{{about|the cadastral unit in South Australia|the associated peninsula|Dudley Peninsula}} __NOTOC__ {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date= April 2016}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = cadastral | name = Dudley | state = sa | image = Australia kangaroo island cape willoughby.jpg | image_upright = | caption = Cape Willoughby Lightstation, Cape Willoughby, Kangaroo Island | image_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|35.80|S|137.97|E|display=inline,title}} | est = 1874<ref name="PLB">{{cite web |title=Search result for "Hundred of Dudley (Hundred)" (Record no SA0020949) with the following layers selected - 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Local Government Areas' and 'Hundreds' |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb |publisher=Land Services, [[Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure]], [[Government of South Australia]] |access-date=19 April 2016 |archive-date=7 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207082745/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | area_total_sq_mi = 149 | area_footnotes = <ref name="PLB"/> | lga = [[Kangaroo Island Council]] | region = [[Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island]]<ref name="region">{{cite web|title=Fleurieu and Kangaroo Island SA Government region|url=http://www.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/21612/Fleurieu_Kangaroo_Island_SA_Government_region.pdf|publisher=The Government of South Australia|access-date=10 October 2014}}</ref> | county = [[County of Carnarvon (South Australia)|Carnarvon]] | division = | maxtemp = | maxtemp_footnotes = | mintemp = | mintemp_footnotes = | rainfall = | rainfall_footnotes = | near-n = ''[[Investigator Strait]]''<br/>''[[Backstairs Passage]]'' | near-ne = [[Hundred of Waitpinga|Waitpinga]] | near-e = ''Ocean'' | near-se = ''Ocean'' | near-s = ''Ocean'' | near-sw = ''Ocean'' | near-w = [[Hundred of Haines|Haines]] | near-nw = ''[[Investigator Strait]]'' |footnotes=Coordinates<ref name="PLB"/><br/>Adjoining Hundreds<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/e929b24d-0a54-4d0b-88d6-9e4e008f770f/hundred_sheet_index.pdf |title=HUNDRED MAP Series Index Map |date=December 2008 |access-date=16 November 2015 |publisher=Department of Environment and Heritage, Government of South Australia |archive-date=27 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927082445/http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/e929b24d-0a54-4d0b-88d6-9e4e008f770f/hundred_sheet_index.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> }} The '''Hundred of Dudley''' is a [[Cadastral divisions of South Australia|cadastral]] unit of [[Hundred (country subdivision)|hundred]] located in the [[Australia|Australian state]] of [[South Australia]] on [[Kangaroo Island]] and which covers an area of {{convert|117|mi2|km2|order=flip}} including the full extent of the [[Dudley Peninsula]] (known as the MacDonnell Peninsula from 1857 to 1986) and some land to the west of the peninsula.<ref name="PLB"/><ref name="SAGG"/>
The hundred was proclaimed by Governor [[Anthony Musgrave]] on 13 August 1874 along with its parent county, the [[County of Carnarvon (South Australia)|County of Carnarvon]].<ref name="SAGG">{{cite journal |title=Proclamation (Hundred of Dudley) |journal=The South Australian Government Gazette |volume=1874 |pages=1577–1578 |publisher=[[Government of South Australia]] |date=13 August 1874 |url=http://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1874/33.pdf |access-date=16 November 2015 }}</ref>
The hundred is reported as being named by Governor Musgrave after his father-in-law, [[David Dudley Field II|Dudley Field]] who was an [[Americans|American]] [[jurist]].<ref name="PLB"/><ref name="Manning"/><ref name="death">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3487077 |title=Death of Sir Anthony Musgrave. |newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]] |date=10 October 1888 |access-date=8 March 2015 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
As of 1905, the hundred was described as follows:<ref name="Manning">{{cite web |last1=Manning |first1=G.H. |title=Dudley |url=http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/pn/d/d5.htm#dudley |publisher=State Library of South Australia |access-date=19 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162427040 |title=A TRIP TO KANGAROO ISLAND. |newspaper=Observer |volume=LXII |issue=3,315 |location=South Australia |date=15 April 1905 |access-date=19 April 2016 |page=39 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> <blockquote>Both the soil and timber are good and, from Willson's orchard, apples were being picked and stored in cases betwixt layers of dry grass to preserve them from the constant attentions of the Rosella parrot... At a point between Cape Hart and False Cape the property of Mr. William Lyall is situated. Its owner may be justly termed one of the hardest workers on the Island. From here a glorious view of the Southern Ocean is obtainable, with Flour Cask and Pennington Bays in the distance. The country traversed to this point is inhabited by wild goats and wild sheep which run like wallaby through the dense thickets of scrub when disturbed. These, with iguanas lazing in the sun in the middle of our track, lent additional interest to the trip...</blockquote>
The Dudley School on Kangaroo Island opened as ‘Hill River’ in 1880; changed to ‘Hill River South’ in 1885 and then to ‘Dudley’ in 1905 but it closed in 1941.<ref>[http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/digitalpubs/placenamesofsouthaustralia/D.pdf South Australian Names].</ref>
As of 2016, the Hundred of Dudley is within the boundaries of the [[Kangaroo Island Council]] and includes the following localities: [[American Beach, South Australia|American Beach]], [[Antechamber Bay, South Australia|Antechamber Bay]], [[Baudin Beach, South Australia|Baudin Beach]], [[Brown Beach, South Australia|Brown Beach]], [[Cuttlefish Bay, South Australia|Cuttlefish Bay]], [[Dudley East, South Australia|Dudley East]], [[Dudley West, South Australia|Dudley West]], [[Ironstone, South Australia|Ironstone]], [[Island Beach, South Australia|Island Beach]], [[Kangaroo Head, South Australia|Kangaroo Head]], [[Pelican Lagoon, South Australia|Pelican Lagoon]], [[Penneshaw, South Australia|Penneshaw]], [[Porky Flat, South Australia|Porky Flat]], [[Sapphiretown, South Australia|Sapphiretown]], [[Willoughby, South Australia|Willoughby]] and [[Willson River, South Australia|Willson River]].<ref name="PLB"/>
==See also== *[[Lands administrative divisions of South Australia]] *[[Dudley (disambiguation)]]
==References== {{reflist}} {{Kangaroo Island|state=collapsed}}
[[Category:Hundreds of South Australia]] [[Category:Kangaroo Island]] [[Category:Dudley Peninsula]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Dudley}}