Dutton, South Australia

Dutton is a settlement in South Australia.^[3] The small township lies approximately six kilometres (3.7 mi) north of Truro on the Eudunda Road. It was first laid out in 1866 and lots were advertised for sale in the German-language newspaper Südaustralische Zeitung.^[4]

Dutton South Australia
Former blacksmith workshop at Dutton
Dutton
Coordinates	34°27′0″S 138°21′0″E
Population	133 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established	1866
Postcode(s)	5356
Elevation	84 m (276 ft)
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	6 km (4 mi) N of Truro 24 km (15 mi) S of Eudunda
LGA(s)	Mid Murray Council Regional Council of Goyder
State electorate(s)	Stuart
Federal division(s)	Barker Grey
Localities around Dutton: Hansborough Eudunda Neales Flat, Frankton St Kitts Dutton Dutton East Truro
Footnotes	[2]

The Hundred may have been named after Francis Stacker Dutton, a two-time Premier of South Australia, instigator of the Kapunda Copper Mine, South Australian commissioner at the 1862 International Exhibition, and Agent-General for South Australia in London. Francis was the younger brother of Frederick Dutton, the proprietor of Anlaby Station, near Kapunda.

Dutton School opened in 1880 and closed in 1903. Dutton North School, built on the Levi's Water Hole property near the boundary with Frankton, opened in 1914 and closed in 1927. It also once had a Lutheran school.^[5]

The historic former St John's Lutheran Manse and Blacksmith's Shop and Dwelling are listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.^[6][7]

St John's Lutheran church at Dutton

The Hundred of Dutton, was proclaimed on 12 August 1858.^[8] The South Australian Government Gazette of 12 August 1858 delineates the Hundred of Dutton as "Bounded on the east by a due north line from the north-east angle of the Hundred of North Rhine, ten miles in length; thence by a line due west, to the eastern boundary of the County of Light; thence south by the last-named boundary, to the north-west corner of the Hundred of North Rhine; thence, by the northern boundary of the said Hundred, to the point of commencement."^[9]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Dutton (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. "Placename Details: Dutton (LOCB)". Location SA Viewer. Government of South Australia. 22 August 2006. SA0021200. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
3. "2905.0 – Statistical Geography: Volume 2 -- Census Geographic Areas, Australia, 2006". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
4. "Township Dutton". Südaustralische Zeitung (Tanunda and Adelaide, SA : 1860 – 1874). 10 October 1866. p. 7. Retrieved 4 September 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
5. Dreckow, Betty (1986). Hills, Valley and Plains: History of the Eudunda District. p. 410.
6. "Former St John's Lutheran Manse". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
7. "Former Blacksmith Shop & Dwelling". South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
8. South Australian Names.
9. "The South Australian Government Gazette" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette, Thursday, 12 August 1858. 12 August 1858. Retrieved 26 May 2022.