Hundred of Waroonee

The Hundred of Waroonee is a hundred of the County of Herbert, South Australia,[1][2][3] founded in 1880.[4]

File:Hundred of Waroonee, 1881

Waroonee covers an area of 470 square kilometres (183 sq mi) and its name is derived from “an Aboriginal word meaning ‘place of burning'.

References
  1. Hundred of Waroonee, South Australia. Department of Lands.
  2. "Search result for "Hundred of Waroonee, Hd" with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Local Government Areas", "Counties", "Hundreds", "Gazetteer" and "Government Regions"". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  3. Manning, Geoffrey. "South Australian Names - W" (PDF). Manning Index of South Australian History. State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  4. Morgan, William. (5 August 1880). "untitled (proclamation of new hundreds)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. Government of South Australia. 1880 (32): 437–438. Retrieved 30 January 2018.


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