Hundred of McCallum
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Ngarkat Conservation Park | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 35°55′34″S 140°39′58″E / 35.926°S 140.666°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Established | 19 October 1939 | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 360 km2 (138 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| County | Buckingham | ||||||||||||
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The Hundred of McCallum is a cadastral hundred of the County of Buckingham, centered on the rural locality of McCallum and the Ngarkat area in South Australia.[1] It was proclaimed by Governor Malcolm Barclay-Harvey in 1939 and named for Thomas McCallum, member of the South Australian parliament upper house and pastoral pioneer in the Ngarkat area.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Placename Details: Hundred of McCallum (Hundred)". Government of South Australia. SA0043738. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
Other Details: Thomas McCallum was a Member of Parliament, a prominent pastoralist and a pioneer of the area in which the Hundred is located. Area 138 square miles.