Hundred of Hutchison (South Australia)

Hutchison
South Australia
Hutchison is located in South Australia
Hutchison
Hutchison
Coordinates34°23′38″S 136°02′17″E / 34.394°S 136.038°E / -34.394; 136.038
Established24 October 1867
Area280 square kilometres (108 sq mi)
LGA(s)District Council of Tumby Bay
RegionEyre Peninsula
CountyFlinders
Lands administrative divisions around Hutchison:
Stokes Yaranyacka Spencer Gulf
Koppio Hutchison Spencer Gulf
Louth Louth Spencer Gulf

The Hundred of Hutchison is a hundred in the County of Flinders, South Australia. It was proclaimed on 24 October 1867. According to state government records the name is likely derived from either the politician James Hutchison (1898-1902) or Commander John Hutchison RN "who carried out extensive surveys of South Australian seaboard for the Admiralty from 1861–1869." Its extent includes the township of Tumby Bay and much of the surrounding locality as well as a small eastern portion of the locality of Yallunda Flat in the northwest.[1]

1869 plan of the Hundred of Hutchison
  1. ^ "Hundred of Hutchison". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. 29 January 2009. SA0031649. Retrieved 10 October 2018.