Hundred of Adelaide
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The Hundred of Adelaide is the cadastral
Cadastral divisions of South Australia
The Lands administrative divisions of South Australia refers to the cadastral units of counties, and hundreds in South Australia.These form part of the Lands administrative divisions of Australia. They are located in the south-eastern part of the state and do not cover the whole state...

 unit of hundred for the city of Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...

. It is one of the eleven hundreds of the County of Adelaide
County of Adelaide, South Australia
The County of Adelaide is one of the 49 counties of South Australia and contains the city of Adelaide. It was proclaimed on 2 June 1842 by Governor Grey...

, and was one of the first hundreds to be proclaimed. Like the surrounding city, the hundred was named after Queen Adelaide
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and of Hanover as spouse of William IV of the United Kingdom. Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia, is named after her.-Early life:Adelaide was born on 13 August 1792 at Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany...

. It was named by Governor Frederick Robe
Frederick Robe
Major-General Frederick Holt Robe CB was the fourth Governor of South Australia, from 25 October 1845 to 2 August 1848....

 in 1846. It is 106 square miles (274.5 km²); close to but not exactly one hundred square miles as with most of the other hundreds. According to an 1886 map, its boundaries were the Torrens River to the north and the Sturt River
Sturt River, Adelaide
The Sturt River is a river located in Adelaide, South Australia. Beginning in Upper Sturt in the Adelaide Hills, it flows through Coromandel Valley, the Sturt Gorge Recreation Park, Marion and Morphettville, before meeting the Patawalonga in Glenelg North. Along with Brown Hill Creek, it is one of...

 to the south. It is used on land titles in the area and referenced in various legal acts dealing with property law
Property law
Property law is the area of law that governs the various forms of ownership in real property and in personal property, within the common law legal system. In the civil law system, there is a division between movable and immovable property...

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