{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = cadastral | name = Gilbert | image = File:Giles Corner-Turnoff.JPG | caption = Giles Corner, south of Riverton | state = sa | county = Light | region = | est = 7 August 1851 | coordinates = {{coord|34.20|S|138.79|E|display=inline,title}} | area_total_sq_mi = 112.5 | near-nw = Upper Wakefield | near-n = Saddleworth | near-ne = Waterloo | near-e = Waterloo | near-se = Kapunda | near-s = Light | near-sw = Alma | near-w = Alma }} The '''Hundred of Gilbert''' is a cadastral unit of hundred in the northern Mount Lofty Ranges including the town of Riverton.<ref name="PLB">{{Cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb |work=Property Location Browser |title=Search result for 'Hundred of Riverton, HD' |id=SA0026019) |publisher=Government of South Australia |accessdate=21 June 2017 |quote=Derivation of Name: Gilbert River |archive-date=7 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207082745/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is one of the nine hundreds of the County of Light.<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www.catalog.slsa.sa.gov.au/record=b1559606 |title=South Australia hundred maps 1:63 360 |publisher=Surveyor General's Office |date=1867}}</ref> It was proclaimed in 1851 by Governor Henry Young and named after the Gilbert River, which flows from north to south through the hundred.<ref name="PLB" /> The river, in turn, was named in honour of South Australian pioneer Thomas Gilbert.
Riverton, Marrabel (west half), Rhynie (part east of Horrocks Highway), Giles Corner (part) and Tarlee of the Clare and Gilbert Valleys council are situated inside (or largely inside) the bounds of the Hundred of Gilbert, as well as Hamilton (west of Marrabel Road) of the Light Regional Council.
==Local government== The District Council of Gilbert was established in 1866 with boundaries including all of the hundred except that part west of the contemporary Horrocks Highway, which was already governed by the District Council of Stockport.<ref>{{Cite journal |url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/sa_gazette/1866/29.pdf |work=South Australian Government Gazette |date=5 July 1866 |edition=29 |publisher=Government of South Australia |page=634 |title=DISTRICT OF GILBERT. |accessdate=21 June 2017}}</ref>
In 1932 a small part of the council's south east was added to the District Council of Kapunda and the remainder was joined with the councils of Rhynie and Stockport to form the new District Council of Riverton.<ref name="MarsdenGilbert">{{Cite web |url=https://www.lga.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/LGA-89938_-_2011_18_-_FINAL_History_of_SA_Councils.pdf |title=LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA: A HISTORY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COUNCILS to 1936 |first=Susan |last=Marsden |date=2012 |accessdate=21 June 2017 |quote=Created 5 July 1866. On 12 May 1932 part was added to DC of Kapunda and the rest was united with the DCs of Rhynie and Stockport to form the new DC of Riverton. John McInerney, a farmer at Olive Farm, Riverton, was the Chairman (1927–1938) who guided the 1932 amalgamation of the three councils, and was awarded Coronation Honours for his service in 1937.}}</ref>
From 1997 the District Council of Clare and Gilbert Valleys amalgamated the council of Riverton with the councils of Clare and Saddleworth & Auburn.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://claregilbertvalleys.sa.gov.au/page.aspx?u=493 |title=CLARE & GILBERT VALLEYS COUNCIL PROFILE |accessdate=21 June 2017 |publisher= Clare and Gilbert Valleys Council |quote=The Clare & Gilbert Valleys Council was proclaimed on 1 July 1997, having been formed through the amalgamation of the District Council of Clare, the District Council of Riverton and the District Council of Saddleworth & Auburn.}}</ref>
In 1996 the small south east portion of the hundred became part of the District Council of Light and Kapunda (later called Light Regional Council) by the amalgamation of the District Council of Light and the Kapunda council.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.light.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/Welcome%20Pack%20Sept%202015.pdf |title=Welcome Pack |publisher=Light Regional Council |accessdate=31 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331045630/http://www.light.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/Welcome%20Pack%20Sept%202015.pdf |archive-date=31 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== See also == *Lands administrative divisions of South Australia
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Cite web |url=http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/maps/series/hundreds_SA_63360/G/gilbert/map830bje63360_gilbert1875.pdf |title=Map of Hundred of Gilbert, 1875 |date=1875 |publisher=State Library of South Australia |accessdate=21 June 2017}}
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