Hundred of Grace

Grace South Australia
Mallala Motor Sport Park in the north of the hundred
Grace
Coordinates	34°25′26″S 138°31′37″E / 34.424°S 138.527°E / -34.424; 138.527Coordinates: 34°25′26″S 138°31′37″E / 34.424°S 138.527°E / -34.424; 138.527
Established	22 May 1856
Area	320 km2 (123 sq mi)
Region	Northern Adelaide Plains
County	Gawler
Lands administrative divisions around Grace: Balaklava Dalkey Alma Dublin Grace Mudla Wirra Port Gawler Port Gawler Mudla Wirra

The Hundred of Grace is a cadastral unit of hundred located on the northern Adelaide Plains of South Australia spanning the township of Mallala and the Grace Plains. The hundred was proclaimed in 1856 in the County of Gawler and named by Governor Richard Graves MacDonnell after Grace Montgomery Farrell, wife of James Farrell, Dean of Adelaide. The hundred spans a significant portion of the lower Light River, which flows from north east to south west through the area.

Apart from Mallala, the hundred includes the localities of Redbanks, Fischer, Barabba, Pinkerton Plains (most part) and Grace Plains (most part). The localities of Reeves Plains, Korunye and Lower Light cross over the southern border of the hundred.

The District Council of Mudla Wirra was the first local government body established in the area. It was proclaimed in January 1854 and administered all of the county south of the Light River, including approximately the south eastern third of the Hundred of Grace. Less than three years later, in September 1856, the District Council of Port Gawler was established by secession from Mudla Wirra including the portion within the Hundred of Grace. In 1874, the District Council of Grace was established to administer the remainder of the hundred.