| Wiltunga South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Wiltunga | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°48′40″S 137°58′52″E / 33.811°S 137.981°E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 31 December 1874 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 280 km2 (110 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Barunga West | ||||||||||||||
| Region | Mid North | ||||||||||||||
| County | Daly | ||||||||||||||
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The Hundred of Wiltunga is a cadastral unit of hundred located in the Mid North of South Australia west of the Barunga Range. It is one of the 16 hundreds of the County of Daly[1] and was proclaimed by Governor Anthony Musgrave on the last day of 1874.[2]
The hundred name is officially believed to derive from an indigenous term wiltonga, meaning 'place of the eagles'.[2] The township of Bute lies near the southern border of the hundred and locality bounds cover most of the hundred. The eastern flank of Alford locality and southern flank of Wokurna locality are also within the hundred
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- ^ South Australia hundred maps 1:63 360. Surveyor General's Office. 1867.
- ^ a b "Placename Details: Hundred of Wiltunga". Property Location Browser. Land Services, Government of South Australia. 29 January 2009. SA0022426. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
Derivation of Name: Corruption of Abna Wiltonga; Other Details: Wiltonga means place of the eagles. Area 110 square miles.