Hundred of Bagot (South Australia)

This article is about the South Australian land division. For the Northern Territory land division, see Hundred of Bagot (Northern Territory).

The Hundred of Bagot is a cadastral hundred in the County of Eyre in South Australia. It is located between the Mount Lofty Ranges on the west and the Murray River further to the east. The Hundred of Bagot is almost exactly spans the boundaries of the contemporary town of Sedan.

Bagot South Australia
1883 cadastral map showing section numbers in the Hundred of Bagot
Bagot
Coordinates	34.5°S 139.3°E / -34.5; 139.3
Established	1860
LGA(s)	Mid Murray Council
County	County of Eyre
Lands administrative divisions around Bagot: Jellicoe Anna Skurray Jellicoe Bagot Fisher Jutland Angas Ridley

History

The Hundred of Bagot was proclaimed in 1860 by Governor Richard Graves MacDonnell. It is named after Charles Hervey Bagot, MLC.^[1] In November 1873, the District Council of North Rhine was established, bringing local governance to the hundred and much of its westerly neighbour the Hundred of North Rhine.

In 1918 many South Australian place "names of enemy origin" were changed to sound less German and the North Rhine council, like the hundred it governed, had its name changed. North Rhine council became Keyneton council, reflecting its population centre at Keyneton, and the hundred was renamed 'Jellicoe'.

In September 1933 the District Council of Swan Reach amalgamated with Keyneton to become new District Council of Keyneton and Swan Reach, bringing the hundred under local administration of that body. In the 1950s the council name was changed to 'Sedan', after the township of Sedan, which lay at the approximate centre of the council area.

In 1976 the Sedan council was abolished and the area came to be a part of the District Council of Ridley. In 1991 Ridley amalgamated with Truro council to the north. In 1997 Ridley-Truro amalgamated with Mannum council to the south and Morgan council to the north as well as part of Mount Pleasant council to the west to form the much larger Mid Murray Council.

See also

• Lands administrative divisions of South Australia

References

1. "Placename Details: Hundred of Bagot". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 15 March 2010. SA0004023. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2016.