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Hundred of Nash

Coordinates: 31°50′49″S 132°32′24″E / 31.847°S 132.540°E / -31.847; 132.540
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Nash
South Australia
Nash is located in South Australia
Nash
Nash
Coordinates31°50′49″S 132°32′24″E / 31.847°S 132.540°E / -31.847; 132.540
Established23 October 1890
Area230 km2 (88 sq mi)
CountyKintore
Lands administrative divisions around Nash:
May Pastoral unincorporated Pastoral unincorporated
Caldwell Nash Magarey
Great Australian Bight Great Australian Bight Great Australian Bight

The Hundred of Nash is a cadastral hundred in the County of Kintore, South Australia on the southeastern fringe of the Nullarbor Plain spanning Fowler's Bay. The hundred was proclaimed in 1890 by Governor Kintore and named for a contemporary member of the state parliament, Benjamin Nash.[1]

Plan of the Hundred of Nash, 1891

The land in the hundred is very sparsely populated. As such the hundred has never been subject to dedicated local government and the local community receive municipal services are provided by the Outback Communities Authority. Nash and its neighbouring hundred, Magarey, are within the bounded locality of Bookabie.

References

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  1. ^ "Placename Details: Hundred of Nash". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. 21 January 2009. SA0048928. Archived from the original on 7 December 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2017. Derivation of Name: B Nash MP 1887-1890; Other Details: Area 88 square miles.