Hundred of Talunga
Talunga | |||||||||||||
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Bridge over the Torrens at Gumeracha, circa 1869 | |||||||||||||
Talunga | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 34°49′16″S 138°56′17″E / 34.821°S 138.938°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||
| Region | Adelaide Hills | ||||||||||||
| Established | 29 October 1846 | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 230 km2 (89 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| County | Adelaide | ||||||||||||
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The Hundred of Talunga is a cadastral hundred of the County of Adelaide, South Australia, spanning the Torrens Valley in the Adelaide Hills. It was proclaimed by Governor Frederick Robe in 1846 and named for an indigenous term thought to mean 'waterhole'.
The main towns within the hundred are Cudlee Creek, Kenton Valley, Gumeracha, Mount Torrens, Birdwood, Forreston and Mount Pleasant