The Hundred of Munno Para 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 ...

covering the outer northern suburbs of

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north of the

Little Para River The Little Para River is a seasonal creek running across the Adelaide Plains in the Australian state of South Australia, whose catchment fills reservoirs that supply some of the water needs of Adelaide’s northern suburbs. Course and features ...

and the flanking semi-rural areas in South Australia. It is one of the eleven hundreds of the

County of Adelaide The County of Adelaide is one of the Lands administrative divisions of South Australia, 49 cadastral counties of South Australia and contains the city of Adelaide. It was proclaimed on 2 June 1842 by George Edward Grey, Governor Grey. It is boun ...

. It was named in 1846 by Governor

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, Munno Para being a term from a local

Kaurna The Kaurna people (, ; also Coorna, Kaura, Gaurna and other variations) are a group of Aboriginal people whose traditional lands include the Adelaide Plains of South Australia. They were known as the Adelaide tribe by the early settlers. Kau ...

Aboriginal people meaning ''golden wattle creek''. This name refers to either the Gawler River (which starts at the confluence of the

South Para River The South Para River is a river located in the Mount Lofty Ranges northeast of Adelaide in the Australian state of South Australia. The river's name is based directly on the Kaurna word ''pari'' which means river. The "south" descriptor distin ...

and

North Para River The North Para River is a river located in the Barossa Valley of the Australian state of South Australia. The river's name is based directly on the Kaurna word ''pari'' which means river. The "north" descriptor distinguishes it from the South ...

) or the

History

The District Council of Munno Para East and

District Council of Munno Para West The District Council of Munno Mara West was a Local government in Australia, local government area of South Australia on the central Adelaide Plains from 1854 to 1933. History The council was established on 27 April 1854, bringing local governme ...

were established in 1853 and 1854, respectively, bringing local government to the whole hundred. In 1899 a part of the council of Munno Para West was severed to be the District Council of Gawler South and later merged with the

Corporate Town of Gawler The Town of Gawler is a local government area located north of Adelaide city centre in South Australia containing Gawler and its suburbs. The corporate town was established in 1857 due to the township's residents' dissatisfaction at being govern ...

in 1933. The remainder of the council of Munno Para West was abolished in the same year, with part going to the Gawler municipality, part to the new

District Council of Salisbury The City of Salisbury is a local government area (LGA) located in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. Its neighbours are the City of Playford, City of Tea Tree Gully and City of Port Adelaide Enfield. Encompassing an area of , ...

and the remainder merging with Munno Para East council to form the new District Council of Munno Para, extending across the entire hundred from west to east with the exception of Salisbury encroaching in the southwest corner and Gawler occupying the north eastern corner. The Munno Para council was based at Smithfield in the centre of the hundred and directly beside the main road north. In the post-war boom the township of

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was established within the hundred between the existing Smithfield and

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townships to house workers for the new

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automotive manufacturing plant. Initially part of Salisbury council area, it became a municipal council in its own right called the Town of Elizabeth in 1964, by severance from Salisbury. Salisbury attained city status just months later in the same year. Munno Para council was accorded city status in 1988 and the two cities of Munno Para and Elizabeth ultimately merged to form the

City of Playford The City of Playford is a Local government in Australia, local government area of South Australia in Adelaide's northern suburbs. It was named in recognition of Thomas Playford IV, Sir Thomas Playford, who played a part in the development of the ...

northerly adjacent to Salisbury in 1997. The local government areas whose boundaries cross into the hundred, , are thus the

across most of the hundred, the

City of Salisbury The City of Salisbury is a local government area (LGA) located in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. Its neighbours are the City of Playford, City of Tea Tree Gully and City of Port Adelaide Enfield. Encompassing an area of ...

occupying the south west corner including the RAAF Edinburgh and accompanying Department of Defence precinct, and the

Town of Gawler The Town of Gawler is a local government area located north of Adelaide city centre in South Australia containing Gawler and its suburbs. The corporate town was established in 1857 due to the township's residents' dissatisfaction at being govern ...

occupying the north east corner surrounding the

Gawler Gawler, established in 1839, is the oldest country town in the state of South Australia. It was named after the second Governor (British Vice-Regal representative) of the colony of South Australia, George Gawler. It is about north of the st ...

township at the confluence of North Para and South Para rivers.

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