Earth:Hundred of Mount Benson

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Short description: Hundred of South Australia
Hundred of Mount Benson, 1946[1]

The Hundred of Mount Benson, is a hundred in the County of Robe,[2] within the Limestone Coast region of South Australia.[citation needed]

The Hundred is located at 36.942°S 139.818°E, about 252 km (157 mi) south-east of Adelaide city centre. The main economic activity is agriculture with the hundred being within the Mount Benson wine region. A small portion of the Coastal fringe is set aside for conservation.[3][4][5][6][7]

The main geographic feature of the hundred is Cape Jaffa promontory jutting into Lacepede Bay. The Southern Ports Highway passes through the Hundred.[8]

History

The traditional owners of the hundred are the Ngarrindjerri and Bindjali peoples.[citation needed] The first Europeans to the area were Peron in 1903 and Freycinet of the Baudin expedition of 1800–03.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ↑ source State Library of South Australia.
  2. ↑ "Search for 'County of Robe, CNTY' (ID SA0058672)". Government of South Australia. http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb. Retrieved 19 July 2016. 
  3. ↑ Template:Gazetteer of Australia
  4. ↑ South Australia. Department of Marine and Harbors (1985), The Waters of South Australia a series of charts, sailing notes and coastal photographs, Dept. of Marine and Harbors, South Australia, pp. Chart 6, ISBN 978-0-7243-7603-2 
  5. ↑ Boating Industry Association of South Australia (BIA); South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage (2005), South Australia's waters an atlas & guide, Boating Industry Association of South Australia, p. 180, ISBN 978-1-86254-680-6 
  6. ↑ "Cape Jaffa Code SSC40092 (SSC)". Australian Bureau of Statistics. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2011/quickstat/GL_SA215?opendocument&navpos=220. Retrieved 15 November 2014. 
  7. ↑ "Cape Jaffa Anchorage". The Australian Marinas Guide. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140126213718/http://www.marinasguide.com.au/premium/sacapejaffa.htm. Retrieved 30 July 2014. 
  8. ↑ Boating Industry Association of South Australia (BIA); South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage (2005), South Australia's waters an atlas & guide, Boating Industry Association of South Australia, p. 180.




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