The Hundred of Monarto is a

cadastral A cadastre or cadaster ( ) is a comprehensive recording of the real estate or real property's metes and bounds, metes-and-bounds of a country.Jo Henssen, ''Basic Principles of the Main Cadastral Systems in the World,'/ref> Often it is represente ...

unit of

hundred 100 or one hundred (Roman numerals, Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 (number), 99 and preceding 101 (number), 101. In mathematics 100 is the square of 10 (number), 10 (in scientific notation it is written as 102). The standar ...

, the centre of which lies about east southeast of

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and about west of the

Murray River The Murray River (in South Australia: River Murray; Ngarrindjeri language, Ngarrindjeri: ''Millewa'', Yorta Yorta language, Yorta Yorta: ''Dhungala'' or ''Tongala'') is a river in Southeastern Australia. It is List of rivers of Australia, Aust ...

. One of the ten hundreds of the

County of Sturt The County of Sturt is one of the 49 cadastral counties of South Australia. It was proclaimed by Governor George Grey in 1842 and named for early Australian explorer, Charles Sturt. It stretches from the Bremer River and eastern slopes of the ...

, it is bounded on the west by the Bremer River, with the north west corner being set at the point where Mount Barker Creek merges with the river. It was named in 1847 by Governor

Frederick Robe Major-General Frederick Holt Robe CB (1801 – 4 April 1871) was the fourth Governor of South Australia, from 25 October 1845 to 2 August 1848. Early career Frederick Holt Robe entered the Royal Staff Corps as an ensign in 1817, following his ...

after " Queen Monarto", an aboriginal woman who lived at the time in the area. According to

John Wrathall Bull John Wrathall Bull (23 June 1804 – 21 September 1886) was a settler, inventor and author in the early days of colonial South Australia.H. J. Finnis (1966)''Bull, John Wrathall (1804-1886)''/ref> History Early life and emigration Born in S ...

, in his writings on early South Australia history, she was the ' (partner) of aboriginal tribal leader "King John", whose tribe resided "on the banks of the Murray" at the time. The following localities and towns of the Murray Bridge Council area are situated inside (or largely inside) the bounds of the Hundred of Monarto: * Rockleigh (most part) * Monarto, the township laid out in 1908 named after the hundred and located at its centre. * Monarto South (northern half only) *

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(large part west of Bremer River)

Local government

The

District Council of Nairne The District Council of Nairne was a local government area in South Australia seated at Nairne from 1853 to 1935. History The council was proclaimed on 1 September 1865 and included the entirety of the hundreds of Kanmantoo and Monarto. The i ...

was established in 1853, incorporating the Hundred of Monarto as well as the

Hundred of Kanmantoo The Hundred of Kanmantoo is a cadastral unit of hundred in the eastern Adelaide Hills. One of the 10 hundreds of the County of Sturt, it was proclaimed on 13 November 1847 by Governor Frederick Robe and named after the Kanmantoo gold mine, itse ...

. In 1882 the

District Council of Monarto A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...

was established by the severance of the hundred from Nairne council. From 1935 the hundred became a part of the District Council of Mobilong, following the amalgamation of Monarto council into Mobilong. From 1997 the hundred became a part of the slightly larger District Council of Murray Bridge, following the amalgamation of Mobilong council with the

Corporate Town of Murray Bridge The Corporate Town of Murray Bridge was a local government area in South Australia from 1924 to 1977. It was established in February 1924, when the town of Murray Bridge was severed from the District Council of Mobilong, of which it had been the ...

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Local government

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