Hundred of Giles

The Hundred of Giles is a cadastral hundred in the County of Kintore, South Australia on the southeastern fringe of the Nullarbor Plain. The hundred was proclaimed in 1890 by Governor Kintore and named for a contemporary member of the state parliament, Clement Giles.[1]

Plan of the Hundred of Giles, 1891

This article is about the hundred gazetted in 1890 on the far west coast of South Australia in the County of Kintore. For the hundred gazetted in 1860 near the Murray River, see Hundred of Forster and Hundred of Nildottie.
Giles
South Australia
Giles
Coordinates31.857°S 132.783°E / -31.857; 132.783
Established23 October 1890
Area270 km2 (104 sq mi)
CountyKintore
Lands administrative divisions around Giles:
Pastoral unincorporated Pastoral unincorporated Pastoral unincorporated
Magarey Giles Cohen
Great Australian Bight Great Australian Bight Kevin

The land in the hundred is very sparsely populated. As such the hundred has never been subject to dedicated local government and is instead locally administered by the Outback Communities Authority. Giles and its neighbouring hundred, Magarey, are within the bounded locality of Bookabie. A portion of the Chadinga Conservation Park is within the Hundred of Giles. Eyre Bluff (alternatively known as Point Eyre, Cap Lebrun or Cap Van-Spaendonck) is the only major geographic feature along the southern coastline within the hundred.

References
  1. "Placename Details: Hundred of Giles". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 21 January 2009. SA0026069. Retrieved 1 November 2017. Derivation of Name: G Giles, MP 1887-1902; Other Details: area 104 square miles.
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