05/10/2026
ORIGINS OF THE NAMES OF THE HUNDREDS IN THE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF FRANKLIN HARBOUR
COUNTY OF JERVOIS
named after Sir James William Francis Drummond Jervois, Governor of S.A. from 1877 – 1883. This area comprises of 34 hundreds laid out across the Eyre Peninsula.
In 1888 the District Council of Franklin Harbour was formed.
CHARLESTON
Proclaimed on 12 Dec 1895. Named after the honourable David Morley Charleston (1848-1934), engineer, unionist and politician, and an influential South Australian politician. He served as a Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) (1891-1901) and was later elected to the inaugural Australian Commonwealth Parliament (1901-1903).
GLYNN
Proclaimed 12 Dec 1895. Named after Patrick McMahon Glynn KC (King’s Council) (1855-1931), an Irish-Australian lawyer and politician. He served in the House of Representatives (1901-1919), and was a government minister under three prime ministers, as Attorney-General (1909-1910), Minister for External Affairs (1913-1914) and Minister for Home and Territories (1917-1920).
HAWKER
Proclaimed on 24 Jan 1878. It was named after George Charles Hawker (1819-1895), a highly prominent South Australian pastoralist and MP (1858-1865 & 1875-1895.
JAMES
Proclaimed on 3 Feb 1910. It was named after David James who represented the electorate of Wooroora in the South Australian House of Assembly (1901-1912).
MCGREGOR
Proclaimed on 12 December 1895. It was named in honour of Gregor McGregor, a prominent South Australian politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) (1894-1904). He went on to become an influential leader and Senator in the early Federal Commonwealth Parliament.
MILTALIE
Proclaimed on 24 January 1878. The name Miltalie is believed to be an Aboriginal word meaning ‘in the direction of’ or ‘towards the rocks.’
MINBRIE
Proclaimed on 24 January 1878. The name Minbrie is derived from an Aboriginal word recorded by early European settlers to mean ‘fair’.
PLAYFORD: Proclaimed 24 Jan 1878. Named in honour of Thomas Playford II (1837-1915), an Australian politician who served two terms as Premier of South Australia (1887-1889; 1890-1892). He subsequently entered federal politics, serving as a Senator for South Australia (1901-1906) and as Minister for Defence (1905-1907).
WARREN
Proclaimed on 12 Dec 1895. Named after John Warren MLC (1830-1914), a Scottish-born Australian pastoralist and politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) (1888-1912) in South Australia.
WILTON
Proclaimed on 18 Mar 1897. Named after Charles Richard Wilton (1855-1927), a journalist in the State of South Australia, a longtime literary editor of The Advertiser and authored, under the pen name of "Autolycus", a long-running weekly column in The Courier of Mount Barker.
***HEGGATON (historical)
Proclaimed on 3 February 1910. Named after Percival Thomas (Percy) Heggaton (1869-1948), an Australian politician who was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly (1906-1915 & 1923-1938).
***MANGALO (historical)
Proclaimed on 24 January 1878. The name is believed to be derived from an Aboriginal word for sand.
***In 2010 it was proposed that the Hundreds of Mangalo and Heggaton transfer from the District Council of Franklin Harbour to the District Council of Cleve was submitted. This adjustment came into effect on 1 July 2014.
https://maps.collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/series/hundreds_SA_63360/
