Hundred of Palmer

Hundred of Palmer
South Australia
Cadastral map of Hundred of Palmer, 1938
Hundred of Palmer is located in South Australia
Hundred of Palmer
Hundred of Palmer
Map
Coordinates32°21′S 138°13′E / 32.35°S 138.21°E / -32.35; 138.21
Established1873
Location18 km (11 mi) east of Quorn
Lands administrative divisions around Hundred of Palmer:
Hundred of Yarrah Hundred of Boolcunda
Hundred of Pichi Richi Hundred of Palmer Hundred of Moockra
Hundred of Woolundunga Hundred of Willochra Hundred of Coonatto
Footnotes[1]

The Hundred of Palmer is a cadastral hundred of the County of Newcastle in South Australia. It is located near 32.35°S, 138.21°E east of the township of Quorn, and south of the former town of Willochra which, although surveyed in 1860, never properly developed and was abandoned during the drought in the 1860s.[2]

The traditional owners of the area are the Ngadjuri people.[3] The first European explorer to the area was Thomas Burr in September 1842.

  1. ^ "Placename Details: (LOCB)". Location SA Viewer. Government of South Australia.
  2. ^ "Flinders Ranges - Water – life and death". Froling Enterprises. 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Ngadjuri". AusAnthrop Australian Aboriginal tribal database. Retrieved 16 March 2015.