh Cameron, an early pioneer; Other Details: Area 118 square miles