Hundred of Jellicoe
The Hundred of Jellicoe (formerly Hundred of North Rhine) is a cadastral hundred in the County of Eyre in South Australia. It is located on the east Mount Lofty Ranges foothills. The Hundred of North Rhine was proclaimed in 1851[1] but the name was changed in 1918 to the current, after Admiral John Jellicoe, as part of a process to remove "names of enemy origin" at the time of World War I.[1]
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| Coordinates | 34.51°S 139.20°E | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 7 August 1851 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Mid Murray Council | ||||||||||||||
| County | Eyre | ||||||||||||||
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The Hundred of Jellicoe includes the township and most of the locality of Truro, Towitta, Keyneton and a portion of the western edge of the locality of Sedan.[1]
The original name "North Rhine" is in reference to the North Rhine River, a tributary of the Marne River (formerly known as South Rhine).[2] The North Rhine flows southwards through the hundred from its source at the north western boundary between Moculta and Keyneton (part of the western boundary between the Hundred of Moorooroo and Jellicoe) to join the Marne about 9 km (5.6 mi) east of Eden Valley. Pioneeer Johann Menge named the North and South Rhine, not for any particular similarity to the River Rhine of western Europe, but because he expected a similar yield of wine from the region.[3]
Local governance
The first council in the area was the District Council of North Rhine, renamed in 1918 like the hundred, to Keyneton, after the main township in the hundred. In 1933 the council amalgamated with the District Council of Swan Reach to form the new District Council of Keyneton and Swan Reach.
References
- "Search result for 'Hundred of Jellicoe, HD'". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. SA0032757. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
Other details: Area 124 square miles. Admiral Jellicoe commanded the fleet at the Battle of Jutland in WWI. Originally proclaimed as the Hundred of North Rhine on 7/8/1851. Name alteration originally proposed as Wiltowonga North Hundred by Nomeclature Committee during the move to alter "names of enemy origin" in 1916 not accepted.
- "1917 Nomenclature Act" (PDF), South Australian Government Gazette, 10 January 1918
- "North Rhine River". SA Location Viewer - Gazetteer. Government of South Australia. 25 October 2006. SA0050795. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
The original name (Rhine River North) was given by J Menge not because of any similarity of appearance but because Menge was convinced that the area would yield a similar quality and quantity of wine to the Rhine River area in Germany.
