Hundred of Grace
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The Hundred of Grace is a cadastral unit of hundred located on the northern Adelaide Plains of South Australia spanning the township of Mallala and the Grace Plains. The hundred was proclaimed in 1856 in the County of Gawler and named by Governor Richard Graves MacDonnell after Grace Montgomery Farrell, wife of James Farrell, Dean of Adelaide.[1][2] The hundred spans a significant portion of the lower Light River, which flows from north east to south west through the area.
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Grace South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 34.424°S 138.527°E / -34.424; 138.527 | ||||||||||||||
Established | 22 May 1856 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 320 km2 (123 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Region | Northern Adelaide Plains | ||||||||||||||
County | Gawler | ||||||||||||||
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Apart from Mallala, the hundred includes the localities of Redbanks, Fischer, Barabba, Pinkerton Plains (most part) and Grace Plains (most part). The localities of Reeves Plains, Korunye and Lower Light cross over the southern border of the hundred.