Hundred of Stokes
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Stokes | |||||||||||||
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  Stokes | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 34°14′37″S 135°54′44″E / 34.243629°S 135.912146°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Eyre Peninsula | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 21 November 1878 | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 390 km2 (150 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| County | Flinders | ||||||||||||
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The Hundred of Stokes is a hundred in the County of Flinders, South Australia. It was proclaimed on 21 November 1878. The name is derived from Francis William Stokes, a member of the South Australian Parliament. Its extent includes the entirety of Cockaleechie in the northwest, part of Ungarra in the northeast, part of Tumby Bay in the southeast and the northern end of Yallunda Flat in the southwest.[1][2][3][4]
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The traditional owners of the land within the hundred are the Nauo peoples.[5]
