| Kanmantoo South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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 Landscape facing north from the northern edge of Nairne in the west of the hundred | |||||||||||||||
  Kanmantoo | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°01′05″S 138°58′19″E / 35.018°S 138.972°E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 13 November 1847 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 240 km2 (91 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| County | Sturt | ||||||||||||||
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The Hundred of Kanmantoo is a cadastral unit of hundred in the eastern Adelaide Hills.[1] One of the 10 hundreds of the County of Sturt, it was proclaimed on 13 November 1847 by Governor Frederick Robe and named after the Kanmantoo gold mine, itself presumed to be named after an indigenous term by William Giles.[1][2]
Apart from the town of Kanmantoo the following towns and localities of the Mount Barker District Council are within (or partly within) the Hundred of Kanmantoo:
- Harrogate
- Brukunga
- Dawesley
- Nairne (most part)
- Hay Valley (most part)
- Mount Barker Summit (east half)
- Petwood
- Mount Barker Springs (east half)
- St Ives
- Callington (half west of Bremer River)
- Mount Torrens (south portion)
An eastern portion of Woodside (in the Adelaide Hills Council area) is also within the hundred, crossing the western border.
- ^ a b "Search result for 'Hundred of Kanmantoo, HD'". Property Location Browser. SA0033997. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
Other Details: Aboriginal word originally applied by W Giles to a mine owned by SA Company. Area 91 square miles.
- ^ "Search result for 'Kanmantoo, LOCB'". Property Location Browser. SA0033992. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
Derivation of Name: Aboriginal name; Other Details: Name originally applied by William Gilles to a mine owned by the South Australian Company. Boundaries created in November 2003 for long established name.