Hundred of Kondoparinga

The Hundred of Kondoparinga is a cadastral unit of hundred in South Australia. It was proclaimed on 29 October 1846 and covers an area of 210 square kilometres (80 sq mi).^[1][2] It is one of the eleven hundreds of the County of Hindmarsh .

Kondoparinga South Australia
The Greenman Inn, Ashbourne
Kondoparinga
Coordinates	35.29°S 138.79°E / -35.29; 138.79
Established	29 October 1846
Area	210 square kilometres (80 sq mi)
County	County of Hindmarsh
Lands administrative divisions around Kondoparinga: Kuitpo Macclesfield Strathalbyn Myponga Kondoparinga Bremer Nangkita Nangkita Alexandrina

The District Council of Kondoparinga was established in 1853, bringing local government to the hundred as well as parts of the westerly adjacent Hundred of Kuitpo. The Kondoparinga council was abolished in 1935 by amalgamation with Echunga, Clarendon and Macclesfield councils into the new District Council of Meadows.

Etymology

The name Kondoparinga was once thought to be a Kaurna word meaning "long winding water, breeding crawfish, between steep banks" but contemporary linguists are highly doubtful and suggest a more literal meaning of "chest river place" based on kondo meaning "chest", pari meaning "river" and the locative suffix ngga.^[3]

Plan of the Hundred of Kondoparinga in 1872

Localities

The Hundred of Kondoparinga includes the following localities:

• Ashbourne
• Bull Creek
• parts of Finniss
• McHarg Creek
• Meadows
• Mount Magnificent
• Mount Observation
• Nangkita
• Paris Creek
• Prospect Hill
• Sandergrove
• parts of Strathalbyn

See also

• Lands administrative divisions of South Australia

References

1. "Search result for "Hundred of Kondoparinga (HD)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. SA0002619. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2016. The following layers were selected: Suburbs and Localities, Counties, Hundreds
2. Mundy, A.M. (29 October 1846). "Proclamation (division of counties of Adelaide and Hindmarsh into hundreds)" (PDF). The South Australian Government Gazette. 1846. Government of South Australia: 335-355. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
3. Amery, Rob (March 2009), "Chapter 12. Weeding Out Spurious Etymologies: Toponyms On The Adelaide Plains" (PDF), in Hercus, Luise; Hodges, Flavia; Simpson, Jane (eds.), The Land is a Map: Placenames of Indigenous Origin in Australia, ANU Press, p. 165-180, ISBN 9781921536571, According to Cockburn (1908:76) it is a 'native word meaning "long, winding water, breeding crawfish between steep banks"', a notion which by my estimation would require at least seven morphemes to encode literally. It is almost certain that Kondoparinga consists of just three morphemes, possibly kundo 'chest' + parri 'river' + -ngga 'LOC' (i.e. 'chest river place').