Hundred of Mudla Wirra

Mudla Wirra
Mudla Wirra; South Australia
	Former church at Templers on the hundred's eastern boundary
	Mudla Wirra
Coordinates	34.501°S 138.690°E
Established	30 November 1847
Area	284 km2 (109.5 sq mi)
Region	Northern Adelaide Plains
County	Gawler
	Lands administrative divisions around Mudla Wirra:

The Hundred of Mudla Wirra is a cadastral unit of hundred located on the northern Adelaide Plains of South Australia. The hundred was proclaimed in 1847 in the County of Gawler and named by Governor Frederick Robe.[1] The hundred is bounded on the north by the Light River and on the south by the Gawler River.

Light Regional Council towns and localities in the hundred include: Hamley Bridge (south part), Linwood (west part), Magdala, Pinkerton Plains (east part), Woolsheds, Wasleys, Templers (west part), Reeves Plains (east part), Kangaroo Flat, Roseworthy (west part), Ward Belt, Gawler Belt, Gawler River and Buchfelde. Town of Gawler suburbs in the hundred include: Willaston, Reid, Gawler, Gawler West and Gawler South (west part).

Local government

1964 cadastral map of the Hundred of Mudla Wirra

The first District Council of Mudla Wirra was established in 1854 bringing local government to the entire Hundred of Mudla Wirra and parts of the adjacent hundreds of Grace and Port Gawler. In 1856 the new District Council of Port Gawler assumed administration of those western parts outside the Hundred of Mudla Wirra. In 1857 the Town of Gawler was established at the south east corner of the hundred, annexing a small parts of Mudla Wirra.

In 1867 Mudla Wirra council split, horizontally, into the Mudla Wirra North and Mudla Wirra South but the two were reunited as the second District Council of Mudla Wirra in 1933,[2] bringing the hundred back under the administration of a single council body, apart from Gawler Town right at the south eastern fringe.

In 1977 the Mudla Wirra council was amalgamated with the District Council of Freeling to form the District Council of Light. In 1996 the latter became a part of the much larger Light Regional Council, after combining with the District Council of Kapunda.

Being governed locally by the Light Regional Council since 1996, the hundred name has been preserved by being used for one of the council's four wards. The Mudla Wirra Ward covers the southern half of the hundred.[1]

References

"Placename Details: Hundred of Mudla Wirra". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 29 January 2009. SA0047381. Retrieved 6 November 2017. Other Details: Area 109 1/2 square miles. According to Noel Webb, Mudla Wirra is taken from Mudla meaning implements and Wirra meaning forest and therefore means a forest from which implements are taken.
Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. Retrieved 6 November 2017.

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[PLB-1] "Placename Details: Hundred of Mudla Wirra". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 29 January 2009. SA0047381. Retrieved 6 November 2017. Other Details: Area 109 1/2 square miles. According to Noel Webb, Mudla Wirra is taken from Mudla meaning implements and Wirra meaning forest and therefore means a forest from which implements are taken.

[Marsden-2] Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. Retrieved 6 November 2017.