Hundred of Balaklava
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The Hundred of Balaklava is a cadastral unit of hundred located on the northern Adelaide Plains in South Australia immediately south of the Wakefield River.[1] It is one of the eight hundreds of the County of Gawler.[2] It was named in 1856 by Governor Dominick Daly after the Crimean War Battle of Balaklava.[1] The township of Balaklava is at the extreme north east corner of the hundred.
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Balaklava South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 34.231°S 138.358°E / -34.231; 138.358 | ||||||||||||||
Established | 22 May 1856 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 280 km2 (110 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Region | Mid North | ||||||||||||||
County | Gawler | ||||||||||||||
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The following localities of the Wakefield council area are situated inside (or largely inside) the bounds of the Hundred of Balaklava:
- Balaklava (western quadrant south of Wakefield River only)
- Saints
- Erith
- Kallora (eastern half)
- Avon
- Pinery (western half)
- Long Plains (northern half)