Julia Creek South Australia | |
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Coordinates | 34°10′48″S 139°01′41″E / 34.180°S 139.028°E |
Established | 7 August 1851 |
Area | 230 square kilometres (89 sq mi) |
LGA(s) | Goyder |
County | Light |
The Hundred of Julia Creek is a cadastral unit of hundred located in the Mid North of South Australia.[1] It was named by Governor Henry Young in 1851 after a local tributary of the Light River, the watercourse having been earlier named for Julia Gawler, daughter of the former governor George Gawler.[2]
Within the hundred are the localities of Ngapala (southern part including township), Julia, Hampden, Eudunda (minor part excluding township), Buchanan and Hansborough (eastern part including township but excluding railway station).
Derivation of Name: Stream of the same name
Derivation of Name: Governor Gawler's Daughter